Creating Cities of the Future with Digital Twin Technology
smart city digital twin platform enables
utilities and municipal governments to make
informed, data-driven decisions for
infrastructure investments. This digital twin
concept incorporates third-party datasets
and expertise in load disaggregation, DER
event verification, grid connectivity
modeling, advanced load forecasting and
data analytics to enable utilities and city
planners to confidently and efficiently
transform their energy systems by:
the neighborhood where data delivers a
baseline visualization of the local water
distribution network.
We believe that a digital twin platform
coupled with machine learning algorithms
and device behavior models may be used to
expand the possibilities for anomaly
detection,
predictive
maintenance,
infrastructure expansion and clean energy
and water planning. Creating a digital twin
library
of
existing
and
proposed
infrastructure
elements
enables
stakeholders to confidently take plans to
action, transform cities and improve the
quality of life for real people in real places for
a more resourceful world.
1. Identifying and optimizing spatial
maps of existing, proposed and
planned
infrastructure
enhancements before investing in
equipment;
2. Creating data-driven justifications to
invest capital in order to optimize
service to the community; and
3. Predicting and effectively managing
the required distributed energy
resources in a given neighborhood,
including managing rooftop solar
systems and battery storage.
C ONCLUSION
Digital twin platforms can transform
infrastructure, engage communities and
help smart city planners make informed
investments. By coupling augmented reality
with a digital twin platform, a powerful
community engagement tool can educate
citizens and drive awareness of a local
incentive program to change rooftop
material. It is important to engage with
sustainability
professionals
and
demonstrate how to conduct what-if
analyses to add clean energy and battery
storage to neighborhood grids. We
are continuing
the virtual journey under
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