Cityzenith Selects Brooklyn Navy Yard for Carbon Neutral Initiative

NEW YORK, NY – Chicago-based, Cityzenith has selected Brooklyn Navy Yard to commence its global initiative, Clean Cities – Clean Future, for which the company will implement its SmartWorldOS^TM Digital Twin software platform in major cities that are committed to achieving carbon neutrality.

The Brooklyn Navy Yard project aims to transform the energy footprint of the historic 225-acre site.

The Digital Twin platform allows buildings of any size, type or age to significantly cut operating costs and carbon emissions.

According to an Ernst & Young report, Digital Twin technology reduces commercial property operating costs by 35%, improves productivity by 20% and cuts emissions by 50-100%. ABIresearch predicts that Digital Twin technology will help city planners and building owners save $280 billion in the coming years. This prediction coincides with the US government’s Build Back Better program and its new $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill.

Brooklyn Navy Yard was selected for the initiative through an alliance between Cityzenith, NYC 2030 District and Agile Fractal Grid. The Clean Cities – Clean Future initiative will be implemented in Phoenix, AZ and several other cities, following the Brooklyn Navy Yard project.

“We are honored to start our initiative in New York City with NYC 2030 District and energy resilience provider AFG,” states Cityzenith founder and CEO, Michael Jansen.

“Here’s the big challenge we’re addressing—for commercial property owners, there is no single path to getting to net zero emissions, so they don’t move,” Jansen says. “Achieving net zero emissions in buildings requires simultaneous deployment of multiple strategies, including real time energy monitoring, onsite renewable power generation and the purchase of carbon offsets. Property owners need a clear predictable engineering solution and financial structure.”

Jansen adds, “Digital Twin technology’s unparalleled ability to aggregate, visualize, and analyze 3D (space) + 4D (time) data and correlate efficiencies among multiple systems is ideal to solve this problem, providing an optimized net zero building engineering solution that makes financial sense. This is what the market has needed for a long time—a green building calculator that any property can easily use. Our goal is to show how an investment of $0.10 per ft² will unlock $3-$5 per ft² in savings with a shortened payback schedule of 3-5 years on retrofit investments.”

“We are proud to partner with Cityzenith to develop the Digital Twin model of the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Bldg.77, a one-million-square-foot warehouse recently renovated for commercial and manufacturing use,” states NYC 2030 District chairman, Haym Gross. “The Digital Twin, to be produced for a group of navy yard buildings, systems and infrastructure, will provide Brooklyn Navy Yard with the capability to comprehensively monitor building performance and plan energy sustainability and climate resilience projects. Expanding the model to the surrounding area will demonstrate the potential for including neighboring properties and facilities in community-scale sustainable projects and urban-scale innovative planning.”

“We are so pleased to be working with Cityzenith on the Digital Twin for the New York City area, focusing first on the innovation complex at the Brooklyn Navy Yard,” says John. Reynolds, CEO of energy resilience and security company, AFG. “The plan is to expand the initial project for a wider roll out across the entire country, to transform energy security and infrastructure.”