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Azendian celebrated sustainability leaders and initiatives amongst 600 attendees at the Singapore Green Building Council Gala Dinner 2024 on 6 June 2024. Azendian Solutions‘ Founder and CEO Bill Lee hosted a table comprising partners, customers and friends.
The Singapore Mechanical & Electrical Carbon Calculator (MECC) was also officially at the event in the presence of guest-of-honour Ms Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for National Development.
Developed by the Energy Studies Institute and JTC Corporation, in close collaboration with the Building and Construction Authority and SGBC, the MECC builds on the Singapore Building Carbon Calculator (SBCC) launched in June 2023. While the SBCC focuses on computing the embodied carbon emissions of building materials in building project, the MECC expands this scope to encompass both the embodied and operational carbon impact of mechanical and electrical (M&E) equipment and services. These include chillers, air handling units, lighting fixtures, cables, pipes, photovoltaic modules and other M&E engineering building products.
A perk being part of the tech community located in the Innovation hub at the BCA Braddell Campus is participation in Technology Exchanges organised as networking sessions with specific technology themes to raise awareness on ready-for-market solutions.
The BCA Braddell Campus connects like-minded individuals, showcases innovative technologies, and transfers knowledge to drive development and adoption of I&T in the Built Environment.
Bill Lee, Azendian Solutions Founder & CEO, presented at the Technology Exchange and Networking Session last Friday which was centred on Integrated Smart FM. The exchange, jointly organised by Building and Construction Authority and Singapore International Facility Management Association, showcased cutting-edge facilities management solutions with potential for productivity savings created by systems integration. It attracted a strong turn-out of more than 200 participants.
The tech exchange and networking event allowed Azendian to showcase its AI-driven estate solution which is an ASEAN Energy Award recipient and the first and only certified enterprise under Singapore Green Building Council’s Smart Digital Platform. 
More than 150 million tonnes of plastic are estimated to have been dumped in the world’s oceans, with about 8 million tonnes added every year. These plastics can take hundreds of years to biodegrade completely. What we do matters. Azendeans turned beachcombers to do their bit for the environment by collecting litter at East Coast Park on 15 March 2024.
“What we do matters in the community. Even in the simple act of beach cleaning, we are reminding our people at Azendian that we can impact our environment positively, whether as an individual or a team. We want to grow the awareness of sustainability as a lifestyle, at work or play, and that it is about choices we make and act on,” said CEO & Founder Bill Lee.
The Advanced Digital Solutions (ADS) grant under IMDA is part of Singapore’s Resilience Budget 2020 to support enterprises to deepen digital capabilities, strengthen business continuity measures and drive digital transformation.
Azendian has been recognised as Project Lead for proposal submission to obtain the ADS grant of up to 70% by IMDA for its HVAC ENERGY OPTIMISATION SOLUTION FOR CHILLER AND AIR SIDE EQUIPMENT.
An ASEAN Energy Award winner, the Azendian HVAC energy optimisation solution is a fully autonomous, closed-looped software and a process & system digital twin strengthened with machine learning and self-learning algorithms. The solution optimises energy use at the Chiller and Air Handling Unit (AHU) equipment, achieving unprecedented energy savings and enhancements in workforce productivity.
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Azendian was privileged to host the Mayor of City of Kitakyushu Kazuhisa Takeuchi and his entourage on 3 November 2023 in a showcase of its solutions at the Keppel Operations Nerve Center in Changi. Mayor Takeuchi was accompanied by Mr Jun Tanaka, CEO of WingArc 1st.
Founder & CEO Bill Lee shared on how Azendian Solutions, as Keppel Infrastructure’s Technology Partner, has implemented its Unified Platform solution. The Azendian solution enables real-time data capture to support fault/false detection and predictive maintenance and the digital twin enables ACMV equipment to operate optimally with zero human intervention. The closed-looped solution achieves unparalleled savings and productivity through Machine Learning Driven AI solutions. At the briefing to the Mayor, Wang Zhenglin, Head of Marketing and Partnership, presented Keppel Infrastructure’s offerings in its pursuit of sustainability and ESG goals.
The highlight of the event was the reveal of Keppel’s Operations Nerve Centre and a tour where the Mayor and entourage was given a demonstration on how Keppel Infrastructure harnesses advanced digital and AI technologies for real-time monitoring, energy optimisation and productivity enhancement of the work force and equipment of its operations across Singapore and beyond.
Partnership and a strong commitment to that spirit is the key to a successful venture together – Azendian’s Founder & CEO Bill Lee shared at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) which was held at Sands Expo and Convention Centre from 31 October to 2 November 2023.
He was speaking at the ‘Japan Entry to Kitakyushu session’ at SWITCH which lively and robust session was moderated by Masato Tanakai, Senior Director, Business Development & PR Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Singapore. The panel comprised the honorable Mayor of City of Kitakyushu Kazuhisa Takeuchi and Mr Jun Tanaka, CEO of WingArc 1st.
On why Japan is a key market for Azendian Solutions and how an important project has kicked off with Kitakyushu City – Bill shared that it was impossible to ignore Japan being the world’s third largest economy with large urban communities and strong support came in the form of WingArc !st, Azendian’s investor and partner, who connected Azendian to Kitakyushu City. Kitakyushu City, strongly committed to being a global sustainable city through green and digital transformation, was willing to sponsor Azendian with a grant but more importantly, its city managers were incredibly supportive and collaborative for the use of Azendian’s energy optimisation solution. The project demonstrates the successful collaboration and partnership between the private and public sectors. At the forum, Kitakyushu Mayor Takeuchi also elaborated on his city’s appeal and advantages, and a variety of initiatives introduced by members of the Kitakyushu’s vibrant eco-system.
In line with its commitment to sustainability, Azendian Solutions (Azendian), is moving its HQ to 200 Braddell Road #14-61, BCA Braddell Campus, Singapore 579700 with effect from today.
“We could not have found a more suitable new home than the Innovation Hub at BCA Braddell Campus as Azendian pushes ahead for a more sustainable Built Environment with our AI-driven energy optimisation solutions. The Campus will provide a dynamic environment for sustainable businesses such as ours to create, connect and collaborate for new technologies and solutions. We believe our people too will be invigorated by the innovative spirit being nurtured there and will thrive in such an ecosystem,” said Bill Lee, Azendian’s Founder & CEO.
Azendian is among first movers to the newly launched Super Low Energy Innovation Hub in BCA Braddell Campus. The Campus prides itself as a living laboratory providing a dynamic space for test bedding, exploration, and development of cutting-edge technologies by innovators to bring significant contributions to the Built Environment (BE) sector.
As recent as August 2023, Azendian was presented with the ASEAN Energy Award as Winner of the Energy Efficient Building – Special Submission – Cutting Edge Technology. The ASEAN Energy Awards is Southeast Asia’s highest accolade to recognise a greater private sector participation and interest in energy development and usage in ASEAN in partnership with the public sector. The Awards aim to promote awareness on best practices in the energy sector and encourage the private sector in clean energy transition, resilience, and sustainability technology.
The Azendian Estate HVAC Energy Optimisation Solution together with its Computerised Maintenance Management System, Fault & False Detection & Predictive Maintenance and Unified Platform solutions are uniquely positioned to support businesses towards achieving their energy and sustainability goals. The Azendian smart estate solution is the first and only certified under Singapore Green Building Product’s Smart EMS System, helping asset operators achieve the Green Mark certification.
Azendian’s solutions have been developed for businesses that operate large energy-consuming chiller plants, such as commercial buildings, hospitals, data centres and industrial facilities. To date, Azendian has collaborated with its customers and partners implementing its AI and data-driven solutions in more than 80 buildings and 7 district cooling plants at different stages. It has offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Japan, and Vietnam.
Another showcase of Azendian’s suite of solutions was at the Future of HVAC conference held by AIRAH over 13 to 14 September 2023 in Melbourne.
Matthew Schultz, Azendian’s Regional MD, Australia & NZ, spoke at the event, supported by Liak Huat Koh, GM, Estate Solution & Principal Operations Technology Architect.
“The networking break-out sessions gave us the opportunity to expand on our energy optimisation solutions for a sustainable Built Environment, and to make many connections within the wider industry. We enjoyed learning more from the presentations of others, amongst which were on Refrigeration, the work of Standards Australia and transition of Melbourne Sporting venues to a more energy efficient future,” said Matthew.
Azendian’s Founder & CEO Bill Lee spoke at the “Greening the Built Environment” dialogue organised by the Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong Chapters of #engineersaustralia this past Saturday, 9 September 2023. The event was held in support of the Go-Green Co-Innovation Program announced by #DFAT and #EnterpriseSingapore. See link: https://lnkd.in/g9UtJNFi
Bill’s sharing centered on 2 broad topics covering AI /data science and their roles in achieving sustainability goals in the built environment. AI and data science techniques can be applied to improve energy use efficiency, enhance productivity of the workforce and equipment. Bill shared that Azendian Solutions use data science techniques to develop highly accurate process and system twins which are “closed-loop” and fully automated to achieve gains unattainable before. When applied to Azendian HVAC energy Optimisation Solution (Water & Air sides), they improve energy use resulting in lower utility costs, lower carbon emissions and higher productivity gains.
At the event, Bill connected with Kabi Subramaniam (second from right) President, Engineers Australia (Singapore Chapter) and Co Lead, Knowledge Pillar of the Centre for Climate Action in Cities at Arup Singapore; Dr Alex Cheung (extreme left), President, Engineers Australia (Hong Kong Chapter) and Ir. Dennis Ong FIEAust FIEM PEng CP Eng NER APEC IntPE(AUS) (extreme right), President, Engineers Australia (Malaysia Chapter).
Teamwork and collaboration was hard at work at Azendian’s booth at #bexasia 2023 to promote sustainable solutions for a greener Built Environment. From Azendian Malaysia, Alvin Hong and Gerard Lee were in town to provide support at BEX Asia.
Azendian’s partner, UnaBiz, showcased at Azendian’s booth how customers and partners in the built environment can become climate change resilient by deploying energy-efficient, low-cost IoT devices coupled with long-range network connectivity to help asset owners achieve their sustainability goals. Unabiz’s MD Jonathan Tan also dropped in to render support.
Azendian thanks Singapore Green Building Council for hosting its presence together with other like-minded organisations championing sustainable solutions at #bexasia 2023 so that together, we will advance the cause of a greener Built Environment.