Decarbonisation using Digital Twins

Bridging the Performance Gap
Optimise Plant and Building Performance
Integration with Measurement & Verification and Facilities Management

Digital Twin Technology to Decarbonise your Building Portfolio

Using Machine Learning technology, we can create a digital replica of your building’s energy performance in a 3D virtual environment, otherwise known as a Digital Twin. This process is facilitated using data gathered from a site survey and/or metering data of the building services systems.

A Digital Twin provides a more accurate visualisation of how your building consumes energy and allows our engineers to locate pinch points quicker and propose energy reduction interventions. The level of detail provided by a Digital Twin can allow a more thorough analysis of each potential intervention which is assessed in a dynamic simulation model to provide more accurate energy and cost savings. From changing a fan in an air handling unit, to re-designing a HVAC plant room, the Digital Twin can optimise all plant performance and outline a pathway to decarbonisation which is best suited to the building’s needs and Client’s objectives.

Digital twin modelling of HVAC Plant

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Lawler Sustainability have a team of in-house energy modellers and engineers experienced in providing decarbonisation pathways using Digital Twins. This process includes a detailed site audit of building fabric and building services systems, which are then re-created in a digital environment for further analysis. Lawler Vision, which is our metering and measurement & verification department, manages the energy performance of the building and feeds our ML program with data to digitally reflect the performance in a virtual environment. This digital twin allows our engineers to critically assess multiple energy saving interventions and accurately predict future performance and savings.A technical report is created outlining the path to decarbonisation using the results from the Digital Twin analysis.

We can help you along this journey with continued project management and optimisation of plant performance via our Facilities Management team.

Site Energy mapped to Digital Twin

Our Experience

HSE Primary Care Centres - Building Performance Optimisation

Lawler Sustainability was engaged by the HSE to complete a range of energy services at five HSE Primary Care Centres.

Given the nature of the five centres, they all had strict occupant requirements to encourage health and wellbeing. This included adhering to stringent daylight and natural ventilation requirements on all five sites.

Our in-house Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) experience allowed us to further demonstrate that these criteria were achieved, garnering A3 Building Energy Ratings (BERs) at all five centres.

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Low Energy, Low Maintenance Design

Harvey Tucker, HSE Primary Care Centre

Lawler Sustainability and Lawler Consulting acted for us as Mechanical & Electrical consultants on the recent Primary Healthcare Centre in Shamrock Plaza, Carlow. We found that their service throughout all stages of the project was excellent. They understood the HSE briefing documents and represented us well in discussions with the HSE whose environmental requirements were initially ambiguous.

As landlord of the Primary Care Centre we placed particular importance on a low energy, low maintenance design. As engineers, they understood this brief and gave particular attention to this. They took the time to explain the life cycle approach to their design solutions. We were very pleased with the project management of the project and found a very practical approach to the delivery of the project derived from a wealth of experience in servicing commercial buildings. The building was completed on time without any budget overrun.

Based on this experience, we can highly recommend without hesitation Lawler Sustainability and Lawler Consulting to any party requiring a quality M&E consultancy service.