Dive Brief:
- OTI is tapping KODE Labs’ artificial intelligence-powered smart building platform to help its clients optimize building operations, the company announced Sept. 3.
- The KODE OS smart building operating system leverages machine learning and “billions of standardized points” from disparate building systems to automate operations and will enable OTI to enhance clients’ decision-making capabilities, according to a news release.
- Through the operating system, OTI, whose services include master systems integration, building automation, energy analytics and technology validation, aims to help clients improve indoor comfort, portfolio efficiency, sustainability and growth in net operating income, per the release. The channel partner agreement follows OTI’s move to sell its smart building platform, Buildings IOT, to Infogrid.
Dive Insight:
OTI is a master systems integrator specializing in building controls systems, monitoring systems and operational networks, and serves clients through upgrades to existing control systems, new control installation and ongoing operational technology and informational technology network management, according to the release. Its portfolio spans more than 180 million square feet of data centers, retail spaces, higher education and office buildings across North America and the UK, per the release.
The agreement to provide KODE Labs’ technology comes shortly after Infogrid announced plans to acquire OTI’s own adaptive buildings technology, Buildings IOT, which provides automated demand management, advanced fault detection and grid-interactive capabilities.
KODE OS is a software-as-a-service platform that integrates building management, Internet of Things and operational systems into a cloud-based smart building infrastructure that aims to drive reductions in energy consumption and carbon emissions, KODE Labs said. The platform has been deployed in thousands of buildings globally for some of the largest REITs, educational institutions and corporations, according to the release.
In April, KODE Labs raised $30 million in series B funding — a strategic capital infusion that KODE said would “help buildings worldwide achieve net-zero emissions.” Its clients have cut energy consumption and carbon emissions by up to 30%, KODE Labs said.
KODE Labs has already formed partnerships with companies such as Hines, Ford, QuadReal, Bedrock Detroit and Steam Realty, the company said.
