by Chris Cooper | Dec 24, 2021 | Digital Twins, Innovation, IoT, kn-i, Open Data, Smart City, Technology
What is the Point of a Digital Twin Digital twins (DT) was a term coined by Michael Grieves in 2002. “It is based on the idea that a digital informational construct about a physical system could be created as an entity on its own. This digital information would be a...
by Chris Cooper | Dec 24, 2021 | Big Data, Consentua, Data Security, Energy, Innovation, kn-i, Marketing, Open Data, Privacy, Smart City, Technology
Great ideas that require lots of data are difficult to execute. The original rationale for a project can often get lost. Realising a digital twin and smart city project is no different. They too require vast amounts of data, and with many stakeholders and competing...
by Chris Cooper | Nov 14, 2021 | Innovation, Smart City, standards, Technology
Many commentators are theorising about the impact of the post-Covid world on our cities, towns and other urban spaces. Will our previously busy city centres ever be the same again? Has the virus tamed our enthusiasm to get together, connect and...
by Chris Cooper | Nov 14, 2021 | Innovation, kn-i, Smart Building, Smart City, Smart Home, standards, Technology
The Data Management Canvas has landed. Understanding, and planning for, the role of data within a project – and the governance challenges that accompany it – can be a difficult process. Consentua worked with the Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) to develop a...
by Chris Cooper | Jul 23, 2021 | Consentua, Data Security, Innovation, IoT, kn-i, Smart Building, Smart City, standards, Startup, Technology
Some Questions First: Do you have a great idea that will reduce energy consumption or help with carbon reduction? Does the idea require the use of technology, digital services and data? Are you struggling to find out all the answers as to how to make...
by Chris Cooper | May 17, 2019 | Innovation, Marketing, Open Data, Startup, Technology
Got a new Business Idea? Where does a business go when it has a new idea that it wants to realise. This could be outside its current expertise. Or it could be that the existing team is simply not skilled in this new domain. Or it could be that the rate of change...