Siemens is expanding its fire safety offering on Building X, its AI-based cloud-enabled platform that accelerates sustainability, experience and performance for future-proof buildings.

The expansion comes through applications and an application programming interface (API) to increase transparency, decrease response time in case of incidents, and enhance maintenance processes for service providers.

Building X is a digital building platform that helps users digitalise, manage and optimise their building operations. This should lead to an enhanced user experience, increased performance and improved sustainability. It is part of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform that lets users accelerate their digital transformation easier, faster and at scale.

The Building X fire apps include the web-based Fire Manager, as well as the mobile-based Fire Connect. Additionally, users can feed live data from the connected fire safety system into their own applications via the Fire API. All three offerings are part of a new licensing model. This paves the way for increased flexibility by letting users choose which data and app bundle suits their needs.

The fire apps and API are designed to digitalise the user workflow for fire safety operation and maintenance. This saves time and resources while improving safety and reducing the disturbance of building users. It lets service providers monitor all sites at any time remotely and connect directly to the fire panel.

The live status on product maintenance, incidents or alarms can be reviewed via the apps’ dashboard, email or mobile push notifications. This transparency allows for maintenance activities to be planned, carried out and documented efficiently. The enhancements not only drive digital transformation, but also yield sustainability benefits. By offering maintenance options and a fire system status remotely, it is possible to save CO₂ emissions related to yearly site visits.

“We are excited to enhance the Building X portfolio with fire apps and API while ensuring compatibility and cross-functionality with other smart building applications on the platform.” said Peter Nebiker, vice president at Siemens Smart Infrastructure. “This not only allows for a seamless and holistic solution for smart buildings, but also builds the basis for future cross-domain use cases. Additionally, it enables our service providers to offer optimised services to their customers while using available experts more efficiently. And, ultimately, it pays off in terms of sustainability.”

Fire apps and API are available in tens of countries globally and are being rolled out in many more.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has its global headquarters in Zug, Switzerland. The business has around 75,000 employees worldwide.

This year, the Siemens (www.siemens.com) group generated revenue of €77.8bn and net income of €8.5bn. The company employs around 320,000 people worldwide.