Cisco's Smart+Connected Communities Provides Sustainable Economic
Opportunities Through Energy Innov
Cisco's Smart+Connected Communities Provides Sustainable Economic Opportunities Through Energy Innovations
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Smart Connected Buildings Solution to Transform Energy Demand andUtilizationSAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - July 01, 2009) - Cisco Live -- Cisco(NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced Smart Connected Buildings as itslatest emerging technology, a key component in delivering on itsvision for Smart+Connected Communities, one of 30 key marketadjacencies the company has identified. Smart+Connected Communitiesaddresses the growing need for sustainable energy to meet the demandof increasingly urbanized populations by providing a network-enabledblueprint for successful smart cities of the future that run onnetworked information. The solution builds on Cisco's networkedsustainability platform to further utilize the network to increaseenergy efficiency, create new tools for 'energy-aware' citymanagement, and enable economic opportunity and quality of life gainsfor citizens.As a key component of delivering on the Smart+Connected Communitiesvision, Cisco today announced the availability of the Cisco® NetworkBuilding Mediator, a Smart Connected Buildings solution that providesthe intelligence to interconnect and enable building systems such asheating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC), lighting, electrical,security, and renewables over the IP network to build smart andenergy-efficient buildings of the future. This provides operators andowners of these buildings with new ways of managing how energy isused based on policies that make sense for occupants.As the majority of electricity in the US is consumed in offices andcommercial buildings, Cisco believes the network has the potential tocreate a significant impact on global energy efficiency and reductionof Green House Gas emissions by further integrating informationtechnology into Smart Connected Buildings. By continuing to extendour networked sustainability platform, Cisco will help accelerateenergy innovations over IP from energy generation across the grid tocommercial buildings and all the way to the home.Highlights / Key Facts:-- The new Smart Connected Buildings solution, Cisco's latest emerging technology, aims to enable sustainable energy reduction and the future-proofing of facilities through a flexible integration of new technologies that help deliver energy efficiency and environmental stewardship for Smart+Connected Communities.-- This represents the first Emerging Technology business unit incubated from Cisco's Globalisation Centre East in Bangalore, India. The business unit integrates technologies from Cisco's acquisition of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Richards-Zeta in January 2009 with Cisco networking technology and concurrently develops innovative software solutions for energy management.-- Sandeep Vij, vice president and general manager, leads the team out of the Globalisation Center East, reporting to Marthin De Beer, senior vice president of the Emerging Technologies Group.-- Smart Connected Buildings' first solution, Cisco Network Building Mediator, provides an extensible architecture to allow building operation managers to easily monitor, measure and act on energy systems while adding renewable technologies such as solar, wind and fuel cells as well as energy-efficiency programs such as automated demand-response programs to reduce capital and operating expenditures.-- The Cisco Network Building Mediator communicates "southbound" with building systems using a variety of industry open-system protocols. It then converts the data to open XML/SOAP Services which connect "northbound" to applications, utilities, enterprise management systems and cloud services.-- The Cisco Network Building Mediator extends Cisco EnergyWise technology to deliver the most comprehensive business energy-management solution, providing energy monitoring, reporting and saving to more systems and devices in any building.-- Cisco also announced that more than 20 technology partners will join the Cisco Development Technology Program for the Mediator in bringing solutions and services to Smart+Connected Communities.-- In addition, Cisco plans to introduce an Authorized Technology Provider Program for channel partners and system integrators who will be supporting sales and services for customers.-- The Cisco Network Building Mediator is orderable now and is available in two configurations; the Cisco Network Building Mediator 2400 and the Cisco Network Building Mediator 4800. Pricing starts at USD $4995.Executive Quotes:-- Marthin De Beer, senior vice president, Emerging Technologies Group "Today's announcement of Smart Connected Buildings as Cisco's latest Emerging Technology highlights the strength of our internal innovation engine for identifying and developing solutions in key market adjacencies. Our aim is to create a new set of systems and solutions that take the network and extend the power of the platform to deliver sustainable energy management from information technology and commercial buildings all the way through to smart grid and the home."-- Wim Elfrink, chief globalisation officer and executive vice president, Cisco Services "Over the next three to five years, as more people around the world migrate to urban centres, 3 billion individuals around the world will connect to the Internet. Cisco envisages a future where successful communities and cities will run on networked information, and where information technology will help the world better manage its energy and environmental challenges. Cities of the future, and many innovative cities now, are addressing the issues and opportunities of this new world by thinking about the network as the platform for economic development, better city management and an improved quality of life for citizens. Everything connected to the network in these smart+connected communities can be greener."-- David Shroyer, controls engineer, NetApp "Within 20 minutes of the demand-response signal from the utility, the Cisco Network Building Mediator reduces lighting by 50 percent and raises the temperature set point by four degrees, shedding 1.1 megawatts. In conjunction with other systems, the Cisco solution has helped us reduce energy consumption in our Sunnyvale location by 18 million kilowatt hours in 18 months. We have reduced our carbon footprint and have saved an estimated $2 million in energy costs."-- Peter Kelley-Detwiler, SVP, Demand Response, Constellation Energy Group Inc. "We have created a load-response solution in which the customers get paid for curtailing their consumption during the period of high or peak demand on their systems. The way we help them is we take the Cisco Network Building Mediator and use that to coordinate with the building and send a signal to automatically shut down systems."-- Norm Campbell, manager, Metering Systems, Simon Property Group "Organizing our energy and building systems required an equally dynamic infrastructure to coordinate meter data, EMS and external inputs in unison. The Cisco Network Building Mediator is such a platform and enables us to pursue energy efficiency, load response and sustainability while maintaining comfort for our tenants and customers."-- Achuthan Nair, vice president and business head, Wipro Technologies "Cisco Network Building Mediator technology has an open approach in a pre-dominantly multi protocol and proprietary area. We have been able to innovatively leverage it to enable management of non-IP systems, thus bringing the rigor of IT service management to non-IT equipment. This brings tremendous value to our customers by lowering their energy consumption and reducing the service costs."Links / URLs:-- Check out the new Smart Connected Buildings website at http://www.cisco.com/go/buildings-- Learn about Smart Connected Buildings at Cisco Live! 2009 http://www.cisco-live.com/attendees/solutions/cbs-- For more technical information on the Cisco Network Building Mediator please visit http://www.cisco.com/go/mediator-- Cisco outlines strategy for highly secure smart-grid infrastructure http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2009/prod_051809.html-- Everything connected to the network can be greener with Cisco EnergyWise http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2009/prod_012709.html-- Cisco globalisation perspectives http://newsroom.cisco.com/globalisation-- Follow Cisco on Twitter http://twitter.com/Cisco_SystemsTags / Keywords:Cisco, Smart Connected Buildings, renewable energy, Connected RealEstate, energy management, energy efficiency, smart buildings, greenbuildings, sustainable building, building automation, Connected UrbanDevelopment, sustainability, green, globalisation, globalization,BangaloreRSS Feed for Cisco: http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/rss.htmlEmbedded Videos and Images:-- Wim Elfrink discusses Cisco's opportunity with Smart Connected Buildings in the next phase of the Internet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49iBAt00K8c-- NetApp implements Cisco Smart Connected Buildings solution for Sunnyvale Campus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGcBN58ObuQ http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/videos/netapp_061609.htmlCisco Network Building Mediator photography-- High resolution artwork of the Cisco Network Building Mediator 2400: http://flickr.com/gp/25679159(at)N03/x08X55About Cisco:Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking thattransforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate.Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. Forongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com.Cisco, the Cisco logo and Cisco Systems are registered trademarks ortrademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the UnitedStates and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned inthis document are the property of their respective owners. The use ofthe word partner does not imply a partnership relationship betweenCisco and any other company. This document is Cisco PublicInformation.Contact Information:Press ContactMarc MusgroveCisco+1 408 525 6320mmusgrov(at)cisco.comAnalyst Contact:Gia FiliceCisco+1 408 853 4274gfilice(at)cisco.comInvestor Relations Contact:Sandy O'HalloranCisco+1 408 424 2140sohallor(at)cisco.comThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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