Orkney Islands Council has carried out digital twin expertise throughout its constructing portfolio to optimise operational efficiency, power effectivity and air high quality
Working in partnership with IES and Danalto, Orkney Islands Council has used digital twin expertise to centralise its constructing knowledge right into a single platform, permitting the council to rapidly establish points and handle buildings from one location.
In doing so, this has improved effectivity and saved time when analysing and translating knowledge into actions to enhance constructing efficiency throughout numerous areas together with, occupant well being and wellbeing, consolation, power effectivity and prices.
The council started setting out a course of to collect knowledge from current Constructing Administration Programs (BMS) throughout seven of its websites
With a view to acquire extra knowledge than ever earlier than, new warmth meters, oil meters and electrical energy meters have been carried out, in addition to indoor and outside climate sensors. 
Utilizing IES’s iSCAN cloud-based knowledge analytics platform, the council have been capable of analyse knowledge and translate it into actionable intelligence communicated by way of dashboards which might be accessed anyplace by way of internet browser. These dashboards assist the council to see what is going on throughout the portfolio, establish and prioritise faults and see the place operational enhancements might be made.
A safe connection to switch knowledge from IoT sensors to Danalto’s internet service after which into IES’s iSCAN cloud-based knowledge analytics platform was solely doable by means of collaborative working.
Steven Bruce, undertaking officer (ReFLEX) at Orkney Islands Council, mentioned: “The IES Command Centre has given us a a lot clearer image of what’s taking place throughout our portfolio and we have now already earmarked an extra two websites so as to add into the system.
“The websites are both having an improve or extension, so are perfect candidates for extra meters and sensors to be carried out on the identical time.
“Ideally, we hope to ultimately embrace all buildings with BMS or controls in them inside the interface so we are able to handle the entire property from this one system.”
Utilizing digital twin expertise to establish effectivity enhancements, ship financial savings, and optimise occupant well being and wellbeing
Through the undertaking, the council was capable of establish the place CO2 concentrations have been larger than anticipated by means of Indoor Air High quality monitoring – this knowledgeable measures to enhance air flow. The undertaking additionally recognized areas of overheating, representing important alternatives to make financial savings throughout power, price and carbon.
Valeria Ferrando, affiliate director, ICL Consultancy at IES, mentioned: “An information-led, built-in method eliminates typical frustrations related to managing giant constructing portfolios, and reliably permits financial savings and higher effectivity.
“At a time when power prices are at an all-time excessive and the race to zero emissions is gathering tempo, it’s nice to see our digital twin expertise already making a distinction to giant portfolio house owners and native authorities, akin to Orkney Islands Council, by serving to them to establish effectivity enhancements and ship financial savings, while additionally optimising circumstances for the well being and wellbeing of constructing occupants.”