Johnson Controls is among the business partners of IBM in Smart Buildings program, which aims to reduce water consumption and energy in buildings business. The program, the result of efforts between the two companies to create energy-efficient data centers, to serve any building or property set. Using intelligent controls, along with the detection of energy waste, IBM estimates that most buildings can save 10% to 20% on energy costs.
The Smart Buildings program will also seek the best use of space in buildings. Tools of the Laboratory Johnson Controls Visible Living could help companies to become 10% to 20% more efficient in the use of the space they have. The Building Management System Johnson Controls Metasys, along with Maximo program, IBM is tailored to accelerate the building efficiency, and management of life and safety of occupants.
IBM also has worked with a Chinese hotel in Smart Buildings program. The St. Regis Hotel in Shanghai, 12 integrated subsystems to create an intelligent building, with a rate of energy costs to income down 5% compared with 8% of similar hotels in the region - a 40% improvement in According to Emily Horn, a spokesman for IBM.
The company is also working with Ricoh in a program to test the monitoring and real-time monitoring of office printers. The goal is to help Ricoh to reduce costs related to print and cut your carbon footprint. The initiative builds on the Tivoli software, the computer company. Gartner Research shows that companies can reduce their printing costs by 10% to 30% with the management of printers, copiers and fax machines.
Source: Environmental Leader
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