How automation helps drive critical outcomes for building operations

Buildings

The connected building is the foundation of the autonomous building

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The connected building is the foundation of the autonomous building

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Take the Next Step Toward Buildings That Respond as One Unified System

We’ve made it convenient and cost-effective to connect entire buildings to the cloud. Which means that now, AI can continuously analyze performance in layers – sensing at the edge, analytics in the cloud, and optimization across systems.

 

This is how buildings use automation to meet changing global demands and achieve critical outcomes more effectively than manual operations alone – such as safety and security, energy management, and operational efficiency.

Automation is How Buildings Drive Critical Outcomes

From an ecosystem of connected capabilities to on-site integration and automation, Honeywell knows buildings – and we know how to help automate operations for your industry. That’s why together, we’re building a connected future.

Healthcare

Support healthcare facility operations with integration and automation to help streamline staff workflows while contributing to safety and energy management.

Data Centers

Use integrated technology and automation to help optimize uptime, improve energy efficiency and protect assets.

Hospitality

Create the experiences guests prefer: Use automation to help manage guest comfort and safety while reducing energy use and operating costs.

Commercial Buildings

Operate buildings that put occupants first, using automation to improve occupant experiences alongside energy management, safety and security.

Airports

Streamline landside and airside airport operations with end-to-end automation to improve efficiency, security and safety while also supporting energy management goals.

Education

Support safer, more effective learning environments with automation to help simplify security, fire safety, air quality and energy use.

Pharmaceuticals

Maintain the precision and output of operations with automation to help optimize efficiency, indoor environmental conditions and energy use.

Manufacturing & Industrials

From helping reduce interference to production to managing controlled environments, automation supports efficiency, consistency and energy management.

Retail

Streamline efficiency at one site or thousands using automation to help standardize operations while also optimizing comfort, energy use and site security.

Public Sector

From access control and workflow support to audit readiness, automation helps government and public facilities manage safety, efficiency and uptime.

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Safety & Security

Building Automation to Help Keep People and Places Safer

Our goal is to help buildings of every size and type operate with greater safety. From fire and life safety to security and cybersecurity, automation can support faster detection and response to help protect people, places and assets.

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Operational Efficiency

Gain Better Control of Building Operations With Connected Automation

Improve performance for people and assets, using automation that connects buildings from edge to cloud to enhance monitoring and analytics, streamline workflows in real time, and increase asset reliability.

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Energy Management

Automate More Effective Energy Use to Support Resilience and Occupant Comfort

Buildings use a lot of energy. With automation to adjust energy use to real-time needs, you can maintain occupant comfort and operational needs while also improving expenses and supporting energy-management goals. 

Honeywell Connected Solutions: Connect to capabilities that optimize performance

When it’s convenient to connect entire buildings to the cloud, you gain access to continuous analytics and an ecosystem of automated capabilities – giving you the foundation to elevate performance throughout your operations. This is Honeywell Connected Solutions: The next step toward buildings that can automatically adjust systems and inform stakeholders more effectively than manual operations alone.
  • Connect entire buildings to the cloud in hours – not weeks

    By streamlining IT integration and making connectivity available by default across our technologies, we can now connect an entire building to the cloud far more quickly – enabling convenient access to continuous monitoring and adjustment across systems, vendors and sites.

    • Protect uptime 

    • Mitigate risks 

    • Manage compliance

    • Optimize energy management

  • Honeywell Connected Solutions starts with the Connect Package

    From remote monitoring and control, to tools for planning and reporting, each connected facility gains access to a set of core capabilities powered by Honeywell Forge to help you improve insight and performance:

    • Remote Building Manager 

    • KPI Dashboard 

    • Asset Lifecycle Assessment 

    • Opportunity Assessment 

    • Reports App

  • Add capabilities as needed from a modular ecosystem

    Whether you need to bridge skill gaps or test energy initiatives before scaling them across your portfolio, end users and service providers can add capabilities as needed to support stakeholders throughout connected facilities, including applications such as:  

    • Predictive Maintenance

    • Carbon & Energy Management

    • Insight Builder

    • API Library

    • OT Cybersecurity

  • Get continuous monitoring, with service and expertise on demand

    Service providers can access the same connected data and apps to rapidly respond to needs and alerts. Easily onboard buildings via the partner portal to monitor and optimize performance across sites.

    • Quickly detect, diagnose and resolve issues remotely

    • If a technician is dispatched, they can arrive with the insights and parts for more first-time fixes

     

See How Automation Can Help Address Needs Throughout Your Operations 

Building automation goes beyond building control to help you optimize performance in support of critical outcomes such as safety and security, energy management and operational efficiency. 

  • Fire & Life Safety

    Be ready for the unthinkable

    Early fire detection can help support faster responses. Automation helps facility teams and first responders detect and respond to alerts to protect people, property and business operations.

  • Security & Access Control

    Monitor and respond with confidence

    Increase situational awareness, response time and confidence:  Automation integrates data and functionality across security systems such as video surveillance and access control, helping your teams identify concerns sooner and respond more effectively. 

  • Building Management

    Building control made for connected automation

    Building owners and operators face new challenges, from cyber threats via OT systems to scarcity of skilled technicians and evolving energy efficiency targets. Automation can help you adapt and to respond to these needs, optimizing performance for people and assets throughout your operations.

  • Building Services

    Keep buildings running with services to prepare, prevent and protect

    Whether you need maintenance assurance, software support or help with performance targets, Honeywell is here. With capabilities such as 24/7 remote monitoring and support, predictive maintenance, and asset-lifecycle management, we’re here to help support uptime throughout your operations.

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