Digital twins and their application in sustainability

Digital twins and their application in sustainability

In previous articles, we explained to you what a digital twin is in a simple way, but I am sure that you are wondering, why should I apply them in my company?

The concept of digital twin is a relatively new concept in Latin America, but it is directly related to two popular and vital concepts today, which are SUSTAINABILITY and MAINTAINABILITY.

What is sustainability and maintainability (sostenibilidad*)?

We must understand sustainability as the “process” whose objective is to find the equilibrium between the environment and the use of the natural resources. 

In 1996, the award-winner northamerican ecological economics, Herman Daly, defined certain principles of sustainability.

  • Renewable resources should not be used at a rate greater than their generation.
  • Polluting substances may not be produced at a rate higher than that which can be recycled, neutralized or absorbed by the environment.
  • Non-renewable resources should not be used at a higher speed, necessary to be replaced with a sustainable renewable resource.

Based on these principles, a process can be named as “sustainable” when there is a relationship between the growth of the human activities (natural resources consumption), the resilience of the ecosystem and actions to renew natural resources or mitigate the polluting effects.

To talk about Maintainability (sostenibilidad)it is important to mention that in 1983 ONE created the World Commission on Environment and Development, in response to the continuing concern about the deterioration of the ozone layer, global warming and other environmental problems associated with the increase in the level of life of the world population and industrialization. From this commission, the most important document regarding Maintainability (Sostenibilidad*) Development emerged in 1987, the report “Our Common Future” also known as Bruntland Report.

Brundtland Report, named after Gro Harlem Brundtland, who was Norway’s first female minister and who chaired the Environment Commission from United Nation Organization, gives us a clear definition of Sustainable Development: “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations”

The concept of Maintainability (sostenibilidad) has been transformed over time, reaching the modern concept based on the development of socio-ecological systems to achieve a new configuration in the three central dimensions of maintainable development: economic, social and environmental

In the economic part, a maintainable company is the one that opts for a correct use of the natural resources together with cost optimization, in the social part it is the one that is interested in its human capital and seeks a common benefit; in the political aspect, it refers to creating correct policies to promote its development. This is how sustainability is about the correct use of the natural resources and it has become a part of the Maintainability, that includes also the human processes.

https://www.bbva.com/es/sostenibilidad/cual-es-la-diferencia-entre-sustentabilidad-y-sostenibilidad/

How can we achieve Sustainability and Maintainability (Sostenibilidad)?

To achieve sustainability in our companies, it is necessary to make adaptations and improvements in both production and maintenance processes. These adaptations can only be applied having accurate information, that is, colloquial speaking, if you want to improve something you have to measure it.

The sustainability of our processes, is going to lead us to the maintainability (sostenibilidad) that is achieved when all human processes are considered (socials, educational, cultural, economics, etc.) in an environment of equity and globality, pursuit the development of the people involved and taking care of the environment.

How foundtech by applying digital twins supports you to achieve sustainable processes?

At foundtech we generate information, we have the technology required to measure. With digital twins we are able to achieve a technological efficient structure that allows us to provide you with information to be making improvements constantly that will bring you and your company to the level of sustainability, thus achieving cost savings and efficiency in your processes. 

Today, not many companies have the ability to measure their processes, and many decisions are made without the necessary information or with wrong or outdated information; and if you make a decision with wrong information, the result will hardly be as expected. 

Through BIM technology, coupled with las-generation scanners and drones we generate structured databases, which are of high quality, availability and accessibility. These databases have the capacity of being updated and exploited efficiently to obtain the important insights that your company has to correct over time; this will lead you to a SUSTAINABILITY in your processes. By having sustainable processes and also applying it to the human field, you will be able to achieve MAINTAINABILITY (SOSTENIBILIDAD) in your company.

Imagine implementing this technology in agriculture, with the benefit of efficient water use; in the industry, to measure and project the traceability of water use in production processes. 

Do you still have doubts about the implementation of digital twins in your industry or company? We solve your doubts. Contact us! foundtech.me JOIN THE NEW REALITY! *In Spanish, there are two different concepts named SUSTENTABILIDAD and SOSTENIBILIDAD, both of them translated into English are SUSTAINABILITY. Those concepts are translated above in the best way possible in order to explain them.


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