MARKETWATCH: EVENT REPORT Data will be key to helping organisations reduce their ecological footprint in the built environment and accelerate their journey to net-zero operations, according to Microsoft and Johnson Controls (JCI) executives speaking at a joint event in May 2023. Hosted at the Microsoft Technology Centre in Sydney Australia, the event highlighted how Microsoft and JCI are combining their expertise and technologies to empower organisations to transform the way they operate buildings to make them smarter, healthier, sustainable and more comfortable for occupants. During the event, Microsoft’s worldwide enablement lead for sustainability Rik Irons-Mclean explained how both Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability and Microsoft Sustainability Manager enable organisations to automatically capture the data and insights they need to efficiently record, report on, and reduce the environmental footprint of their real estate assets. Meanwhile, JCI’s senior director for Microsoft Global Alliance Ben Brown detailed the key features of JCI OpenBlue Enterprise Manager (OBEM), which is built on Microsoft Azure and uses artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics to operationalise building management. He explained how the suite of applications help organisations to take data driven action to optimise and reports on emissions, energy efficiency, asset performance, occupant experience, maintenance operations, building health and other critical parameters. In addition, Microsoft’s cross solutions team member Mike Heald demonstrated how integrating Microsoft Sustainability Manager with OBEM allows businesses to create more efficient building management systems and gain continuous visibility into their water data and emissions across all three scopes of impact. Organisations can use this data, which is delivered via a single dashboard, to reliably report on environmental impact Microsoft and Johnson Controls highlight role of data in journey to net zero 32 Microsoft’s Rik Irons-Mclean shared how the firm’s technology is helping organisations to improve sustainability
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