Kenneth Burnham (IES - UK)

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Enhancing Digital Transformation in Manufacturing SMEs

22nd of MayBrussels

2015

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Dr Kenneth Burnham

Integrated Environmental Solutions

Experiment 6: Cloud-based HPC tools for Urban Planning

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INDEX1. WHAT WE ACHIEVED

2. HOW WE DID IT

3. HOW I4MS HELPED

4. HOW WE WILL TAKE IT FORWARD

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Meeting the Challenge

I4MS 2015: Enhancing Digital Transformation in Manufacturing SMEs · 22nd of May · Brussels

IES intends to expand current capabilities and move from an approach of single building simulation, to multi-building city-scale simulations

Moving to City-Scale Simulations

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WHAT WE ACHIEVED

Primary Achievement

Moving our SunCast module

onto a cloud based platform

for faster simulations


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WHY WE DID IT


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There is a growing need for IES to increase the speed of our simulations. This is both at individual building level, and more recently for city-scale level

Open new markets for us where we move from early stage master planning to detailed design, to the development of smart cities

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HOW I4MS HELPED


• Provided suitable testing platform to experiment with cloud computing in a low risk setting

• Has enabled IES to perform intricate simulations via a web based platform as opposed to running on a desktop solution

• Has allowed IES to create a new market for the company– Blue Ocean Strategy i.e. creating a

new market instead of competing in an existing red ocean

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Project Example - Masterplanning


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• Northside Coalition, Pittsburgh, USA• Main Features of project:– 3D Model Creation of existing buildings in

Northside Coalition area– Building Energy Simulation– Photo Voltaics (PV) & Solar Thermal Potential– Wind Potential– Overall Energy Masterplanning

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• Use of Cloud Services– Our SunCast Module was

used to provide an analysis of solar radiation falling on buildings -> useful to show potential for PV

– In this case it ranged from 72.25 kWh/m2 (blue) to 1377.25 kWh/m2 (red)

– Dependent on orientation of buildings, and overshadowing of other buildings

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Project Example – In-depth Simulation


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• Hotel Project, Middle East• Main Features of project:– 3D Model Creation of the hotel– 7 story building, 250 guest rooms– Large organic shaped wrap-around for shading– 35,626 surfaces in the model, 5,538 windows

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• Use of Cloud Services– Our SunCast Module was used to

provide an analysis of solar radiation penetrating all the rooms of the building

– Resulted in greater understanding of passive heating of the buildings and explicit need for shading

– More detailed analysis than Pittsburgh example

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Project Example – Benefits


• Speed• Prior to obtaining cloud services, a simulation like that run

in for Pittsburgh could have taken 3 hours. This simulation was run in 10 minutes

• In the Middle East Example, the simulation would have taken 2 weeks to run, this was done in 2 days with through the use of cloud capabilities

• Reduced human resource

• Data Capacity• Prior to obtaining cloud services, simulations taken at this

scale would be far more susceptible to crashing• Increased efficiency and reliability

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HOW WE WILL TAKE IT FORWARD


• Increase our modules on the cloud• SunCast completed, Radiance will be next

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HOW WE WILL TAKE IT FORWARD


• Market evolution

• Faster, more comprehensive simulations

• Marketing approach/channels

• Target our existing worldwide customer base which include: AECOM, Gensler, HoK, ARUP, and WSP

• Over 1000 clients in 140 countries

• Use our existing connections with city authorities such as San Francisco, Hong Kong, Dubai, London Organisation Affiliations

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THANK YOUFOR YOUR ATTENTION

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Kenneth Burnham (IES - UK)

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