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“ What we try to do is make buildings communicate with us ”
— Ahmad Farrakh Manzoor , Head of Siemens Smart Infrastructure - Regional Solutions and Services , Siemens who continue to go to customer sites and provide the services that ensure these utilities keep running . We still have water , power , internet and healthcare , in part because we at Siemens Smart Infrastructure are ensuring we keep that running for our customers .”
Even before the pandemic , there was an imperative to make smart what had previously been ‘ dumb ’. “ If you ’ re not making infrastructure smart , then it ’ s going to haunt us in the future ,” Manzoor explains . “ That ’ s where Siemens Smart Infrastructure comes in . As the name indicates , we make infrastructure smart . How do we do it ? We make infrastructure talk to us . Normally , if you ’ re feeling too hot , you just decrease the thermostat . There , the communication is going one way – from you to the building . What we try to do is make buildings communicate with us .”
Such feats can only be accomplished by the use of advanced technology , such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things ( IoT ). “ When we put AI in buildings , we no longer need to tell them we ’ re feeling too hot . The building can sense your comfort . It can
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