In the business domain, the digital twin is helping to optimize everything from the performance of facilities and building energy systems to the management of the supply chain, among many other applications. In the public domain, creating digital twins has become a widespread tool in building risk models and city planning. It allows us to build the worlds we want to see and find in them answers to challenges from healthcare, environmental impact, natural disasters, etc.
Without going any further, an example of a smart city in Spain is the case of Vigo. The local government has built a 3D model that recreates the urban environment and concentrates all the city’s existing information in a single system, in order to carry out simulations and predictions. By incorporating the geographic variable, these multiple layers of information are enriched and allow detailed analysis of the impact of decisions in each part of the city. For example, this digital twin has made it possible to develop applications to manage the spread of tourism, simulate acoustic impact, or perform sustainability analyses.
Mapping technology can also help in the prediction and management of environmental disasters such as floods, fires or earthquakes. Gran Canaria (Spain) is a territory that every year is the focus of a large number of fires with high costs for the flora and the population. The implementation of intelligent maps has helped the government of Gran Canaria to be prepared to fight a possible fire and fully predict how it will develop. In times of uncertainty, businesses and governments must arm themselves with resources to be prepared for complex and diverse circumstances.
Digital twin technology enables difficult decisions to be made in a simpler and more informed way, bringing together processes, people and data. A vast amount of information is accessible visually and with the geographic component, which makes it easier to measure with high precision in order to analyze causes and consequences in detail. By approaching our real world from a digital perspective, we can save our business, our city, and our planet from the next crisis.
SSiemens has maintained a close relationship with Basque companies for decades, with success stories that have been extraordinarily reinforced in recent months. The multinational technology company’s solutions can be seen in areas such as artificial intelligence at the service of water saving, robotics and digital twins. This business complicity with Euskadi finds its most recent exponent in the investment of Siemens in BuntPlanet, through the acquisition of this company from San Sebastian specialized in software. Its programs and solutions help customers in activities such as the intelligent measurement of water quality, as well as the integration of hydraulic models and artificial intelligence to detect leaks in water networks. Siemens has a licensing agreement with BuntPlanet from 2019 to sell its leak detection software known as SIWA LeakPlus. With this acquisition, BuntPlanet’s entire offering and equipment will be integrated into Siemens’ portfolio of applications for water utilities, making it even more comprehensive for its customers. Siemens not only reaffirms its commitment to Spain in view of the potential of our market, but especially to the Basque community. BuntPlanet’s core offering, BuntBrain, consists of a software platform with solutions for leak detection and quality improvement.
