CORK, Ireland, July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson
Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and
sustainable buildings, today announced three landmark partnerships
with companies in Asia Pacific to
help meet their environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals as
well as net zero carbon commitments.
- Digitalization of building systems for Standard Chartered
Bank, multiple sites across Asia
Pacific
- Johnson Controls collaborated with CBRE and Standard Chartered
Bank to implement its OpenBlue Enterprise Management (OBEM) system
– a cloud-based solution that identifies and resolves energy and
operational inefficiencies – in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong
office. The successful pilot saw 7% annual energy savings and won
the International Facility Management Association Award of
Excellence in 2020. To date, OBEM has been installed in more than
20 of the Bank's office sites and will eventually cover more than
90 buildings across Asia Pacific,
including China, India, Malaysia, Republic of South Korea, Singapore and Thailand. This digitalization effort
establishes a strong foundation for sustainability management for
Standard Chartered Bank, which is committing to net-zero carbon
emissions from its own operations by 2030.
- Retrofit with energy performance contracting for Rose
Theater, Japan
- Located at the foot of Mount Fuji, the Rose Theater adopted
energy performance contracting for its retrofit to improve its
energy and operational efficiency after over 25 years of
operations. Johnson Controls offered an advanced energy saving
estimation that allowed the customer to receive public subsidy. The
proposal consisted of a 15-year energy performance contract which
included Metasys, Air Handling Unit (AHU) inverter and its
overhaul, a carbon dioxide monitoring system for inverter control
and various efficient heating systems. Johnson Controls solutions
resulted in a more comfortable indoor environment, and an efficient
facility management for the various amenities on-site, including
auditoriums as well as exhibition, meeting, tea-ceremony and
practice rooms. With this retrofit, the Rose Theater will be able
to reduce energy consumption by 39% and carbon dioxide emissions by
42%, while shaving 40% off energy costs. The entire retrofit was
completed ahead of time so the Rose Theater could reopen earlier
than planned.
- Heat pump application in Beijing Municipal Administrative
Center, China
- Beijing Municipal Administrative Center is now a low-carbon
eco-city showcase for the efficient use of geothermal energy.
Johnson Controls partnered with the Center to build an efficient,
intelligent and reliable large-scale district heating and cooling
system. In a single heating season of four months, the heat pump
system could replace 12 million cubic meters of natural gas
consumption, equivalent to savings of 15,000 tons of standard coal,
40,000 tons of carbon dioxide emission reduction, and 100,000
additional trees planted around the energy station. The solution
comprises four ground-source heat pump systems with a total
capacity of 39 megawatts installed in one of the energy stations,
which provides efficient central heating and cooling for the
administrative offices with total building area of about 960,000
square meters using geothermal energy.
Digitalization is a key enabler for companies and organizations to
achieve net zero by 2050 or before
Visal Leng, Vice President and
President, Building Solutions, Asia
Pacific, Johnson Controls, said, "We recognize the growing
commitment of companies to decarbonize and the challenges they
face, including capital and knowledge gaps. By working with a range
of customers across the region, we have found innovative pathways
for them to achieve their sustainability goals. Our OpenBlue
digital technology is proven to reduce energy consumption
considerably and reduce environmental footprint significantly."
Heat pump technology is available but underutilized in
Asia Pacific. Heat pumps can be
applied in many industries where hot water is used abundantly such
as in food production, semiconductor manufacturing and hotels.
There is immense potential to reduce carbon emissions by replacing
boilers and furnaces, which use fossil fuels, with heat pumps. Not
only are heat pumps three to four times more energy-efficient than
boilers and furnaces in general, but they also can render the
heating process carbon-neutral when paired with renewable energy.
Mr. Leng added, "In APAC, we are seeing increasing interest in heat
pumps, particularly from countries with stricter environmental
regulations such as New Zealand
and companies with carbon-reduction goals." The breadth of the
Johnson Controls portfolio – in terms of size, efficiency and
temperature range – is world-class, and continues to help customers
reduce their carbon emissions.
Energy efficiency continues to be the low-hanging fruit for
decarbonization in the built environment sector. The pandemic has
disrupted the commercial property sector and underscored the need
for better indoor air quality, resulting in greater need for
retrofit. This is a window of opportunity to build back better. To
defray some upfront capital costs, companies can tap into green
incentives and loans available by the government and banks.
"The need and demand for a 360-degree net zero carbon solution
is clear. Businesses, governments and global coalitions have all
set ambitious sustainability goals over the next two decades, with
many aspiring for decarbonization by 2030," said Katie McGinty, vice president & chief
sustainability, government and regulatory affairs officer at
Johnson Controls. "Our OpenBlue fully open architecture platform
can drive 50% and more in energy efficiency improvement and
corresponding carbon emissions. We know that decarbonization of
buildings is part of the solution as buildings represent some 40%
of global emissions."
Digitalization is a key enabler for companies and organizations
to achieve net zero by 2050 or before. Johnson Controls offers
solutions that guide customers at different stages of their
digitalization journey to deliver on net-zero outcome and risk
management goals. For example, getting equipment connected to the
cloud with analytics for optimization is part of its ongoing
OpenBlue service and solutions offering. The company is also
working with the largest developers and most forward-looking
educational institutions in the region to figure out pathways
towards autonomous buildings through digital twins and artificial
intelligence.
Johnson Controls has already set ambitious emissions reductions
targets, which were recently approved by the Science Based Targets
Initiative – an independent organization that assesses corporate
sustainability claims. As part of its environmental sustainability
commitments, Johnson Controls aims to cut operational emissions by
55% and reduce customers' emissions by 16% before 2030. Its
OpenBlue platform for optimizing building sustainability will
be central to fulfilling these goals and ultimately creating an
environment for healthy people, healthy places and a healthy
planet.
About Johnson Controls:
At Johnson Controls
(NYSE:JCI), we transform the environments where people live, work,
learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and
sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance
of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.
With a history of more than 135 years of innovation, Johnson
Controls delivers the blueprint of the future for industries such
as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums,
manufacturing and beyond through its comprehensive digital
offering, OpenBlue. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more
than 150 countries, Johnson Controls offers the world's
largest portfolio of building technology, software as well
as service solutions with some of the most
trusted names in the industry. For more information,
visit www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow us
@johnsoncontrols on Twitter.
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