Current Situation
Government operations include fleets, travel practices, supply chains, datacenters, and the largest portfolio of buildings in the world. Ranging from offices to military bases to national labs and historically used lighting, mechanical, HVAC systems inefficiently, and other operations were not sustainable.
Goals and Objectives
Reduce facility and building operational costs while providing new levels of comfort and disease-free buildings for occupants’ health and safety. Develop pathways toward net-zero energy use that go far beyond the current levels of energy use reduction.
Technology Deployed
Hardware: IoT, LED lights, and building contamination and weather monitoring systems
Software: Automated building management systems, wireless communications, data-sharing platforms, data exchanges, digital twins, cloud-enabled analytics and AI, IoT security, and dashboards
Services: Business services, IT services, data trust development, and blockchain
Use Case Summary
Public environmental sustainability policies are trending toward more expansive scopes, moving beyond the sole focus on improving the sustainability of internal operations and toward developing a green sector and green financial instruments, and including the supply chain and supplier sustainability itself in procurement decision making.