NEWS FLASH: IBM Unveils its First Advanced Analytics Software Solution for Smarter Buildings
On June 9, 2011, IBM launched its Intelligent Building Management software that applies IBM’s advanced analytics and automation software to make sense of buildings’ data.
With the most comprehensive view of energy and facility operations, the software provides insights into the real-time operations of buildings and flags potential maintenance issues to improve equipment management and reliability.
With an estimated one million people around the world moving into cities each week, new urban growth is driving demand for buildings and energy use. Buildings consume a third of the world’s energy, according to recent reports and up to 50 percent of energy and water in buildings are often wasted.
In fact, by 2025, buildings worldwide will become the largest consumer of global energy — more than transportation and the industrial sectors combined.
An industry first, IBM Intelligent Building Management provides real-time energy management and performance optimization through end-to-endvisibility. It provides insight to asset performance, automates service requests and notifies for critical events, while maintaining a role-based, secure solution.
IBM estimates that smarter buildings can reduce energy usage up to 40 percent in some cases and reduce buildings’ maintenance costs by 10 to 30 percent.
At IBM’s Smarter Buildings Forum at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York today, IBM spotlighted three new projects that show the potential of this emerging smarter buildings innovation.
These include Tulane University’s School of Architecture, IBM’s campus in Minnesota and IBM Research project with The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
For details on the announcement, visit:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibm-and-tulane-university-usher-in-a-new-era-for-smarter-buildings-in-new-orleans-123534164.html
Questions and comments on this announcements may
be sent to Frank Sessions, fsessions@us.ibm.com.
