The GreenInfraTwins project is investigating the use of Digital Twins for assessing and communicating the sustainability of infrastructure structures.

The introduction of BIM has already initiated lifecycle information management, which includes a collection of data for sustainability analyses from planning, construction, and monitoring. However, the further evaluation and utilization of this data for circular resource management still require further development. We are very pleased to be able to deal with these tasks as part of the new GreenInfraTwins research project, funded by the Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr (DE), the Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation (AT) & Technologie and the Bundesamt für Strassen ASTRA (CH), as part of the DACH transport infrastructure research program and the Östereichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG). In addition to describing how to set up Digital Twins for sustainability assessment, we will demonstrate them on real infrastructure and show how they can be used in the operation and decommissioning phase. The consortium partners met for an initial workshop in Essen at the end of January. The aim was to jointly define relevant use cases for the sustainability assessment of infrastructures. The research project focuses on the development of sustainability-related use cases for a digital twin in the operation and dismantling phase of bridge structures, which are to be implemented on several demonstrators.

Prof. Markus König, Dr. Philipp Hagedorn, Liu Liu, and Simon Kosse from the Chair of Computing in Engineering are involved in the project.

For further information visit www.greeninfratwins.com