Even more sustainable through Digital Twin

EVEN MORE SUSTAINABLE THROUGH DIGITAL TWIN

What are you doing to remain the most sustainable university in the world? By improving your energy savings even further! Wageningen University & Research (WUR) will conduct a pilot with ecoBuilding: an intelligent layer of cloud-based software on top of the existing building management system. Using Digital Twin technology and AI (Artificial Intelligence), ecoBuilding predicts the energy required for the ideal indoor climate. It takes into account weather forecasts, building usage, generation and storage of sustainable energy. And that saves money, energy and… reduces CO2 emissions!

The pilot project is being conducted in the Zodiac building, to investigate the added value for technical maintenance, installation performance, comfort and of course energy consumption. For this purpose, a so-called 'digital twin building' is being created; a digital copy of the building. The software first simulates and improves settings in the 'twin building' before it is applied in practice. Experiences from practice are put back into the simulation building. This creates a self-learning cycle, which is similar to AI. In this way, WUR combines its sustainability with innovation.

The pilot project is a collaboration between Wageningen University & Research, VB Optimum and Rensen.