Optimizing the energy performance of industrial refrigeration plants using digital twins

Industrial refrigeration systems are known to consume approximately 17% of electrical energy, a figure that is projected to rise in the future. This high energy consumption contributes to global warming and environmental degradation since conventional sources of energy are typically utilized for electricity generation. Moreover, the energy...

Towards digital twins for space use in hospital real estate: The Erasmus Medical Center as a case study for the identification of the specifications of a digital twin for space use, aiming to support decision makers and users of hospital real estate

Information systems are increasingly deployed by healthcare organizations to support decision makers and users of hospitals. As a result, digital twins have recently emerged as an information system with promising application prospects. However, the limited deployment of them leads to the research gap that is addressed by the present research,...

An OGC 3D tiling technique based user-interactive platform for digital twins in a virtual reality environment

There has been an ever increasing focus on the development of smart cities, both by big corporate in the field of Information Communication and Technology as well as respective governments responsible for these cities worldwide. This in combination with the influx of easily accessible data owing to cheaper and efficient sensors has risen to the...

Location-Enabled Digital Twins-Understanding the Role of NMCAS in A European Context

Digital Twins are realistic digital representation of physical objects and are differentiated from traditional models by the live connection between the digital and the physical worlds, often enabled by sensors. They provide insights into the physical world for decision makers, for example via simulation, and can be used to directly alter the...

A Technology Adoption Model in the Dutch Energy sector: The case of Digital Twins

Emerging technologies are revolutionizing organizational growth, productivity and in- vestments more than ever before. One such technology that has come into the limelight in the past few years is the Digital Twin. The so-called ’digital twin’ is a real-time virtual replica (representation) of any given physical asset/object. The full-potential...

Digital Twins as Enabler in Circular Construction Management

With the increasing attention on circularity and digitalization in the built environment, Digital Twins (DT), as a means of linking the digital world and real-world data, is considered as an enabler of circular construction (CC) and dealing with the related societal challenges, such as slowing the material and resource loops, optimizing the...

Digital Solutions for a Circular Facade Economy: A conceptual framework for a Facade's Product Passport to Facilitate decision making at its End of Service(EoS)

In the Dutch government attempting to become fully circular 2050, VMRG, a Dutch Metal Façade Association, has initiated several pilot projects. Two of the most prominent ones are Cirlinq, an asset management platform for documenting building facades, and FaSA (Façade Service Applicate), a collective of stakeholders aiming to use drones and image...

Creating 3d indoor first responder situation awareness in real-time through a head-mounted ar device

Emergency operations are a key example for the need of digital twins in the way it is complex, urgent and uncertain. First, the process is complex, as many organizations are involved. Second, it is urgent, as most damage is done in the first moments of an emergency. Third, it is uncertain, as situational conditions tend to change quickly. For...

Digital Twin of the Mooring Line Tension for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

The number of installed Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWTs) has doubled since 2017, quadrupling the total installed capacity, and is expected to increase significantly over the next decade. Consequently, there is a growing consideration towards the main challenges for FOWT projects: monitoring the system's integrity, extending the...

Digital Twin as Circularity Enabler of Façades in Maintenance: A Research into How A Digital Twin Can Facilitate the Circularity Maintenance of Façades

Maintenance plays a vital part in the Circular Economy (CE). Repairing, upgrading and restoring façades extends their lifecycle and reduces waste. The European Union and Dutch government have set goals to reach a circular future: in 2050 the built environment must be 100% circular. However, this demands a tremendous change in the current...