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Goal of data analytics partnership to further develop concept of Smart
Buildings by optimizing overall building performance and improve
operational efficiency and predictability of power grid
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Access to Siemens’ leading-edge software and hardware provides
students and researchers insight into future of smart buildings
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Initiative also to focus on co-creation and R&D for smart
infrastructure technologies as industry and academic experts work
side-by-side
ORLANDO, Fla. -- (Business Wire)
Today, the University of Central Florida (UCF) and Siemens unveiled a
new collaboration around smart infrastructure that builds on a more than
30-year relationship. The expanded partnership is aimed at improving the
performance and efficiency of buildings and the energy grid by
harnessing the power of data. The collaboration will include software
and hardware to be installed at UCF’s Smart Infrastructure Data
Analytics Lab and will incorporate the existing Siemens’
Digital Grid Lab.
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Siemens-UCF 30-year relationship. (Graphic: Business Wire)
“We look forward to partnering with Siemens to help build and shape the
smart cities of tomorrow,” said UCF President Dale Whittaker. “Together,
we will prepare our students to meet the data science workforce demands
of the future and produce technology efficiencies and innovations in
infrastructure and energy that will benefit our community and our nation
for decades to come.”
Traditional building automation that integrates and controls a
structure’s operations from HVAC, lighting and security to other
systems, now also includes digital mechanisms to link these systems
together, gather data and analyze operations to provide better
decision-making for building operators. The concept of smart buildings
continues to evolve with new technology and software.
Siemens will integrate its MindSphere cloud-based IoT operating system,
Navigator building data analytics platform, Desigo CC building
management station, and other building automation hardware into the
Smart Infrastructure Data Analytics Lab’s facilities and corresponding
building automation management systems. Utilizing Siemens software
platforms, students and faculty will learn how to conduct in-depth
research on data analytics focused on building systems.
“Siemens’ long-time partnership with UCF is a win-win for all parties,”
said Dave Hopping, President of Siemens Building Technologies – North
America. “Siemens gets to thoroughly test its analytics platforms as
well as new software prototypes for use with various applications. We
will apply those learnings to advance smart buildings. In turn, UCF
students gain valuable hands-on experience and industry knowledge of
real-time findings that will affect how we interact with buildings and
the grid in the future.”
Founded last year, Siemens’ Digital Grid Lab will be combined with the
Smart Infrastructure Lab and will continue to focus on power
grid-specific infrastructure components of the project. UCF will also
work with local utilities that serve both the campus and the surrounding
communities to collect utility consumption and related weather data as
well as operational and planning data for their power distribution
systems. Utilizing Siemens software platforms, students and faculty will
learn how to conduct in-depth research on data analytics focused on
building systems.
“There’s a definite synergy between buildings and the grid, as seen with
energy becoming more decentralized and buildings assuming more of a
prosumer role,” said Mike Carlson, President of Siemens Digital Grid –
North America. “The opportunity to take what we are already doing with
UCF related to grid digitalization and combine supply and demand in
coordination with technology for building automation will make this a
benchmark program for Siemens.”
Through the Smart Infrastructure Data Analytics Lab, Siemens will
leverage data through machine learning, real-time analytics and
artificial intelligence to help automate certain processes to be
initiated by building systems whenever possible.
UCF students and faculty will also assist Siemens in planning,
prioritizing and testing various technology prototypes to accelerate the
commercialization of smart building platforms and technologies in
conjunction with utility-based applications and programs.
The Smart Infrastructure Data Analytics Lab is expected to be fully
operational in early 2019.
About the University of Central Florida
Founded in 1963 with a commitment to expanding opportunity and demanding
excellence, the University of Central Florida develops the talent needed
to advance the prosperity and welfare of our society. With more than
68,000 students, UCF is one of the nation’s largest universities,
offering more than 200 degree programs at its main campus in Orlando,
medical school, and more than a dozen other locations in Central Florida
and online. UCF was ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the
nation’s top 10 most innovative universities and rated by Kiplinger and
Forbes as one of the best college values in America. For more
information, visit ucf.edu.
About Siemens
For more than three decades, Siemens has called the Orlando area home,
with a nearly 5,000-employee footprint spanning power generation,
transmission and distribution, energy-efficient buildings and
infrastructure, medical imaging and healthcare diagnostics.
The
Siemens Building Technologies Division (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) is the
North American market leader for safe and secure, energy-efficient and
environment-friendly buildings and infrastructures. As a technology
partner, service provider, system integrator and product vendor,
Building Technologies has offerings for fire protection, life safety and
security as well as building automation, heating, ventilation and air
conditioning (HVAC), and energy management. Siemens
Corporation is a U.S. subsidiary of Siemens AG, a global powerhouse
focusing on the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization.
One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient,
resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of systems
for power generation and transmission as well as medical diagnosis. With
approximately 372,000 employees in 190 countries, Siemens reported
worldwide revenue of $92.0 billion in fiscal 2017. Siemens in the USA
reported revenue of $23.3 billion, including $5.0 billion in exports,
and employs approximately 50,000 people throughout all 50 states and
Puerto Rico.
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Contacts:
Siemens
For Journalists:
Allison Britt,
630-399-2587
allison.britt@siemens.com
or
UCF
For
Journalists:
Heather Smith, 850-251-7260
Heather.Smith@ucf.edu
Source: Siemens
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