Generative AI to Help Buildings Run More Efficiently

Aria from BrainBox AI claims to assimilate seamlessly into day-to-day building management processes to deliver insight to building and facility managers

Powered by the latest generative AI technology with Amazon Bedrock, Aria (Artificial Responsive Intelligent Assistant) is designed to enhance building efficiency by assimilating seamlessly into the day-to-day processes related to building management. Created for use in the commercial and retail spaces, according to BrainBox AI, Aria is equipped with the predictive ability to circumvent operational problems while maintaining a watchful eye over a building’s blind spots.

Green Future

• Artificial intelligence could have a key part to play in making smarter, greener buildings
• Building technology specialist BrainBox AI has unveiled, what it claims, is the world’s first virtual building assistant to help bring efficiency and insight to facility managers and building operators

BrainBox AI claims with its autonomous AI technology as its internal compass, Aria provides a 360-degree view of a building’s data, zeroing in specifically on its systems and its components to make recommendations that are not just accurate, but “holistically informed” for strategic decision-making.

Strategic Decision-making

Aria’s two-way interaction means not only can facility managers and building operators prompt it to carry out specific tasks, but they can also expect the virtual assistant to make and directly advise future actions toward the most efficient and effective management of their building.

Aria enables building teams to delegate mundane operational tasks and repetitive analytics to it so they can focus on more value-driven tasks.

Jean-Simon Venne, BrainBox AI’s Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer

According to BrainBox AI, this master feature transforms building management from reactive to proactive, increases its value, and directly contributes to an organisation’s sustainability efforts. BrainBox AI claims that together with its core AI for HVAC technology, Aria makes a significant impact on building operations management, reducing HVAC energy costs by up to 25 per cent and greenhouse gas emissions by up to 40 per cent.

“Aria’s intelligence and intuition channels AI in truly unprecedented ways to help clients achieve their own unique decarbonisation, energy consumption, and operational efficiency goals. Aria enables building teams to delegate mundane operational tasks and repetitive analytics to it so they can focus on more value-driven tasks,” said Jean-Simon Venne, BrainBox AI’s Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer.

“In just two years, generative AI has demonstrated its boundless capabilities across all sectors. Its rapid growth mirrors its equally swift market adoption, proving that it is a worthy asset to any organisation that seeks to stay ahead of the curve in innovation and efficiency.”

The company’s fully autonomous feature is built on Amazon Bedrock, surrounded by a combination of AWS Lambda, AWS Fargate, and Amazon Athena services. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that offers a choice of high-performing foundation models from leading AI companies and Amazon via a single API, along with a broad set of capabilities for BrainBox AI to build generative AI applications with security, privacy, and responsible AI.

Founded in 2017, BrainBox AI reports it was established to address two critical issues currently facing the built environment: carbon emissions and energy consumption.