SAN DIEGO, Aug. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm
Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary,
Qualcomm Intelligent Solutions, Inc. and OSIsoft LLC, are working
together with the San Diego Padres to expand the team's efforts
focused on reducing overall utility and water consumption and
further augmenting its ongoing sustainability efforts. The
San Diego Padres are utilizing edge intelligence gateways, powered
by Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ processors, to collect data from critical
infrastructure systems and stream it in real-time to OSIsoft's PI
System in order to monitor utilities, improve operating
efficiencies and drive sustainability across the team's entire
Petco Park ballpark.
"We are thrilled to be working with Qualcomm Intelligent
Solutions and OSIsoft on this project, with the potential to
increase efficiencies, reduce operational expenses by more than 25%
in the next five years, and support our ongoing efforts to make
Petco Park a smarter, more sustainable venue," said Randy McWilliams, senior director, facility
services for the Padres. "By using the gateways together with the
open data infrastructure, we can see exactly how much water, power
and gas each operation uses ballpark-wide, and can work with our
operators and tenants to manage usage and increase the reliability
and overall performance of the venue."
Ballparks represent one of the most difficult and unusual
challenges for facilities managers. They are very large
facilities, where the number of occupants can zoom from a handful
of employees to full capacity and then back to a handful in a
matter of hours. Furthermore, many of these venues were not built
with sophisticated instrumentation and control systems to closely
manage water or power.
Using the products and services offered by Qualcomm Intelligent
Solutions and OSIsoft together, facilities managers can monitor
potable, non-potable and chilled water, as well as natural gas and
electricity consumption from sensors throughout the park during
games or other events. This also allows the Padres to help vendors
and/or tenants understand their utility usage and drive toward
sustainability goals.
The edge intelligence gateways, using Snapdragon processors,
connect to sensors and legacy systems throughout the ballpark using
a broad range of communication methods, including wired and
wireless technologies, analog and digital inputs and multiple
communication protocols. These edge intelligence gateways
acquire, store and stream data in real-time to the OSIsoft PI
System which then presents the data to the Padres' facilities
managers using OSIsoft's Visualization Suite and analytics,
providing the operations team with deep situational awareness of
everything happening in the
venue.
"Qualcomm Intelligent Solutions' approach to creating smarter
cities starts with repurposing existing infrastructure, including
existing water and gas systems installed in facilities such as
Petco Park and other large event venues," said Kiva Allgood,
president, Qualcomm Intelligent Solutions, Inc. "With our new edge
intelligence solutions seamlessly delivering real-time data to an
open data system like the OSIsoft PI System, we can create a model
for connected communication networks that can be deployed in
existing large scale venues and multi-tenant facilities without the
hefty costs of installing new systems."
OSIsoft's PI System is one of the world's most widely used
technologies for the Industrial Internet of Things. The PI System
captures the data generated by the array of sensors and other
assets inside factories, power plants data centers and other
complex facility in real-time and transforms it into rich,
actionable information streams that people can use to reduce costs,
optimize production or make critical business decisions.
"The foundation of the smart city is data, and we are very proud
to work with Qualcomm Intelligent Solutions to help the Padres
lower costs, drive sustainability and engage the community," said
Martin Otterson, senior vice
president of sales, marketing and industry, OSIsoft. "The Padres'
accomplishments will also provide a guide for others. There are
approximately 12,000 stadiums in the world, and many are in regions
and cities mapping out plans to use energy and water in smarter
ways."
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a world leader in 3G, 4G
and next-generation wireless technologies. Qualcomm Incorporated
includes Qualcomm's licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority
of its patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary
of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries,
substantially all of Qualcomm's engineering, research and
development functions, and substantially all of its products and
services businesses, including its semiconductor business, QCT. For
more than 30 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the
evolution of digital communications, linking people everywhere more
closely to information, entertainment and each other. For more
information, visit Qualcomm's website, OnQ blog, Twitter and
Facebook pages.
About OSIsoft, LLC.
OSIsoft creates technology that lets people transform their
world through data. Our PI System captures operational data from
sensors, manufacturing equipment and other devices and transforms
it into rich information streams that can be used to reduce costs,
optimize production or make critical business decisions. Worldwide,
more than 1.5 billion sensor-based data streams are managed by the
PI System. Founded in 1980, OSIsoft has over 1,200 employees and is
headquartered in San Leandro,
California. For more, please visit www.osisoft.com.
Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm
Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of
Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the
United States and other countries.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Pete Lancia, Corporate
Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
John Sinnott, Investor
Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
OSIsoft Contacts:
Michael Kanellos
Phone: 1-510-877-9337
Email: mkanellos@osisoft.com
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