Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON), in partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), announced on 21 February 2025 the establishment of a Centre of Excellence in Singapore. The Centre of Excellence in Singapore will pilot and deploy building technologies leveraging AI and machine learning-driven solutions that can deliver a scalable view of a building’s life cycle and total energy use.
The initiative will leverage the Honeywell Forge IoT platform—a predictive maintenance and energy-management software solution—to help customers monitor, manage and optimise their building energy use. The integration of Honeywell Forge will help building decision makers improve their visibility into energy management, energy optimisation and predictive analytics, and ultimately gain enhanced visibility into their maintenance needs.
According to the Building and Construction Authority, buildings currently account for more than 20% of Singapore’s carbon emissions. Through the Centre of Excellence, Honeywell aims to work with building owners and operators in Singapore to deploy solutions to aid in their efforts to reduce commercial building carbon emissions. This is in support of the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and the country’s goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.
The Centre of Excellence in Singapore will leverage building technologies using AI to help operators drive their efficiency and decarbonisation efforts across building sectors in Southeast Asia. The Centre is expected to begin operations in 2025 and will deploy building automation technologies through pilot programmes with Singapore-based players across verticals such as healthcare, data centres and education.
“Buildings represent a significant opportunity for carbon reduction, particularly when owners can effectively monitor and optimise energy use to manage their environmental impact,” said Nigel Brockett, President of Asia Pacific, Honeywell.
“With the integration of new AI-based technologies and access to our Centre of Excellence, building managers across Singapore can now be equipped with real-time data and automation capabilities to help them curb emissions in alignment with the carbon-reduction goals set out in the Singapore Green Plan.”
In 2026, Honeywell expects the Centre of Excellence to begin serving other nations in Southeast Asia based on their specific sustainable building goals.
Lim Tse Yong, Senior Vice President and Head, Mobility and Industrial Solutions, EDB, said, “EDB welcomes Honeywell’s decision to establish its Centre of Excellence to support the decarbonisation efforts for buildings. Given Singapore’s focus on environmental sustainability and strengths as an innovation hub, companies can foster partnerships with our built environment and research ecosystems to pilot and deploy sustainable building solutions. We look forward to the impactful solutions this Centre will develop for Singapore and the wider region.”
