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.
With a background combining engineering, strategic consulting, and property development, Shaun has come to be recognized as one of North America’s most sought after ‘smart building’ experts. Over the past 18 years, Mr. Klann has been a steadfast contributor, advisor, innovator and thought leader for the advancement of the intelligent building & IOT industries. Shaun’s tenure has touched some of the world’s most iconic examples of building intelligence with landmark references that include, the creation of smart building standards for the US and Canadian federal governments, the world’s largest deployment of building analytics, and the industry’s first Block Chain enabled Smart Contract for building maintenance. Mr. Klann is the Global Head of Real Estate at Willow– the category creator of Digital Twin’s for the Built Environment.
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.
