Digital Twin and Industrial Internet of Things Architecture to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Metallidou, Chrysi; Psannis, Kostas E.; Vergados, Dimitrios D.; Dossis, Michael

doi:10.1109/iccci55554.2022.9850248

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“…Popescu et al (2022) underline the limitations of current product lifecycle management systems while facing environmental regulations, thus highlighting the need for more agile systems. A possible approach was mentioned by Metallidou et al (2022) introducing a DT that generates multiple virtual scenarios based on energy consumption. Edrisi and Azari (2023) investigated how DTs can be used for sustainability assessments and policy evaluations.…”

Section: Digital Twins For Emission Reductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving sustainability of additive manufacturing processes based on digital twins – a case study

Kos,

Schröder,

Trauer

et al. 2024

Proc. Des. Soc.

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Additive manufacturing (AM) became a key technology in the development of innovative products. Advancements have been made to improve economic feasibility. However, ecological sustainability is still an open issue of AM. To improve sustainability, it is crucial to track, visualize, and evaluate emissions along the lifecycle. This paper presents a novel Digital Twin based approach enabling prediction of the product carbon footprint (PCF) and prescriptive measures to improve sustainability. By improving part and process design, a significant PCF reduction was achieved.

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Section: Digital Twins For Emission Reductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving sustainability of additive manufacturing processes based on digital twins – a case study

Kos,

Schröder,

Trauer

et al. 2024

Proc. Des. Soc.

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“…Life cycle management [18,41,42] DT, 3D Concrete Printing Reduce construction time, enhance design flexibility and achieve environmental sustainability Materials, Production [43,44] DT, LiDAR 4 Enhancement of waste audits to save materials Materials [45] DT, IGB 6 Integration of DT with eco-friendly intelligent buildings Life cycle management [31] DT, BIM, IoT 5 , AI 7 Monitor and control the carbon dioxide emissions of building assets Energy efficiency and management [46,47] DT, SM 8 Autonomous maintenance of infrastructure within the building environment, optimize energy-saving strategies…”

Section: State Of the Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Franciosi et al [44] explored how to effectively use digital twin technology to improve the sustainable performance of production activities and established a conceptual model outlining the key characteristics and framework for the application of these technologies in sustainable production. Moreover, Metallidou et al [46] proposed a method to reduce industrial carbon emissions using the Industrial Internet of Things and digital twin technology, aiming to optimize manufacturing decisions and improve energy efficiency in industrial operations. Yang et al [31] contributed to urban development by summarizing research on integrating digital twins with eco-friendly intelligent buildings.…”

Section: Construction Phasementioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of Digital Twin Technologies for Enhanced Sustainability in the Construction Industry

Zhang,

Wei,

Court

et al. 2024

Buildings

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Carbon emissions present a pressing challenge to the traditional construction industry, urging a fundamental shift towards more sustainable practices and materials. Recent advances in sensors, data fusion techniques, and artificial intelligence have enabled integrated digital technologies (e.g., digital twins) as a promising trend to achieve emission reduction and net-zero. While digital twins in the construction sector have shown rapid growth in recent years, most applications focus on the improvement of productivity, safety and management. There is a lack of critical review and discussion of state-of-the-art digital twins to improve sustainability in this sector, particularly in reducing carbon emissions. This paper reviews the existing research where digital twins have been directly used to enhance sustainability throughout the entire life cycle of a building (including design, construction, operation and maintenance, renovation, and demolition). Additionally, we introduce a conceptual framework for this industry, which involves the elements of the entire digital twin implementation process, and discuss the challenges faced during deployment, along with potential research opportunities. A proof-of-concept example is also presented to demonstrate the validity of the proposed conceptual framework and potential of digital twins for enhanced sustainability. This study aims to inspire more forward-thinking research and innovation to fully exploit digital twin technologies and transform the traditional construction industry into a more sustainable sector.

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“…During the construction phase, the materials used in the use of 3D concrete printing technology can emit 80% less CO 2 than the production of traditional concrete materials (Nematollahi et al, 2018). In the construction operation and management phase, companies generate fewer carbon emissions in future construction activities by applying industrial IoT to collect past data from the construction process and using digital twin architecture to monitor real-time architectural situations (Shen et al, 2022) to compose models and predict their future behavior (Metallidou et al, 2022). Finally, the application of digital construction technology can enhance the ability of information interaction and sharing within enterprises, such as the use of data creation and sharing, cross-temporal information dissemination and other channels to transmit, flow green emission reduction technology and other aspects of information (Lyu et al, 2023), for the purpose of reducing unnecessary activities, in addition, big data technology can offer data support for enterprise carbon emission reduction by improving the integration of data information such as energy input structure and CO 2 emissions (Zhang et al, 2021).…”

Section: Digital Construction and Carbon Emissionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can the development of digital construction reduce enterprise carbon emission intensity? New evidence from Chinese construction enterprises

Yang,

Lei,

Wang

2023

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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IntroductionWith the rapid development of digital technology and its deep integration with the engineering and construction field, digital construction has become an effective way for low-carbon transformation in the construction industry. However, there is a gap of empirical research between digital construction and carbon emissions. MethodsThis paper empirically investigates the impact of digital construction level on carbon emission intensity and the mechanism of action by using the two-way fixed effects model and mechanism testing based on the panel data of 52 Shanghai and Shenzhen A-share listed companies in China’s construction industry from 2015 to 2021. ResultsThe findings indicate that the improvement of digital construction level can significantly decrease the carbon emission intensity of construction enterprises, and the conclusions still hold after robustness tests and discussions on endogeneity issues such as replacing core explanatory variables, replacing models, using instrumental variables method, system GMM model and difference in differences model. According to a mechanism analysis, digital construction can curb carbon emission intensity by enhancing the R&D innovation capacity and total factor productivity of enterprises. Furthermore, the heterogeneity analysis shows that the improvement of digital construction level in state-owned enterprises as well as civil engineering construction enterprises can better contribute to reducing carbon emission intensity. DiscussionThis paper will provide a reference for the synergistic optimization of digital construction development and carbon emissions reduction in construction enterprises. The research conclusions are going to promote the digital transformation of the construction industry to accelerate the achievement of the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals.

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Digital Twin and Industrial Internet of Things Architecture to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Cited by 5 publications

References 44 publications

Improving sustainability of additive manufacturing processes based on digital twins – a case study

Improving sustainability of additive manufacturing processes based on digital twins – a case study

A Review of Digital Twin Technologies for Enhanced Sustainability in the Construction Industry

Can the development of digital construction reduce enterprise carbon emission intensity? New evidence from Chinese construction enterprises

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