Building First in Digital Twin, Then in Real City

German city of Essen uses digital twins to plan and optimize urban development projects

The city of Essen in Germany is using digital twins to plan and optimize urban development projects.

The digital twins are created using building information modeling (BIM) and geographic information systems (GIS).

The city aims to reduce construction costs and increase efficiency by using the digital twins to simulate and test different scenarios before implementing them in the real city.