About us

We focus on physical assets because they are a very important resource for our society. Thanks to physical assets we can live, work, travel, recreate, etc. If we want to change or improve something socially, changes and improvements in assets play a crucial role. 

In current decision-making in society, achieving short-term results is dominant. We are often guided by past results and project them into the future. We often deal with complex issues by breaking them down into manageable parts, but in doing so we lose sight of the coherence. This way of thinking and making decisions already causes many problems and will cause even more problems in the future. Copernicos helps to make future-oriented decisions, based on systems thinking and system-dynamic modeling. 

That is exactly why at Copernicos we think in scenarios. We take into account both assets themselves and their changing circumstances, look at the big picture and connect perspectives and interests to make good decisions. We believe that these times require a new, dynamic way of decision-making. This will allow you to handle questions and developments in the future. This vision is reflected in our approach, in which we bring together facts and a (sustainable) vision of the future. In this way, performance, costs and risks are kept in balance as best as possible. 

• Dynamic. The world is constantly changing and that affects your assets. You want to know what the effect of changes is on the performance and costs of your assets. Consider, for example, variations in energy prices, technological developments or variations in expectations of sea level rise. Our system dynamic models include changing circumstances in future explorations for assets. 
  
• Coherent. We connect all different perspectives, aspects, disciplines, interests and goals by bringing together those involved in an issue. For example, municipalities, provinces, residents and construction companies. Or designers, users and maintainers. Because only if you have a clear view of the big picture, you will come to the right future-proof decisions.
• Factual. We map all relevant data, information and knowledge, so that it is clear what the known facts are about an issue. Consider insights into the CO2 emissions of all kinds of equipment. We incorporate these into our models. This allows us to express the feasibility of decisions in concrete figures.
• Visionary. We combine these facts with a vision, for example about the effective use and sustainability of assets; or the energy transition. This makes your decisions future-proof, because you take into account what lies ahead.
• Pragmatic. We ensure that all scenario analyses are practical and therefore easy to implement. After all, abstract words without a concrete plan are of no use to anyone. That is why our models always produce practical measures with associated substantiation. Our models are a representation of practice and therefore very practically usable and communicable.