OREANDA-NEWS. February 04, 2016. ENGIE, via its subsidiary SSINERGIE, and “French Tech” start-up Ubiant, have entered into a licensing agreement aimed at boosting the energy performance of tertiary and multiple-unit residential buildings.

The agreement focuses, in particular, on the integration of new data into “VERTUOZ by ENGIE” energy consumption management platform, using Ubiant’s connected device dialogue and design technologies.

The new solution will enable building occupants to better manage their level of comfort (temperature, brightness, air quality, etc.), while controlling energy consumption from their smart phones.

Users will also be able to take advantage of Luminion, by Ubiant. Winner of an innovation award at CES Las Vegas, this connected object maps and displays energy consumption on a vertical luminous indicator.

ENGIE, via its subsidiary ENGIE Cofely, acquires a stake in Partnering Robotics

At CES, ENGIE subsidiary ENGIE Cofely, which specializes in environmental and energy efficiency services, announced that it has acquired a stake in Partnering Robotics, furthering the investment it made a year ago in service robotics with Diya One.

Diya One is a non-humanoid, multi-tasking robot capable of learning from and interacting with those around it to provide an entire range of services, including air purification, energy consumption reduction, and maintenance request management for building occupants.

With this investment, ENGIE increases its capacity to assist customers in realizing a variety of improvement plans:

  • Energy efficiency:  continuous optimization through real-time monitoring of energy consumption;
  • Health and comfort of building occupants: guaranteeing and improving the quality of the indoor environment through air quality monitoring and treatment;
  • Responsiveness:  immediate local intervention through interaction with occupants and real-time alerting of on-site teams;
  • Cost-effectiveness:  through building management optimization.

 “We are thrilled with the confidence ENGIE Cofely has shown in us. One of our challenges has been to find a major industrial partner receptive to ‘disruptive innovations’ and both willing to build an original customer offering and to support us in entering these markets. In ENGIE Cofely, we have found that partner,” said Ramesh Caussy, founder and CEO of Partnering Robotics.

“This is a significant investment in a priority development area for us: building services. It also represents an innovation model well suited to the very real challenges of a global digital economy that is constantly changing,” added Jean-Pierre Monéger, CEO of ENGIE Cofely.