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CEO Bill Lee chats with Lee U-Wen, News Editor of The Business Times on Azendian’s growth journey and plans ahead to push for a more sustainable Built Environment.
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Day 2 at BEX Asia (The Built Environment Expo) saw Bill Lee, Azendian’s Founder & CEO, draw keen interest in his talk at the BuildSG pavilion.
He shared on how AI-driven solutions marrying Operation Technology and Information Technology can create new opportunities while at the same time, achieve unprecedented ESG and productivity gains in the built environment domain.
AI and sustainability are crucial topics in today’s landscape. AI has become a game-changer across industries, with a growing focus on its role in driving sustainability. In the fight against climate change and environmental issues, AI presents innovative solutions that can pave the way for a more sustainable future.
Curious about AI’s impact on Built Environment Engineering equipment and Facility Engineering? Check out insights shared by Azendian’s Founder & CEO in SGBC’s latest SG GREEN September 2024 issue on page 30. Discover how AI in IT and OT can converge to accelerate the adoption of solutions.
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As a living lab for a novel approach to achieving about 60% reduction in cooling energy, Azendian Solutions’s HQ in the Built Environment Innovation Hub (BEIH) at Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Braddell Campus has been garnering much interest.
The approach uses a combination of natural ventilation from automated windows, elevated air movement from ceiling fans, spot cooling from personal ventilation desks, and background cooling from the air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation (ACMV) system. The aim is to maximise conditions when natural ventilation is desirable and reduce reliance on energy-intensive air-conditioning, thereby contributing to urban sustainability and significantly reducing cooling energy consumption.
This experimentation is a collaboration among BCA, National University of Singapore, Singapore Institute of Technology, Kajima, and SJ Group under the Cities of Tomorrow (CoT) R&D programme.
Today, Azendian hosted over 40 participants of the Green Mark Associate Applied Learning Workshop organised by the Singapore Green Building Council. Azendian’s CEO Bill Lee shared on how the experiment is aligned to Azendian’s push for energy optimisation and sustainability in the Built Environment. The Azendian team has also participated actively in the programme adorning wearable devices providing real-time data as well as feedback.
The BEIH is envisioned to be a collaborative space to connect like-minded individuals, showcase innovative technologies and ideas, and transfer knowledge to accelerate the transformation of the Built Environment (BE). One use of the space is for it to be a “living laboratory”, allowing collaborators to be co-located on the same campus, so as to be able to conduct research, test-bed and refine in-demand BE solutions in a real world environment.
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.
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.