Technology Vision 2023 | When Atoms meet Bits #TechVision To thrive in this landscape, enterprises need to Internal: Actively generating transparency can also help quickly start revisiting their data technologies and satisfy new internal requirements. Increasingly, build transparency as the demand (or opportunity) Transparent enterprises can see more clearly the local regulations across a number of geographies for it emerges. But technology is only half the story. gears that make their business turn. That clarity are placing maximums on carbon emissions, and 147 Businesses also need to shift their mindsets towards brings problems or inef昀椀ciencies to light, which penalizing companies that pass that threshold. It embracing transparency, revisit how they calculate can then pave the way to solutions. Until we means companies have to be able to both measure risk, and think more multidimensionally about the and report their emissions to ensure compliance. know that a problem exists, we can’t 昀椀x it. And value of their data. transparency can be that illuminating force to To help building owners, Measurabl and Singularity strengthen internal operations. Energy launched a tool that quanti昀椀es and monitors 148 A “window of transparency” frees information—and buildings’ CO emissions. This tool can determine 2 under your management this can be a powerful Digital twins are “windows of transparency”—and a building’s compliance with local regulations, give thing. Does it mean to you should share all your data they are one of the best ways to shine a light on building owners a 昀椀nancial risk report based on their all the time? No, data must be collected and used a business’s internal workings. While they may carbon emissions, and create a decarbonization plan per building. Making carbon emissions visible responsibly—privacy and con昀椀dentiality are essential not be new, they are getting better in signi昀椀cant, will not only ensure a company’s compliance and and should always come 昀椀rst in any decisions more transparent ways. For instance, Bentley surrounding data. But companies also shouldn’t be Systems’ platform for building digital twins of critical commitment to sustainability, but overall, it will take a overly conservative. When it comes to transparency, infrastructure systems, iTwin, now includes iTwin city one step closer to being cleaner and healthier. there are valuable gains to be found for businesses’ Experience, which acts as a “single pane of glass” to internal operations, for customers, and for the public, integrate and overlay engineering, operations, and 146 and you don’t want to miss out. information technology data. This allows owners and operators to more easily visualize, query, and analyze digital twins at different levels of granularity and scale, effectively empowering them to make better informed, more actionable decisions.