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Press Release06 February 2020Smart InfrastructureZug (Switzerland)
Siemens transforms buildings from passive to adaptive
„Building the future today”: Siemens at Light+Building 2020 in hall 11, booth B56
“Around 99 percent of
today’s buildings are not smart. Digitalization has the power to transform
buildings from silent and passive structures into living organisms that interact,
learn from and adapt to the changing needs of occupants. This is a significant leap
in the evolution of buildings where our technology plays a vital role,” said
Cedrik Neike, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and Chief Executive
Officer of Siemens Smart Infrastructure. “This transformation is already becoming
a reality. We expect to see the first entirely self-adaptive buildings in three
to five years from now.”
Digital solutions for the entire building lifecycle
Globalization,
urbanization, climate change, and demographics are changing the way people live
and work. At the same time, digitalization is ubiquitous. With some 10 billion
building devices already connected to the IoT, buildings are ready to leverage the
potential of digitalization. People spend an estimated 90 percent of their
lives indoors, so ensuring buildings meet the broad range of individuals’ needs
is crucial. On one hand, smart buildings actively contribute to occupants’
enhanced productivity, wellbeing and comfort. For operators and owners, they help them collect
and analyze data to create actionable insights, boosting buildings’ performance
and therefore revenue.
Siemens will showcase the
smart buildings suite of IoT enabled devices, applications and services. At the
core of the suite is the “Building Twin” application, which will be on display at
the booth. It provides a fully digital representation of a physical building, merging
static as well as dynamic data from multiple sources into a 3D virtual model. With
real-time understanding of how a building is performing, operators can
immediately make adjustments to boost efficiency as well as extract data to
improve the design of future buildings. One of the new IoT-enabled applications
is “Building Operator”, which allows remote monitoring, operation and maintenance
of buildings. Available as Software as a Service (SaaS), it provides real-time
building data as the basis for predictive and corrective maintenance.
Smart electrical infrastructure
Given that buildings account for more than 40
percent of electricity consumption in cities, building efficiency is crucial in
the battle towards decarbonization. Electrical infrastructure lays the
foundation for safe, reliable and efficient building operations, while delivering
essential data for a holistic, cloud-based building management.
This is made possible by communication-capable
low-voltage products, power distribution boards and busbar trunking systems
that enable the measurement and wireless transmission of energy and status data.
To illustrate this, Siemens will exhibit a unique
end-to-end solution for cloud-based power monitoring in buildings. Electrical
installations can now be supplemented with digital metering without additional
space requirements or wiring outlay. This makes it easy for electrical
installers to start using digitalization to their benefit. With “Powermanager”,
a power monitoring software, now fully integrated into the Desigo CC building
management platform, all building and energy data can be managed, monitored and
analyzed from one single platform.
Siemens will also display its
electromobility ecosystem, including battery storage and charging systems for
residential buildings.
In a parallel show, “Intersec Building 2020”,
in hall 9.1, booth B50, the company will exhibit integrated and networked
systems for safety and fire protection.
For further information on Siemens
Smart Infrastructure, please see
www.siemens.com/smart-infrastructure
www.siemens.com/smart-infrastructure
For further information about Siemens at
Light+Building 2020, please see
www.siemens.com/press/lightbuilding-2020
www.siemens.com/press/lightbuilding-2020
Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI) is shaping the market for intelligent, adaptive infrastructure for today and the future. It addresses the pressing challenges of urbanization and climate change by connecting energy systems, buildings and industries. SI provides customers with a comprehensive end-to-end portfolio from a single source – with products, systems, solutions and services from the point of power generation all the way to consumption. With an increasingly digitalized ecosystem, it helps customers thrive and communities progress while contributing toward protecting the planet. SI creates environments that care. Siemens Smart Infrastructure has its global headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, and has around 72,000 employees worldwide.
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 170 years. The company is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of power generation and distribution, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Through the separately managed company Siemens Mobility, a leading supplier of smart mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is shaping the world market for passenger and freight services. Due to its majority stakes in the publicly listed companies Siemens Healthineers AG and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Siemens is also a world-leading supplier of medical technology and digital healthcare services as well as environmentally friendly solutions for onshore and offshore wind power generation. In fiscal 2019, which ended on September 30, 2019, Siemens generated revenue of €86.8 billion and net income of €5.6 billion. At the end of September 2019, the company had around 385,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
Contact
Heidi Fleissner
Smart Infrastructure
Siemensstr. 10
93055 Regensburg
Germany
93055 Regensburg
Germany
+49 (173) 7383392
Catharina Bujnoch-Gross
Smart Infrastructure
Theilerstrasse 1a
6300 Zug
Germany
6300 Zug
Germany
+41 79 5660778