Unlocking the Power of Digital Twins – Trends, Current Use Cases and Future Industry Potential

2020 is the year when the concept of Digital Twins has seemed to become common place. Whilst the concept and base technology has been around for nearly two decades, it has only been in recent years that these dynamic, virtual replicas have found value in the real-estate industry.A digital twin can be defined, as an evolving digital profile of an asset, a bridge between the physical and digital world, that collects and tracks behaviour over time and utilises this data to optimize asset performance. The Twin is powered by real-time, real-world data across an array of dimensions. There are massive, transformative benefits of the Digital Twin, with far reaching impacts for organisations and smart building initiatives. These include: Improved design, Improved build, Improved asset management and better user insights, from single assets through to entire smart building portfolios.Willow is a technology company that is delivering the Digital Twin for the built world.In this presentation, President of Willow and Head of Real-Estate Shaun Klann will share Willow’s Digital Twin Journey. Including the current trends, challenges and use cases that Willow are observing in the industry. Shaun will also share some notable examples of Digital Twins in action as well as a vision for their use in the future.