A recent survey indicated that 92% of respondents believe digital twins enhance sustainability, with 85% of businesses using or planning to use this technology to achieve sustainability goals. Key benefits include energy savings and waste reduction, with 67% expecting digital prototypes to become obsolete in the next six years. The study also highlighted geographical differences in the adoption of digital twins for sustainability, with respondents from China and India showing the highest likelihood of usage.

1. 92%SAY DIGITAL TWINS
HAVE IMPROVED
SUSTAINABILITY
DIGITAL TWINS ARE
HELPING TO PAVE THE
WAY TO NET ZERO
85%
73%
All respondents in consumer
electronics use digital twins for
sustainability
OF BUSINESSES ALREADY USE OR
PLAN TO USE DIGITAL TWIN TECH
TO MEET SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
say their products or processes have
become more energy efficient and/or
less wasteful
HERE’S HOW THEY’RE “TWINNING”
TO NET ZERO
DIGITAL TWIN HELPS ORGANIZATIONS
MEET CRUCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
OBJECTIVES
Energy savings
and/or efficient
use of resources
76%
Energy savings
and/or savings on
operating costs
Energy savings
and/or savings on
operating costs
74%
Energy savings
and/or savings on
operating costs
Waste reduction
and/or
refurbishment/reuse
of equipment
60%
60%
of heavy equipment businesses
of architecture, engineering, and
construction (AEC) businesses
62%
48%
56%
of industrial equipment businesses
have experienced energy savings
thanks to digital twins
have reduced waste
of consumer electronics businesses
DIGITAL TWIN IMPACT ON
SUSTAINABILITY VARIES
FAST FORWARD
LESS PHYSICAL PROTOTYPING
= LESS WASTE
67% expect digital twins to make physical
prototypes obsolete within six years
43% say four years
In 2022, Altair commissioned an independent, international online survey of 2,007
professionals employed throughout many target industries who perform job
functions related to data science, IoT and analytics, software engineering,
research and development (R&D), engineering, information technology (IT) and
information systems (IS), product development, and executive management.
The survey's objective was to analyze and understand how organizations
conceptualize, utilize, and envision the rise and future of digital twin technology.
View the full survey report here.
#ONLYFORWARD
Respondents say
digital twin enables:
and
and
GLOBAL DIFFERENCES
IN SUSTAINABILITY
China and India were far
more likely to say their
organizations are using, or
plan to use digital twins, to
meet sustainability goals
Respondents from Japan
were by far the lowest
APAC and U.S. businesses were
far more prone to say they are
using digital twins to reach
sustainability goals than those
in EMEA and the U.K.
U.S.
64%
EMEA
44%
APAC
67%
JAPAN
69%
INDIA
99%
41%
U.K.
CHINA
97%
CAN DIGITAL TWINS
SAVE THE PLANET?