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Smart Buildings: Technology to transform buildings

Our technologies help you create smart buildings that are more competitive, resilient, and sustainable. Thee buildings actively contribute to the experience and success of their stakeholders, paving the way for human-centric autonomous buildings. We accelerate your digital journey.

What is smart building infrastructure?

Smart buildings combine the real and digital worlds — harnessing IoT, cloud, and AI to constantly gather and analyse data, turning it into actionable insights that allow operators and owners to reduce costs, energy use, and emissions, and create healthier, safer, and more productive environments. Smarter, more efficient, and more sustainable, they pave the way towards the next evolution: fully autonomous buildings that go beyond delivering insights to acting on them independently.

Demands on buildings are increasing

Lifetime spent in buildings

Design shapes resource consumption and our world's sustainability. Yet infrastructure remains one of the least digitally transformed sectors, with most buildings failing to truly benefit from digitalization.

Global energy consumed by buildings

With buildings consuming more than 40% of the world's energy and causing more than 40% of all CO₂ emissions, there is a huge potential for savings by changing the way buildings are designed, built and operated.

Costs generated in operating phase

While commercial real estate prices are at record highs, office space is often underutilized. Nearly half may be unused, yet 80% of a building's total lifecycle costs occur during operation.

Smart buildings boost stakeholder experience & success.

All stakeholders, from building owners to occupants, benefit from smart buildings that are adaptable, people-centric, and sustainable.

Smart today. Autonomous tomorrow

Siemens accelerates your digital journey with human-centric autonomous buildings. Combining real & digital worlds, these dynamic, AI-based systems interact, learn & adapt 24/7. Unlike smart buildings, they take autonomous action, keeping humans in control of intent; the building handles execution.

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Traditional building

Standalone solutions operated on-site; Reactive on-site services exclusively.

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Automated building

Building automation and digital operational technologies; Remote connectivity for operation & service; Monitoring of still largely seperate systems; Proactive services based on rule-based analytics; Extensive data creation.

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Smart building

Integration across multiple systems and cloud connection; Data creation and collection in a common data environment; Initial applications of AI & ML to derive data-based insights & recommend predictive actions; IT/OT convergence.

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Human-centric autonomous building

Self-optimizing systems: AI-agents acting with minimal intervention; Self-healing systems: detecting, predicting, and remediating issues; Unified operational systems and data lake.

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We understand your challenges

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Why modernize existing automation infrastructure?

Did you know that 90% of buildings face digitalization challenges? Upgrade building software and take command of your systems and equipment operations.

Why should I optimize my indoor air quality?

Poor air quality leads to health issues, reduced building resiliency and tenant discomfort. Our multi-layer approach creates healthier, energy efficient buildings.

How do I produce energy savings for my building?

Achieve your sustainability goals with ease. Track energy usage, costs and carbon emissions across your entire building portfolio in real time.

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How do I safeguard my building with limited budget?

Protect your business with our smart, integrated security solutions. Safeguard employee, assets and investments while ensuring compliance and safety.

A holistic look at smart building infrastructure

Efficiency, productivity and tenant well-being are crucial today and in the future. Explore how Siemens supports every aspect of your building.

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Our industries

Smart Buildings: Technology to transform buildings

What is smart building infrastructure?

Demands on buildings are increasing

Lifetime spent in buildings

Global energy consumed by buildings

Costs generated in operating phase

Smart buildings boost stakeholder experience & success.

Autonomous buildings: human-centric future, now.

Smart today. Autonomous tomorrow

Traditional building

Automated building

Smart building

Human-centric autonomous building

We understand your challenges

Why modernize existing automation infrastructure?

Why should I optimize my indoor air quality?

How do I produce energy savings for my building?

How do I safeguard my building with limited budget?

A holistic look at smart building infrastructure

Cloud and connectivity

Building management systems

Room automation

Physical security

Fire protection systems for a better tomorrow

Field devices

Automation controls and operations

Electrical system reliability and performance

Connect, analyze, act

Digital twin

Energy management

Our industries

Commercial real estate

Data centers

Healthcare

Life sciences