1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:10,040 Hi everyone, welcome to GreenMonk TV. I'm here with Dave Bartlett. We are at IBM's Pulse 2011 event. 2 00:00:10,740 --> 00:00:13,740 Dave, you have become known as the Building Whisperer. 3 00:00:15,020 --> 00:00:18,140 We are talking about smarter buildings at the event quite a lot. 4 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:22,320 It seems to be one of the focuses that IBM are looking at very strongly. 5 00:00:24,820 --> 00:00:28,540 Is it all science fiction or is this kind of stuff that we can do today? 6 00:00:28,540 --> 00:00:30,340 Or are we talking a year or two years? 7 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,100 What's the kind of time scale that we're looking at for this kind of stuff? 8 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,300 No, it's today a very present possibility. 9 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,840 You know, when we stepped back and looked at what's happened in the last decade, 10 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:44,120 it's just been a rapid acceleration and proliferation of smart sensors. 11 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:48,040 Every appliance going into buildings now has smart technology into it. 12 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:50,400 So they're all emitting all these digital feeds. 13 00:00:50,860 --> 00:00:53,240 So that's where the Building Whisperer comes in. 14 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:54,480 There's all this data. 15 00:00:54,480 --> 00:01:04,540 If someone just really listens to it end-to-end, it's amazing the opportunity we have today just to integrate into those systems and save energy. 16 00:01:05,540 --> 00:01:07,860 Sure, but these buildings are emitting data. 17 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:14,080 But, I mean, how long is it going to take to actually get something out there that will be able to integrate all these feeds and present it to somebody? 18 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:21,120 Okay, so, you know, when you look at it, they're emitting a lot of data from different equipment types. 19 00:01:21,220 --> 00:01:25,160 So there's different protocols to deal with, different networks to deal with. 20 00:01:25,740 --> 00:01:26,940 It's a lot of data. 21 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:28,360 That's the second thing. 22 00:01:29,140 --> 00:01:34,160 Third, it really does need an IT focus in addition to the building management skills. 23 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:36,840 And that's what IBM does so well. 24 00:01:37,060 --> 00:01:45,520 I was able to find technology that exists today off the shelf in IBM to really do the monitoring connection to the equipment, 25 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:49,760 to do the data warehousing, to do the analytics, to build the dashboard. 26 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:51,620 That technology all exists today. 27 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:53,560 So it's just a matter of connecting it. 28 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,360 And connecting, it turns out, is not a big deal. 29 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,160 So we can do it today. 30 00:01:59,220 --> 00:02:05,300 You're going to market with products for building managers to run buildings and global facilities? 31 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:06,360 Absolutely. 32 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:11,140 In fact, when I presented it to our chairman, he said, well, this is great. 33 00:02:11,220 --> 00:02:11,880 Take it to market. 34 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,120 But I want to start within IBM, which I thought was some great leadership. 35 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:23,200 So just from the past year, we've implemented it not only in our headquarters building, but in one of our biggest energy-using sites. 36 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:30,400 And it's already exceeded the base case in terms of savings and given a 200% return on the investment. 37 00:02:31,140 --> 00:02:31,320 Wow. 38 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,720 And I mean, what's the kind of global marketplace for this kind of stuff? 39 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,340 Well, I mean, there's lots of different estimates. 40 00:02:37,340 --> 00:02:54,560 But, you know, there's been a study done by a climate group called Smart 2020 that said, if we do exactly what we're doing, apply existing communication IT technology to this space, that we could save, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars in energy between now and the year 2020. 41 00:02:55,740 --> 00:02:56,100 Okay. 42 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:57,120 Dave, that's great. 43 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,120 Thanks a million for coming on the show. 44 00:02:58,500 --> 00:02:59,040 Thank you. 45 00:02:59,040 --> 00:02:59,080 Thank you. 46 00:02:59,080 --> 00:02:59,120 Thank you.