Lab to drive innovations in building technology for post-Covid era

The lab set up by Johnson Controls and the EDB aims to find solutions to meet growth in contactless applications

Published Wed, Jun 24, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

JOHNSON Controls on Wednesday said it is partnering the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) to set up a S$50 million innovation lab to drive artificial intelligence-based innovations for the Republic's built-environment industry.

Johnson Controls, which provides integrated smart green systems for the built environment, said it will develop "digital technology that blends building, spatial and behavioural data with analytics and machine learning".

Slated to open by end September, the lab is expected to have more than 100 employees within four years. Alvin Ng, Johnson Controls' vice-president of digital solutions for the Asia-Pacific, told The Business Times on Wednesday that the majority of…