Real-world district for digital

For the very first time, the "Innovation Lab", a special exhibition for digital transformations in the construction industry, will be held at Swissbau 2018 from 16 to 20 January. NEST, the modular research and demonstration platform from Empa and Eawag, will be presenting with its partners (in hall 1.1, booth L88) how digital construction is implemented in reality and exactly what kind of potential for digital innovation is offered by the set of demonstrators on the Empa campus in Dübendorf. Digital technologies are changing the competitive landscape in many fields, and the same holds true in the building, energy, and mobility sectors. For companies, maintaining competitiveness requires constant experimentation with new, promising digital technologies - from artificial intelligence and Augmented Reality to the processing of Big Data. However, there is a lack of a suitable venue for the safe testing and development of new ideas under real-life conditions. The set of demonstrators on the Empa campus in Dübendorf offers just that: NEST gives researchers and companies the opportunity to try something new, both during the construction process as well as in the operation of a tangible, active building. The "Energy Hub" (ehub) allows for the experimentation with energy flows in districts and combines the building sector (NEST) with mobility, and the mobility demonstrator move where powertrain concepts and fuels made from renewable resources can be developed.