Honeywell launches software solution for efficient building management

Honeywell has launched a new class of software solution for large enterprises that also includes efficient building management.The software solution, tagged as Honeywell Forge, will facilitate enterprise performance management for operations technology. For Buildings, it will help business owners and operators decrease operating expenses, improve energy consumption and manage space optimisation across an entire building portfolio.

According to company statement, this software can help reduce the operating expense of a building portfolio by up to 25 per cent by providing visibility, monitoring and control of all building systems and processes across an entire portfolio of buildings.

“Honeywell Forge for Buildings is open, extensible, intelligent and easy to use. You can turn on a building in a day or less and review the operations of a building from anywhere – including your favourite coffee shop,” said David Trice, Vice President and General Manager, Honeywell Connected Enterprise, Buildings.

More than 90 percent of building management decision makers surveyedagree that a better enterprise management system can help improve resource management, avoid unplanned downtime and provide enhanced predictive information to make facilities safer and more secure.

“More than 50 buildings in our global property portfolio, implementing next-generation building management systems enables us to make sound strategic decisions that will deliver improved capacity and space management, more agility and increased energy efficiency,” said Martin Frohock, Head of Facilities UK & EMEA, Arm, a multi-national semiconductor and software design company.

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