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Human-centric autonomous buildings

Autonomous buildings for experience

Autonomous capabilities create safer, healthier and more intuitive environments by continuously balancing comfort, safety, security and operational attention. Complexity recedes for occupants and operators alike.

Why building experience falls short today

Occupants expect buildings to feel safe, healthy and easy to use. Operators need fewer false alarms, clearer priorities and less manual effort. Most buildings deliver neither. Autonomous buildings close the gap, continuously balancing comfort, safety and security so everyone can focus on what matters most.

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Comfort variability

Indoor conditions fluctuate with weather, occupancy and system limitations, yet most buildings rely on fixed schedules and manual adjustments. Occupants experience inconsistent comfort with limited influence on their environment.

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False alarms and operational disruption

False fire and security alarms disrupt operations, erode trust in building systems and drive up subcontractor and insurance costs. Without intelligent filtering, teams waste time investigating events that pose no real threat.

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Reactive security workflows

Security teams monitor screens and review footage after incidents occur. Without AI-driven event detection, anomalies go unnoticed in real time and response depends on the attention span of individual operators.

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Safety compliance without disruption

Fire safety testing typically requires manual intervention that disrupts normal building operations. Infrequent testing leaves gaps in readiness, while frequent testing creates unnecessary occupant disturbance.

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Limited occupant influence

Occupants have little control over their immediate environment and limited channels to communicate discomfort. The result is a growing gap between what people expect from modern workplaces and what buildings actually deliver.

How autonomy changes everything

Autonomy improves experience by managing routine adjustments, surfacing only meaningful exceptions and keeping people in control of intent, policies and trade-offs. Comfort, safety and security are co-optimized continuously, not managed in silos.

+ 40% Temperature compliance in controlled zones

Source: Siemens AG. (2026). NWT Fastighet (Karlstad, Sweden) – Comfort AI (formerly Cloe) Pilot Reference.

13% Increase in comfort compliance within 12 months

Source: Siemens AG. (2026). NWT Fastighet (Karlstad, Sweden) – Comfort AI (formerly Cloe) Pilot Reference.

6.5% Avg. monthly energy savings while improving comfort

Source: Siemens AG. (2026). NWT Fastighet (Karlstad, Sweden) – Comfort AI (formerly Cloe) Pilot Reference.

Real-world applications

Our solutions for autonomous experience

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AI-Assisted Data Onboarding

AI-driven data enrichment automates tagging, structuring and scaling across sites, reducing onboarding effort and accelerating time-to-value for existing buildings.

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Asset Performance Advanced

Asset Performance Advanced is an AI-enabled managed building digital service, allowing customers sense, decide, and continuously improve performance.

The shift to autonomous buildings isn't just a sustainability milestone — it's a smarter, faster, more efficient way to operate, freeing operational teams from routine adjustments to focus on delivering the best possible environment for occupants while improving performance across the board.
Susanne Seitz, CEO, Siemens Smart Infrastructure Buildings

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