Johnson Controls Introduces AI-Powered Solution for Optimizing Sustainability and Health Metrics in Buildings

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Johnson Controls, a global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, has introduced an all-in-one AI-powered solution called the OpenBlue Enterprise Manager Performance Advisor application. This innovative solution enables building operators to track sustainability, health, and wellness metrics while reducing energy use, water use, waste, and carbon footprint. The application combines data and reporting outputs in a single view, providing continuous monitoring and simplifying reporting for environmental certifications.

Key Takeaways:

  • The OpenBlue Enterprise Manager Performance Advisor application is an all-in-one AI-powered solution for optimizing both sustainability and health metrics in buildings.
  • The solution is the first indoor air quality control system that also monitors energy impact, occupant comfort, and space utilization.
  • The application supports continuous monitoring and simplifies reporting for environmental certifications.
  • The solution's intelligent software also supports the management of employee health, productivity, and tenant experiences while improving indoor air quality and comfort.
  • The OpenBlue Enterprise Manager supports smart building capabilities for property portfolios across commercial offices, healthcare, mixed-use high-end, transportation, retail, and K-12 school systems.
  • The Performance Advisor application follows Johnson Controls' single pane of glass approach, bringing together various data sources into a single view.
  • The solution provides recommendations to facilities managers to improve building performance, ranging from maximum disinfection to energy minimization, depending on the given needs of a space at a specific moment.
  • The OpenBlue Infection Risk Score provides additional information to enable best decision-making.
  • Johnson Controls collaborated with Martin Z. Bazant, professor of Chemical Engineering and Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on the accuracy of infection transmission and air flow models.
  • The Performance Advisor application optimizes space utilization by leveraging occupancy tracking data and recommends movement of people to alternate spaces.

Statistics:

  • The OpenBlue Enterprise Manager Performance Advisor application combines four key metrics: indoor air quality, energy impact, occupant comfort, and space utilization.
  • The solution's algorithm measures parameters such as zone size, occupancy, mask usage, and weather forecasts to predict chances of infection spread.
  • The OpenBlue Infection Risk Score is based on a proprietary algorithm that predicts the risk of airborne disease transmission in realistic building simulations.
  • The Performance Advisor application optimizes space utilization, moving people from over-utilized spaces to under-utilized spaces, and adjusting HVAC and lighting systems accordingly.
  • Johnson Controls collaborated with MIT on validating the effectiveness of the Performance Advisor application, highlighting its accuracy in predicting infection transmission and air flow models.

Sources:

  • Johnson Controls
  • Contify.com
  • Martin Z. Bazant, professor of Chemical Engineering and Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology