Carrier released upgrades to its Abound Insights platform that the company says will bolster the app with interactive maps and updated site view lists to help enterprise-level building operators manage their portfolios, the company said Thursday.
Abound Insights is an AI and IoT platform that uses predictive insights, recommendations and autonomous actions to help operators get better performance out of their equipment and operations, Carrier says.
With the upgrades, operators will get operations and maintenance recommendations while accessing connected sites with weather and air quality overlays. They’ll also get advanced filters and export capabilities so they can download site lists, equipment details and work order reports for streamlined planning and tracking.
"With these enhancements, we're giving building operators the power to see and manage their entire portfolio like never before," Yasir Qureshi, general manager of Carrier Abound, said in a statement.
Getting a context-rich picture of building systems, like the platform is trying to provide, is a first step for building operators trying to meet long-term goals like saving energy, combatting cybersecurity risks and implementing preventive maintenance, studies have shown.
"By delivering a truly enterprise-wide view, we're helping our customers unlock smarter decisions, drive measurable energy savings, elevate occupant comfort, and streamline operations across their portfolio — all through the intelligence of the Abound platform," Qureshi said.
The upgrades follow AI-driven maintenance upgrades to the Abound platform in June that added interactive dashboards, alerts, to-do lists and recommendations for more than 25 categories of equipment in commercial buildings, including HVAC, refrigeration and controls.
Carrier’s technology updates track with progress being made by its competitors. Earlier this week, Trane Technologies released AI tools that enable building operators to analyze occupancy, energy use and weather to adjust HVAC operations and provide recommendations on what actions to take based on conversational prompts.
In addition to the software, Carrier recently marked a milestone in the energy efficiency capabilities within its hardware, earlier this month becoming the first HVAC manufacturer to complete the U.S. Department of Energy’s Commercial Building HVAC Technology Challenge laboratory validation in the 10-to-14-ton rooftop heat pump category. Lennox, meanwhile, first completed laboratory validation for commercial cold climate heat pump rooftop units in the 15-to-25-tons category earlier this month.
