Digital twins are key to future-proofing infrastructure, says Rodrigo Fernandes of Bentley Systems. Here he details the seven ways that digital twins can help. 

New research strongly suggests that asset managers are not being involved early enough in the development of digital twins – and that twins being handed over to asset managers are not optimised to their needs.

Disappointed, dissatisfied and disaffected with digital twins? Let Andy Wohlsperger of Aecom disabuse you of those notions and demystify the digital twin.

When BIMplus last interviewed Martha Tsigkari and Adam Davis in Foster + Partners’ Applied Research + Development (ARD) group, it was a time when Spot the robot dog, AI and using gaming engine software were at the forefront of their work. Three years on, what they are turning their attention to now?

Digital models are being used to not only help test the energy efficiency of experimental homes, but to also to ensure the models themselves are robust.

From digital twins to digital shadows, and now sleeping digital twins! The latter is a theory, being advanced by net-zero technology specialist IES, that posits that dormant 3D design, compliance and BIM models can be evolved into performance digital twins to drive down carbon.

A digital twin project developed to monitor and preserve the architectural heritage of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in Rome, Italy, has won an award.

Energy-from-waste operator Enfinium has created digital twins of its facilities with the help of France-based 3D manufacturing visualisation specialist, Vertex Industrie.

Digital twins of three buildings at the University of Glasgow have been used to assess how compliance models can be used to improve building performance.

To meet environmental targets, we need a retrofit revolution. To empower that revolution, we must use digital twins, argues Ian Pyburn at IES.

The government has published a strategy to improve the availability, quality, and accuracy of transport data.

National Grid ESO is building a digital replica of the entire British energy landscape. Carolina Tortora, head of innovation strategy and digital transformation at National Grid ESO, explains how.

Automotive giant BMW plans to have digital scans of all of its vehicle plants worldwide completed by early 2023 as part of its digital twin plans.

How much do we really know about digital twins? What should the built environment sector do to develop them efficiently and to make the best and most appropriate use of them? Dean Douglas has been researching digital twins for his PhD and here he answers those questions.

If digital twins are to succeed, those that are affected by them must be able to trust that they will cause no harm. To achieve that, those who commission and build digital twins must understand the ethics.

What must happen next for an ecosystem of connected digital twins to flourish? That’s the question the Centre for Digital Built Britain has answered.

Running a fully digital operation thanks to some affordable apps and innovative thinking has helped Shoreditch-based architectural practice White Red Architects grow.

Scott Brownrigg board director Richard McCarthy and Atlas Industries project director John Williams talk to Denise Chevin about their joint venture Digital Twin Unit, a new business providing digital twin services, and its work on a digital twin for Hong Kong Airport.