From Design to Operation: Akila Empowers NXpark to Create a New Benchmark for Low-Carbon Parks Akila
赋能NXpark打造从设计到运营的低碳园区新标杆
Introduction: Dual-Carbon Goals Drive Industrial Park Low-Carbon Upgrades
Against the backdrop of China’s accelerated transition toward net-zero emissions under its dual-carbon goals, low-carbon transformation in the industrial sector has become the core direction for industrial park upgrades. This Newsletter share the global trends and best practices in carbon neutral industrial parks. In particular, AKila’s innovative practices in the NXpark industrial park in Xi’an, analyzing the entire process by which CNEUCN’s partner Akila has created a benchmark for “design-operation” integrated low-carbon parks and promoted green transformation and innovation for enterprises through digital twin technology and full lifecycle management. It highlights the empowering power of Akila’s digital twin platform and the critical role of industrial parks in advancing the application of green technologies and localized practices.
引言：双碳目标推动工业园区低碳升级
在中国双碳目标加速迈向净零排放的背景下，工业领域的低碳转型已成为工业园区升级的核心方向。本次推文分享全球碳中和工业园区的趋势与最佳实践，其中重点聚焦AKila在西安NXpark工业园区的创新实践，深入分析仲欧脱碳科技合作伙伴Akila通过数字孪生技术与全生命周期管理，打造“设计-运营”一体化低碳园区标杆、推动企业绿色转型创新的完整过程。凸显了Akila数字孪生平台的赋能价值，以及工业园区在推进绿色技术应用与本土化实践中的关键作用。
Global Trends and Best Practices in Carbon-Neutral Industrial Parks
Nowadays we are experiencing a broad global shift towards carbon-neutral industrial development. Countries worldwide are rapidly deploying innovative technologies and operational models to decarbonize their industrial clusters. In Europe, the Kalundborg Symbiosis project in Denmark is often cited as a successful example of an eco-industrial park. There, local industries collaborate to reuse each other’s by-products and share energy and water resources, effectively reducing both emissions and operating costs. Similarly, the BlueCity in the Netherlands—an industrial complex located in a repurposed former swimming pool—hosts a variety of circular economy startups that share infrastructure and low-carbon technologies to minimize their environmental footprint.
In Japan, the Kitakyushu Eco-Town integrates advanced recycling technologies with industrial facilities to form a closed-loop industrial ecosystem that recycles over 80% of industrial waste. Meanwhile, in Singapore’s Jurong Island, public-private partnerships have enabled energy and resource integration, turning it into a model for low-carbon, high-efficiency industrial development in Southeast Asia.
In China, few pilot zones have emerged under the country’s dual-carbon goals. For instance, the Suzhou Industrial Park has adopted green standards in industrial development and launched carbon-neutral pilot projects, emphasizing energy-efficient buildings, intelligent energy systems, and renewable energy integration. Similarly, the Guangzhou Knowledge City has embraced smart city infrastructure and carbon tracking systems as part of its industrial planning.
A common thread among these projects is their commitment to digitalization, cross-sector collaboration, and circular economy models. By incorporating real-time data platforms, carbon accounting tools, and lifecycle energy optimization, these parks are not only reducing emissions but also enhancing competitiveness and attracting green financing and international investment.
碳中和工业园区的全球趋势与最佳实践
当前，全球正经历向碳中和工业发展的广泛转型。世界各国正迅速部署创新技术与运营模式，推动产业集群的脱碳进程。在欧洲，丹麦的卡伦堡生态工业园项目常被视为生态工业园区的成功范例。当地企业通过协作实现副产品互用、能源与水资源共享，有效降低了排放量与运营成本。无独有偶，荷兰的“蓝城”（BlueCity）— 一个由旧游泳池改造而成的工业综合体——汇聚了多家循环经济初创企业，它们通过共享基础设施与低碳技术，最大限度减少环境碳足迹。
在日本，北九州生态城将先进的回收技术与工业设施相结合，形成了可循环利用超80%工业废弃物的闭环工业生态系统。与此同时，新加坡的裕廊岛通过公私合作模式实现能源与资源整合，成为东南亚低碳，高效工业发展的典范。
在中国，双碳目标下已涌现出多个试点区域。例如，苏州工业园区在产业发展中采用绿色标准，启动碳中和试点项目，重点发展节能建筑、智能能源系统与可再生能源整合。同样，广州知识城在产业规划中纳入智慧城市基础设施与碳追踪系统。
这些项目的共同特点在于对数字化、跨行业协作与循环经济模式的坚持。通过整合实时数据平台、碳核算工具与全生命周期能源优化，这些园区不仅实现了减排目标，还提升了竞争力，吸引了绿色融资与国际投资。
NXpark: The Journey from ‘Green Certification’ to ‘Net-Zero Benchmark
As an industrial park awarded with LEED Gold certification, HQE pre-certification, and China’s Two-Star Green Building certification, Xi’an’s NXpark stands as an outstanding model of green industrial parks. Facing common challenges such as full lifecycle data gaps, precise carbon data management needs, and indoor environment optimization requirements, NXpark partnered with Akila. Relying on Akila’s mature BIM-BAM-BOOM building lifecycle service system, the park initiated a low-carbon transformation from design to operation, committed to creating digital, people-centered, net-zero, and climate-resilient industrial infrastructure.
NXpark：从“绿色认证”到“净零标杆”的进阶之路
作为获得LEED金级认证、HQE预认证及中国二星级绿色建筑认证的工业园区，西安NXpark堪称绿色工业园区的典范。面对全生命周期数据断层、碳数据精准管理需求及室内环境优化等共性挑战，NXpark携手Akila，依托其成熟的BIM-BAM-BOOM建筑全生命周期服务体系，开启了从设计到运营的低碳化改造，致力于打造数字化、人本化、净零化、气候韧性的工业基础设施。
Three Core Operational Challenges at NXpark
• Precise Carbon Data Management: Accurately recording carbon emissions and reduction data to provide a data-driven foundation for formulating low-carbon strategies and exploring carbon offsets.
• Full Lifecycle Building Control: Intervening in the building’s lifecycle from the design phase to avoid energy waste and operational maintenance risks during operation.
• Simulated Indoor Environment Optimization: Using simulation technologies to balance indoor thermal comfort and energy efficiency goals, identifying the optimal equilibrium point between comfort and sustainability.
NXpark的三大核心运营挑战
• 精准碳数据管理：精确记录碳排放量及减排数据，为制定低碳策略、探索碳抵消机制提供数据驱动的基础。
• 建筑全生命周期管控：从设计阶段介入建筑全生命周期，规避运营阶段的能源浪费与运维风险。
• 模拟室内环境优化：运用仿真技术平衡室内热舒适与能效目标，寻找舒适性与可持续性的最优平衡点。
Akila’s Solutions from Design to Operation
Design Phase: Leveraging Akila’s digital twin platform to mitigate risks and optimize carbon emissions at the source:
• Efficient BIM Modeling
Unlike traditional 2D-to-3D modeling, Akila’s professional BIM team integrated modeling results deep into the early design stage, digitally synchronizing process pipelines, equipment layouts, and building structures. For example, during NXpark’s pre-design phase, Akila visualized the client’s process pipelines and layouts in BIM to avoid collisions between process systems and building structures, ensuring smooth future installation workflows.
• AI-Driven Low-Carbon Design
Akila used digital twin technology and AI algorithms to optimize mechanical and electrical layout and energy efficiency management, ensuring high-efficiency use of clean energy sources like ground-source heat pumps and rooftop photovoltaics. Through BIM-based energy consumption calculations and AI carbon emission predictions, the energy-saving and carbon reduction rate is guaranteed to reach approximately 58.7%.
• Thermal Comfort and Energy Efficiency Balance Simulation
Akila’s expert team simulated NXpark’s indoor thermal comfort using computational fluid dynamics and digital twin technology, integrating data on weather, ventilation, and sunlight. This identified the balance among thermal comfort, energy efficiency, and occupant health to formulate optimal energy-saving plans.
Operation Phase: Integrated Asset & Carbon Management
• Asset Integration Management:
Akila integrated the park’s existing building asset management systems and hardware to achieve real-time monitoring of NXpark’s building performance, equipment, and energy facility status.
• Energy Consumption and Carbon Emission Optimization:
Akila helped NXpark optimize its clean energy usage plan through round-the-clock real-time monitoring of energy consumption data and analysis of spaces and equipment. Among them, photovoltaic power generation is expected to account for 50.7%, and the EV charging pile coverage rate is 13.8%. Meanwhile, accurate carbon emission data helps NXpark achieve its ESG goals, helping it the world’s first carbon-neutral industrial park insured by ESG.
Akila从设计到运营的解决方案
设计阶段：借助Akila数字孪生平台从源头降低风险并优化碳排放：
• 高效BIM建模
不同于传统的2D转3D建模，Akila专业BIM团队将建模成果深度融入设计初期阶段，对工艺管线、设备布局与建筑结构进行数字化同步。例如，在NXpark预设计阶段，Akila通过BIM将客户的工艺管线及布局可视化，规避工艺系统与建筑结构的碰撞问题，确保未来安装流程顺畅。
• AI驱动低碳设计
Akila运用数字孪生技术与AI算法优化机电布局及能效管理，保障地源热泵、屋顶光伏等清洁能源的高效利用。通过基于BIM的能耗计算与AI碳排放预测，确保项目节能减碳率达约58.7%。
• 热舒适与能效平衡仿真
Akila专家团队利用计算流体力学与数字孪生技术对NXpark室内热舒适性进行仿真，整合气象、通风、光照等数据，精准定位热舒适、能效与人员健康的平衡点，制定最优节能方案。
运营阶段：资产与碳管理一体化
• 资产集成管理
Akila将园区现有建筑资产管理系统与硬件设备进行集成，实现对NXpark建筑性能、设备及能源设施状态的实时监测。
• 能耗与碳排放优化
Akila通过对能耗数据的全天候实时监测及空间与设备分析，帮助NXpark优化清洁能源使用方案。其中，光伏发电量预计占比达50.7%，电动汽车充电桩覆盖率达13.8%。同时，精准的碳排放数据助力NXpark实现ESG目标，使其成为全球首个获得ESG保险认证的碳中和工业园区。
About Akila
Akila is a cloud-based digital twin data platform for the built environment, on a mission to make the full lifecycle of building assets more sustainable through data. With the Akila platform and a portfolio-scale suite, it helps building owners and tenants gain comprehensive control over building performance management.
Since 2021, Akila has grown rapidly. Currently, its team of over 150 people is distributed across Asia, Europe, and North America, with in-house engineering, AI, and R&D capabilities. Akila’s clients span multiple industries and property types—from retail stores to hospitals, factories to office buildings—managing over 10 million square meters across 300 deployment sites.
关于Akila
Akila是一款面向建筑环境的云端数字孪生数据平台，致力于通过数据让建筑资产的全生命周期更具可持续性。凭借Akila平台及组合规模的套件，它帮助建筑业主和租户实现对建筑性能管理的全面掌控。
自2021年以来，Akila发展迅速。目前，其团队拥有150多名员工，分布在亚洲、欧洲和北美，具备内部工程、人工智能和研发能力。Akila的客户横跨多个行业和物业类型——从零售店到医院、工厂到办公楼——在300个部署站点管理着超过1000万平方米的空间。
Conclusion: The Low-Carbon Leap from ‘Single Park’ to ‘Green Ecological Network
Xi’an’s NXpark industrial park is not only a benchmark case for digital twin technology implementation but also a microcosm of ecological platform empowering industrial decarbonization. Through the deep integration of Akila’s digital twin platform with industrial scenarios, traditional industrial parks are accelerating their transformation from “high-carbon operations” to “net-zero paradigms.” CNEUCN’s mission is to set up the framework for low-carbon solution ecosystem by integrating global decarbonization resources and aligning with China’s market needs.
The technological implementation capabilities demonstrated by Akila in NXpark not only validate the effectiveness of the “digital twin + full lifecycle management” model but also strengthen CNEUCN’s core positioning as a China-EU low-carbon technology collaboration platform. As an open innovation platform oriented toward green development, CNEUCN continues to provide customized decarbonization solutions to clients through deep collaboration with Akila and global carbon-neutral partners. We are helping enterprises to reduce operational costs, meet policy requirements such as the EU CBAM and China’s carbon market, then achieve comprehensive improvements in sustainable green development. CNEUCN further drives the deep integration of cutting-edge low-carbon technologies like digital twins with China’s industrial new infrastructure needs through green ecological collaboration.
总结：从“单一园区”到“绿色生态网络”的低碳跃升
西安NXpark工业园区不仅是数字孪生技术落地的标杆案例，更是生态平台赋能工业脱碳的缩影。通过Akila数字孪生平台与工业场景的深度融合，传统工业园区正加速从“高碳运营”向“净零范式”转型。仲欧脱碳科技（CNEUCN）的使命是通过整合全球脱碳资源、匹配中国市场需求，构建低碳解决方案生态框架。
Akila在NXpark展现的技术落地能力，不仅验证了“数字孪生+全生命周期管理”模式的有效性，更强化了仲欧脱碳科技作为中国-欧洲低碳技术协作平台的核心定位。作为面向绿色发展的开放创新平台，仲欧脱碳科技通过与Akila及全球碳中和合作伙伴的深度协作，持续为客户提供定制化脱碳解决方案：帮助企业降低运营成本、满足欧盟碳边境调节机制（CBAM）及中国碳市场等政策要求，实现可持续绿色发展的全面提升。未来，仲欧脱碳科技将通过绿色生态协同，推动数字孪生等前沿低碳技术与中国工业新基建需求的深度融合。
Looking Ahead
CNEUCN will continue to leverage its partner network topromote cross-regional collaboration in technologies such as digital twins, green building materials, and smart energy, assisting more industries in their transition to carbon neutrality. We believe that through the dual drivers of technological innovation and ecological platform collaboration, the net-zero future of the industrial sector will accelerate.
展望未来
仲欧脱碳科技（CNEUCN）将继续依托其合作伙伴网络，推动数字孪生、绿色建筑材料、智能能源等技术的跨区域协作，助力更多行业向碳中和转型。我们相信，通过技术创新与生态平台协同的双重驱动，工业领域的净零未来将加速到来。
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