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“If your digital twin can’t prove value in 90 days, it’s not a product, it’s a demo. Elisa Rönkä of Johnson Controls shares what makes digital twins pay back fast.”
Most digital twins look great on a screen but collapse under CFO scrutiny.
They model every pipe, point, and person in the building yet still fail to show a single verified saving.
In this episode of The Climate Gap: Quick Cuts, Ben Muwoki sits down with Elisa Rönkä, who leads the digital business for Johnson Controls across EMEA, to explore what it takes to turn digital twins from impressive visuals into measurable business value.
We dig into:
- What defines a minimum viable twin that delivers value in 90 days
- Why KPIs must connect to profit, revenue, or risk to scale
- How tech vendors can bridge the communication gap between FM and IT
- The danger of promising portfolio-wide savings from one pilot
- How to build ROI credibility with independent benchmarks and site-level results
- The one question Elisa would ask her digital twin every morning
About Elisa Rönkä
Elisa leads the digital business for Johnson Controls in EMEA and brings a rare combination of financial acumen and technology leadership. With a background in both finance and smart buildings, she helps organisations link digital transformation directly to measurable impact, not just models and dashboards.
Watch if you are:
- Evaluating or deploying digital twin technology
- A building owner or FM leader focused on measurable ROI
- A technology vendor translating data into business value
- Scaling digital twins isn’t about more data. It’s about proving value fast.
The Climate Gap is powered by Element Six.
Element Six specializes in addressing talent challenges across the built environment and climate technology sectors. Partnering with technology vendors and solutions providers delivering decarbonization solutions, helping them find the leaders and teams they need to scale.
Decarbonizing the built environment takes bold ideas and brilliant people. Element Six brings them together.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
By Powered by Element Six“If your digital twin can’t prove value in 90 days, it’s not a product, it’s a demo. Elisa Rönkä of Johnson Controls shares what makes digital twins pay back fast.”
Most digital twins look great on a screen but collapse under CFO scrutiny.
They model every pipe, point, and person in the building yet still fail to show a single verified saving.
In this episode of The Climate Gap: Quick Cuts, Ben Muwoki sits down with Elisa Rönkä, who leads the digital business for Johnson Controls across EMEA, to explore what it takes to turn digital twins from impressive visuals into measurable business value.
We dig into:
- What defines a minimum viable twin that delivers value in 90 days
- Why KPIs must connect to profit, revenue, or risk to scale
- How tech vendors can bridge the communication gap between FM and IT
- The danger of promising portfolio-wide savings from one pilot
- How to build ROI credibility with independent benchmarks and site-level results
- The one question Elisa would ask her digital twin every morning
About Elisa Rönkä
Elisa leads the digital business for Johnson Controls in EMEA and brings a rare combination of financial acumen and technology leadership. With a background in both finance and smart buildings, she helps organisations link digital transformation directly to measurable impact, not just models and dashboards.
Watch if you are:
- Evaluating or deploying digital twin technology
- A building owner or FM leader focused on measurable ROI
- A technology vendor translating data into business value
- Scaling digital twins isn’t about more data. It’s about proving value fast.
The Climate Gap is powered by Element Six.
Element Six specializes in addressing talent challenges across the built environment and climate technology sectors. Partnering with technology vendors and solutions providers delivering decarbonization solutions, helping them find the leaders and teams they need to scale.
Decarbonizing the built environment takes bold ideas and brilliant people. Element Six brings them together.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.