There is a Lot going on these days. . .
The National Facility Management Technology 2025 conference last week in Baltimore saw two ALN Organizational Members get called back to provide an encore presentation on Asset Management, AI and robotics.
ALN Board Member Rich Culbertson points out that Secretary of U.S. Transportation Sean P. Duffy‘s support of the API 1173 Pipeline Safety Management Systems standard is support for the ISO 55000 standards, since they are referenced within.
The ALN “Selling America’s Assets?” web summit received validation through an article spelling out federal privatization initiatives.
And the Pilot of the ALN Pilot Project Network will be addressed in this week’s ALN Th@3 pm ET with new ALN Organizational Member facil.ai.
See more below in People (Pilot Project), Sources (ALN Organizational Members at NFMT), and Ideas, where “Selling America’s Assets?” is discussed.
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People
Keith Gipson, President, and Danielle Radden, Director of Development, facil.ai will join us this week on ALN Th@3 pm ET to discuss the ability to dramatically reduce energy costs using standardized APIs that allow smart HVAC assets to talk with each other, and the grid. The facil.ai approach also includes use of AI to optimize performance that aligns with demand-based energy pricing and other preset parameters that assist owner goals. The business model is to establish KPIs and other owner requirements and run the system for 6 weeks for the cost of expenses. One client learned it could save $200,000 a month with the system in a month and a half. To continue using the system, the installation is reimbursed and a monthly subscription is paid. The ALN Pilot Project Network is being explored with facil.ai and others. Register for ALN Th@3 pm ET at this link.
Sources
The AI Future is Approaching Fast
Cyril Verley, President, CDV Systems, and Kimon Onuma, President of Onuma, Inc., have been presenting as collaborative ALN Organizational Members for 2 years. Last week at the National Facilities Management Technology 2025 conference in Baltimore, their presentation won them an encore invitation to present on AI and robotics. The original presentation on how Asset Management governance drives the meaningful use of data that results in dramatically improved outcomes won a standing room only audience and an invitation to expand the discussion to AI and Robotics. This was an ideal situation since the two ALN Organizational Members have been demonstrating those capabilities and Mr. Onuma has been writing about these specific issues in Automated Buildings. Scroll to the very end of that linked page to see the AI generated hip-hop video about monkeys and robots in the Baltimore Convention Center. Join Mr. Verley and Mr. Onuma on ALN Th@3 pm ET on April 10th to learn more about the smash hit presentations that emphasize the importance of Asset Management governance.
Ideas
| Selling America’s Assets? |
The ALN “Selling America’s Assets?” web summit being planned to professionally address this highly important topic gained a type of third-party endorsement when the Washington Post published an article on privatization of U.S. assets last week. Please join us in planning a bi-partisan discussion on paths to improve value to the nation from fully valuing and properly privatizing federal assets. To learn how you can participate in shaping the May web summit, contact ALN Chair and CEO Jim Dieter, or Executive Director Mike Bordenaro at webinars@AssetLeadership.net.
Upcoming Events
April 3 – ALN Th@3 pm ET – Keith Gipson and Danielle Radden from new ALN Organizational Member facil.ai will provide an overview of their use of Artificial Intelligence to save dramatic amounts of energy through better management of HVAC assets
April 8 – 3 pm ET – ALN Book Club Discussion – See more further below.
April 10 – ALN Th@3 pm ET – A report from NFMT by Cyril Verley, President, CDV Systems and Kimon Onuma, Onuma, Inc.
Because the human evolution of tools and processes grows increasingly complex, information management becomes a critical element of Asset Management. A policy requiring the use of secure, open standards can allow information from all categories of assets to flow to top leadership and others for confident decision making. Once a policy is in place, a Strategic Asset Management Plan establishes the overarching direction for many elements of operation and then specific Asset Management Plans establish the desired use of tools and processes for each asset category. However, more fully understanding information networks is good to do before establishing policy. Therefore, the first ALN Book Club will read “Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI.” The three sections of the book by Yuval Noah Harari will be discussed on the last Tuesday of February, March, and April at 3 pm Eastern. Jim Dieter, ALN Chair and CEO will lead the discussions. Mr. Dieter says the book provides important new ways to think about information, networks, documents, bureaucracy, and more issues that are extremely relevant for asset leadership and asset management. See more details about signing up for the ALN Book Club discussions and the importance of the book at this link.