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Atos and Johnson Controls Partner to Accelerate Net Zero Buildings

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The partnership between Atos and Johnson Controls aims to help clients accelerate their journey to Net Zero by providing end-to-end advisory services, digital, and other decarbonization capabilities. The companies will work together to help customers assess, plan, manage, and forecast the carbon performance of buildings, leveraging their leading capabilities to drive sustainability and reduce carbon emissions. With the global greenhouse gas emissions needing to be cut by 45% over the next decade to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal, this partnership represents a significant step towards achieving Net Zero goals.

Key Takeaways:

  • Atos and Johnson Controls will jointly help customers assess, plan, manage, and forecast the carbon performance of buildings using their combined capabilities.
  • The partnership plans to leverage Atos' Net Zero Transformation portfolio, including EcoAct advisory solutions, and Johnson Controls' OpenBlue Net Zero Buildings portfolio to drive decarbonization.
  • The collaboration aims to provide real-time AI-enabled monitoring and reporting of sustainability metrics, as well as clean energy capabilities, through the Digital Decarbonization Exchange (DDX) and OpenBlue Platform.
  • The joint partnership plans to enable clients to gain a detailed understanding of their real estate energy usage and build a strategy and implementation plan to reduce energy consumption in line with Net Zero ambitions.
  • George Oliver, Johnson Controls' Chairman and CEO, emphasized the importance of reducing carbon emissions as part of the global drive to combat climate change, with many businesses striving for decarbonization by 2030.
  • Elie Girard, Atos' CEO, highlighted the partnership as a key step towards making real decarbonization strategies and Net Zero trajectories a reality.

Statistics:

  • Global greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut by 45% over the next decade to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of containing global warming to 1.5°C [1].
  • Buildings represent about 40% of global emissions [1].
  • Johnson Controls' OpenBlue Net Zero Buildings portfolio can drive 50% and more in improvement in energy efficiency and corresponding carbon emissions.
  • The partnership aims to deliver new digital capabilities, including real-time AI-enabled monitoring and reporting of sustainability metrics, through the Digital Decarbonization Exchange (DDX) and OpenBlue Platform.

Sources:

  • [1] Atos and Johnson Controls Press Release (exact date not mentioned)

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