Dig-IT Lab – New competence centre accelerating digitalization in the construction industry
Dig-IT Lab is a new Vinnova-funded competence centre at KTH, aiming at reducing the environmental impact of buildings through digitalization. The centre will promote collaboration as well as accelerate the transition from data collected from buildings to tangible impact. It is run in collaboration between industry and academia in Sweden and with a number of international research centers.
”We want to harvest the benefits of digitalization and make buildings more efficient and sustainable through collaboration and efficient use of data, reducing CO2 emissions, and accelerating the market introduction of new technologies,” says Jonas Anund Vogel, director of Dig-IT Lab.
”The centre will be a dynamic arena for academia, industry, and policy to collaborate and co-create innovative solutions.”
The objectives are to maximize the benefits of digitalization throughout a building’s lifespan, to share knowledge, and develop essential competencies for a digitally driven built environment. The centre will promote cross-disciplinary collaboration in key research areas like ”digital twins” and business models, and provide a neutral testing environment for joint R&D and technology transfer. In the long run, Dig-IT Lab will be able to contribute to strengthening Sweden's competitiveness and leadership in digitalization within the built environment.
”Only by aligning our efforts, ontologies and systems, can we achieve the interoperability necessary for scaling up innovative and resource-efficient digital solutions,” says Tomas Bäckstadi, Services Operations & Development Director at Schneider Electric.
Dig-IT Lab builds on and expands existing research and collaboration within the research center KTH Live-In Lab: www.liveinlab.kth.se/en
