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HONEYWELL AND CISCO LEVERAGE AI AND AUTOMATION TO HELP REDUCE BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Expanded collaboration uses real-time occupancy data to help manage environmental impact of buildings ATLANTA, Aug. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell
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[{"type":"text","content":"Expanded collaboration uses real-time occupancy data to help manage environmental impact of buildings \nATLANTA, Aug. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) announced today a collaboration with Cisco on an AI-powered solution that automatically adapts building systems based on fluctuating usage levels, reducing energy consumption and optimizing the environment for worker productivity and comfort. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nBy combining Honeywell Forge Sustainability+ for Buildings and Cisco Spaces, the joint effort uses AI and machine learning to help monitor assets to adjust heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems based on real-time occupancy for a single building or an entire campus. \nCisco Spaces collects occupancy and environmental data from Cisco network infrastructure, environmental sensors, collaboration devices and third-party IoT devices without the need to add additional hardware. Honeywell Forge Sustainability+ for Buildings then uses this information to help improve energy efficiency and provide insights on building utilization. Together with Honeywell's latest Optimizer Advanced Controller for Buildings, this real-time occupancy data can help further improve energy efficiency for greater resiliency.\nRoom temperatures, lighting and ventilation are autonomously adjusted based on where people are in the building and customer selected controls. This ultimately helps automate daily building operations, optimize energy use and drive employee comfort while monitoring GHG emissions.\n\"Buildings have historically been a substantial contributor to overall carbon emissions, but with the rise of hybrid work, operators now have the opportunity to take a fresh look at addressing their environmental impact by moving their HVAC systems away from consistent 9-to-5 schedules,\" said Greg Turner, Chief Technology Officer of Honeywell's Building Automation segment. \"By tapping into a building's existing technology infrastructure and harnessing the power of AI to fine-tune heating and cooling according to zone occupancy levels, our collaboration with Cisco empowers building owners to gain control of their environment and significantly curb emissions.\"\nThe collaboration is part of Honeywell's broader effort to help companies reduce their buildings' environmental footprint and supports Honeywell's alignmen...