Under the project, IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Energy Management and IBM Maximo Asset Management enterprise software will be integrated with Tridium’s Niagara and Sedona software, which will enable the integration and control of systems and devices in a facility including HVAC equipment, lighting and generator, gas pumps, ovens, and medical devices.
This will create internet-enabled networks for energy management, integration of disparate systems and devices, and analysis of vast streams of data, thereby helping to optimize the energy efficiency of the buildings.
Tridium technology is compatible with the key protocols and networks used by the providers of building-automation systems, including open-standards-based software, cellular networks and Internet Protocols, that connect smart sensors and devices to the enterprise.
IBM plans to adopt and promote Tridium’s Sedona application to bring new automation systems and enhance the energy management capabilities of facilities.
David Bartlett, vice president of industry systems at IBM Software, said: “Our work to create smarter buildings will be enhanced by Tridium technology that allow many of the systems that constitute a building – heat, water, sewage and electricity – to be controlled and automated. Together we’ll be able to give clients greater intelligence and control of their buildings and of the physical world.”
