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AI-based Automation for Commercial Office HVAC: A Verdigris Case Study
Technology Category
- Sensors - Environmental Sensors
- Sensors - Temperature Sensors
Applicable Industries
- Buildings
- Cement
Applicable Functions
- Facility Management
- Maintenance
Use Cases
- Building Automation & Control
- Occupancy Monitoring
Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Modern buildings are required to run longer hours, support a variety of end uses, and contribute to higher levels of economic productivity, leaving a thin margin for error. However, even the most advanced building and environmental control systems have failed to adequately support facilities and operations management. Buildings are often inefficient and the people using them are underserved. To meet occupant comfort and maintain cost and energy efficiency, a dynamic, AI-assisted approach is needed.
The Customer
Fortune 500 commercial office
About The Customer
The customer in this case study is a Fortune 500 company that operates a mixed-use office and laboratory building. The company was seeking a solution to optimize the energy efficiency and comfort of their building's HVAC system. The building runs for extended hours, supports a variety of uses, and contributes to significant economic productivity. The company was facing challenges with their existing building and environmental control systems, which were failing to adequately support facilities and operations management. The building was inefficient and the people using it were underserved.
The Solution
Verdigris has developed an AI-based solution to automatically minimize HVAC energy usage while maintaining occupancy comfort. Verdigris sensors monitor the building’s energy usage thousands of times per second. To create forecasts, the AI incorporates local weather, utility pricing, building management system (BMS) data, and other available datasets. Where data may not be explicitly available, Verdigris AI can infer it. In this simulation, Verdigris’ AI learns the building’s occupancy by observing security badging patterns. The solution simulates the results of an automatic and persistently optimizing heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a Fortune 500 operated building.
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