INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Green Technology
Virtual Twins to enable smart water management
beans , packaging and transportation , that amount can reach 140 liters . Manufacturing also depends on water resources : Making a car can require up to 150,000 liters of water , for example .
Dassault Systèmes ’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform addresses these issues by offering digital simulations that leverage the ability of experts , companies and universities to understand their innovation process .
Vital for human life , water powers the global economy and is essential for manufacturing , energy production and more . However , despite covering almost seven-tenths of the Earth , only 1 % of the water volume on our planet is readily available for human use and much of that is wasted .
Virtual Twins allow for reducing costs , improving the quantification of consumption and even analyzing possible areas of improvement , which optimize the reality of factories and farms , for example .
Ultimately , this benefit is passed on to consumers , as companies can offer goods and services designed , manufactured and transported using less water .
As climate change contributes to increasing the scarcity of our natural resources , finding more efficient ways to consume water is an urgent task . To respond to these challenges , the 3DEXPERIENCE platform from Dassault Systèmes offers resources dedicated to simplifying the path for companies , governments and society to reshape their processes and optimize water consumption .
With the 3DEXPERIENCE platform , companies can create Virtual Twins of their facilities , creating complete virtual replicas prepared to simulate all the specific aspects and characteristics of their projects , plants , pipelines , irrigation systems and more .
A Virtual Twin is a real-time computerized representation of a product , process or system , which can be as simple as a plastic bottle or as complex as an entire city . Simulations run on this 3D model that represents the shape , dimensions and properties of a product , process or system to explore how they will behave when assembled , operated or subjected to a series of events .
These software-based models can show how water has been used more efficiently .
Through data analysis , AI , 3D modeling and real-time visualization features , Virtual Twins enable tracking the water footprint of products and services from design to manufacturing and the implications at the end of the product life cycle . It means an option to evaluate in detail so-called virtual water , which is the amount of water required for the production process .
A cup of coffee , for example , may represent only a few milliliters of water in its final form . But , adding up the total used for growing the
Dassault Systèmes ’ willingness to be part of the response to how to tackle the world ’ s water consumption challenge goes beyond providing cutting-edge knowledge through its 3DEXPERIENCE platform to enable the industry to consume smarter and protect the world ’ s most precious resource .
A few months ago , the company presented the Water for Life initiative : A campaign to raise awareness about current social and environmental challenges , inspiring people to use the virtual world to gain deeper insights into these challenges and drive sustainable innovations for a better future .
This commitment to improving global awareness of sustainable challenges is also visible in 3DEXPERIENCE Edu , Dassault Systèmes ’ worldwide education programs , available to five million students and professionals per year . p
www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO LATAM 69