AI in Energy Management 

U-LEARN – Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES)

National Outcome: We value, enjoy, protect and enhance our environment

Integrated Environmental Systems (IES) is a specialist in integrated performance-based analysis and home to the world’s largest building analytics team. The company is leading a project to develop U-LEARN, a unique web-based command centre that helps facility and energy managers monitor, analyse and predict the performance of their buildings portfolio. IES was awarded funding from the Scottish Government’s Can Do Innovation Challenge Fund as part of an AI challenge to tackle the climate emergency.

Using a combination of live measured building data, AI, predictive analytics and simulation of a building’s thermal and physics properties, the U-LEARN command centre will respond to end users’ actions and feedback to produce real-time smart alarms and customised reports. U-LEARN applies the company’s decarbonisation platform capability to generate intelligent data insights for efficient building management, helping businesses save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operational costs.

U-LEARN is one of many climate change initiatives that are helping Scotland meet its net-zero target by 2045 and it provides a model which can be adopted by other countries.