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How is your city’s smart city journey going?
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In 2005, former US president Bill Clinton challenged a tech company to make cities more sustainable, kick-starting the business of smart city technologies. 13 years on, almost every city in the world has embarked on its own smart city journey and each one is different. To get a sense of how they are doing, we spoke to more than 150 city leaders in 12 countries, including China, India, and Singapore.
Some things we learnt – data analytics and machine learning are the top technologies cities expect to adopt over the next five years. The most popular solutions already implemented include LED street lighting and city data platforms. For further insights, download the full report here.
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Product Spotlight
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YORK® YGWH and YVWH Premium-Efficiency Chillers: Tailored to fit your needs
Johnson Controls has launched the YORK® YGWH Premium-Efficiency Water-Cooled Screw Chiller and YVWH Premium-Efficiency Variable Speed Water-Cooled Screw Chiller. With capacities of 117 – 378 TR (411 – 1,329 kW) and 116 – 450 TR (408 – 1,582 kW) respectively, expect remarkable levels of operational efficiency and green building effectiveness.
Find out more here and here.
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Highlights
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Our Johnson Controls APAC HQ saves 4.8 million liters of water each year. Find out how
Our LEED Platinum certified Asia Pacific headquarters in Shanghai sets a new standard for green, energy efficient and smart buildings in China. Showcasing a full range of smart building solutions, it harnesses 200,000 kWh of solar energy and saves 4.8 million liters of water each year. Watch this video to see how we do it and how you can too.
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What exactly does the Internet of Things (IoT) mean for the buildings industry?
In our last issue, we offered insights on how to maximize IoT value in facility management. Some of you shared that it’s still a challenge understanding what IoT means for you in the buildings industry. This issue, we take a step back and got Jim Nannini, our vice president of Building Wide Systems Integration to shed light on what exactly IoT is, what it does for the buildings industry and how it can help you. Read more here.
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Driving India’s Smart Cities Mission with our integrated solutions
In collaboration with Hitachi, Johnson Controls presented the biggest booth at ACREX India 2018, South Asia’s largest exhibition on intelligent buildings. We displayed our wide range of integrated solutions across heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R), controls, fire & security, services and air distribution to more than 400 visitors. Beyond the booth, Mukul Anand helmed a thought leadership session where he stressed that to achieve continuous efficiency and minimal disruptions within a data center, systems and software must be able to integrate seamlessly, despite their varying paces of evolution.
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Johnson Controls’ smart traffic solutions for India’s 100 smart cities
With the number of registered vehicles in India increasing year-on-year, smart traffic management solutions are a must to drive the country’s Smart Cities Mission. At the 2018 Smart & Digital Rajasthan Summit & Expo held in Jaipur, we helped visitors unlock the complexities of building the cities of tomorrow – by sharing our insights on sustainability and intelligent transportation systems, as well as demonstrating our smart traffic solutions for visitors to experience first-hand.
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Triatek acquisition enables Johnson Controls to better serve India’s healthcare sector
With the recent acquisition of Triatek, a leading manufacturer of airflow solutions for critical environments, Johnson Controls is adding a range of HVAC airflow control systems that help healthcare and other critical research facilities reduce the spread of airborne contaminants and chemicals to our offerings. We are now better equipped to support and enable the healthcare industry in India.
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Scalable video as a service for our customers in India
Johnson Controls has successfully acquired Smartvue, the world’s leading cloud video surveillance and IoT video solutions provider, to bolster our security offerings. Now we are able to offer scalable video as a service in a cost effective, fast and secure way to our customers in India.
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Interest and investment in energy efficiency on the rise in India
Organizations in India are paying more attention to energy efficiency than they were one year ago. In fact, 97 percent plan to increase or maintain their investments in the area this year. Click here to find out how India-based organizations are going green in our Energy Efficiency Index.
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