CORK, Ireland, Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson
Controls (NYSE: JCI), the global leader for smart, healthy and
sustainable buildings, today announced it has signed a joint
development agreement with Phylagen, a leading biotechnology
company in the field of microbiome optimization of indoor
environments. Through this agreement, which includes a strategic
investment in Phylagen, the companies are developing cutting-edge
technology that leverages the science of building microbiomes to
advance the future of healthy buildings.
Future improvements to indoor health and safety need deep
understanding of the unique indoor microbiomes of buildings
Johnson Controls and Phylagen believe that future improvements
to indoor health and safety require deep understanding of the
unique indoor microbiomes of individual buildings. Microbial life
such as viruses, bacteria and fungi are all around us, including in
every building and every surface. These microbes not only impact
overall health and wellness, but they also share meaningful data
about whether or not indoor environments are safe and
optimized.
"Phylagen's work provides practical and effective alignment with
the Johnson Controls focus on a future committed to healthy people,
healthy places and a healthy planet," said George Oliver, chairman and CEO of Johnson
Controls. "Phylagen's ability to understand the untapped potential
of the indoor microbiome is critically important as we not only
respond to our new normal for managing indoor environments but
prepare to make buildings safer, smarter and more responsive
long-term."
"The pandemic has reaffirmed what indoor microbiologists have
long believed - the biology of indoor air is critical to our health
and must be better understood and managed," said Dr. Jessica Green, CEO and co-founder, Phylagen.
"Our partnership with Johnson Controls will exponentially advance
our understanding of the indoor microbiome, reshaping how we design
and operate new and existing buildings. We spend 90% of our lives
indoors – this work is vital to the future of public health."
For more information on Johnson Controls clean air strategies
visit:
https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/openblue/openblue-clean-air
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.
About Phylagen
Phylagen is a biotechnology company
analyzing and optimizing the indoor microbiome - the ecosystem of
viruses, bacteria and fungi that inhabit the places we live, work
and play. Led by Dr. Jessica Green,
a founder in the field of indoor microbiology, Phylagen's team of
internationally recognized scientists combine microbial genomics
and data analytics to solve complex problems like pandemic
management and environmental health and safety. Phylagen has been
recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer.
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Antonella
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Chaz
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609.720.4665
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Email: antonella.franzen@jci.com
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Email: charles.norman.bickers@jci.com
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Ryan
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Michael
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609.720.4545
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Direct: +41 52
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Email: ryan.edelman@jci.com
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Email:
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PHYLAGEN
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Victoria
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630.917.1772 victoria.fiore@phylagen.com
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