International Business Machines Corp. is pitching technology to corporations to reduce waste in their buildings, with tools to make water mains -- even door locks -- more efficient.
The company plans to create “command centers” for buildings that go beyond managing data, Armonk, New York-based IBM said today in a statement. The centers can monitor cooling and heating systems, security breaches, printing costs and fire hydrants to help buildings reduce their carbon footprint.
IBM, the world’s largest computer-services provider, estimates the “smart” building market, where a variety of systems are embedded with efficiency intelligence, will double to $6 billion by 2015 from this year. Buildings account for 70 percent of energy use and 38 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S., more than from cars, IBM said. Companies need to be more mindful of resources they use, said IBM’s Al Zollar.
“There’s an economic dimension to that and there’s also a responsible dimension to it,” Zollar, general manager of Tivoli, the company’s infrastructure management software unit, said in an interview. “There’s an opportunity to manage them much better.”
Source : http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-22/ibm-pushes-building-technology-to-curb-carbon-waste-correct-.html
The company plans to create “command centers” for buildings that go beyond managing data, Armonk, New York-based IBM said today in a statement. The centers can monitor cooling and heating systems, security breaches, printing costs and fire hydrants to help buildings reduce their carbon footprint.
IBM, the world’s largest computer-services provider, estimates the “smart” building market, where a variety of systems are embedded with efficiency intelligence, will double to $6 billion by 2015 from this year. Buildings account for 70 percent of energy use and 38 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S., more than from cars, IBM said. Companies need to be more mindful of resources they use, said IBM’s Al Zollar.
“There’s an economic dimension to that and there’s also a responsible dimension to it,” Zollar, general manager of Tivoli, the company’s infrastructure management software unit, said in an interview. “There’s an opportunity to manage them much better.”
Source : http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-02-22/ibm-pushes-building-technology-to-curb-carbon-waste-correct-.html
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