Digital Twin – Lyon Confluence
CIM for European positive energy neighborhoods.
Client:
SPL Lyon Confluence
Project type:
Energy monitoring & water management
Date:
2023
Localization:
Lyon 2nd, Confluence, 69002 Lyon
Introduction
A pioneer of sustainable city development in France, the Lyon Confluence district embodies a new way of planning the city, combining innovation, energy performance, and quality of life. Led by SPL Lyon Confluence, this emblematic project benefits from the support of the European program ASCEND, dedicated to the creation of positive energy districts. In this context, UrbanThink has been commissioned to develop a digital twin of the territory to support energy management and mobility.
Issue
With the ambition of becoming a model of urban sustainability, Lyon Confluence needed a digital tool capable of centralizing and visualizing in real-time the energy performance of the district, while integrating the diversity of use cases (buildings, networks, mobility, self-consumption). The challenge lay in articulating multiple data flows to track the climate commitments of the project at the local and European levels.
Process
UrbanThink, as the technology provider mandated by UrbanPractices, has implemented a 3D digital twin of the neighborhood using its ThinkCities solution, integrating a wide range of features: energy monitoring at the building and neighborhood scale, performance management, tracking of energy communities, analysis of mobility programs, etc. This CIM model allows for a multi-level approach to urban analysis and management, connected to the challenges of the ASCEND project.
Results
The Lyon Confluence district is now equipped with a reference digital tool, consolidating its position as a European demonstrator for the energy transition. The digital twin developed by UrbanThink enables a dynamical reading of urban data, better coordination among local stakeholders, and enhances the attractiveness of the neighborhood to citizens, investors, and institutional partners. A key building block for the low carbon city of tomorrow.
