[Introduction example] Asahi Facilities uses the cloud and IoT to realize remote building management operations led by on-site technicians

SoftBank Technology Corp. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President ＆ CEO: Shinichi Ata; hereafter SBT) is a building management company celebrating its 50th anniversary, Asahi Facilities Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Koto-ku, Tokyo). , President: Toshiki Okazaki, hereinafter referred to as Asahi Facilities), supported the construction of the building information platform "ASAHI BUILDING CORE" on Microsoft Azure.
As a result, Asahi Facilities will be able to create a work environment in which alarm information can be viewed not only by the operators of the monitoring bases operated by the company, but also by the PCs and tablets of technicians who rush to the site, and by creating a work environment where alarm information can be viewed from the PCs and tablets of the technicians who arrive at the site, as well as by the wide variety of information collected from buildings and equipment. It is now possible to utilize a variety of data in the field.

■Background of introduction

Asahi Facilities, a group company of Takenaka Corporation, has 12 main branches and sales offices in Japan, and manages thousands of buildings. Buildings are equipped with a variety of equipment such as electricity, air conditioning, water supply, drainage and sanitary equipment, and the company has been promoting the use of ICT in its operations from an early stage in order to efficiently manage, maintain and inspect these equipment. In order to update our remote building management system, which centrally manages the status of building equipment, alarms, and inspection information at a monitoring base, we decided to migrate to the cloud for system scalability, coordination with IoT devices, and security. has been decided.
In addition to building a remote management system, a policy was established to link multiple systems that had previously been independent, standardize and utilize the data, and after conducting a PoC (proof of concept), a building information platform was developed. We defined the requirements. Furthermore, we worked on reforming business operations using IoT, centered on the building information platform.

■Effects of introduction

After building the building information platform, Asahi Facilities has begun using it for remote management of hundreds of buildings across the country as a system responsible for alarm monitoring, data processing, and transmission equipment management. We are beginning to see the effects of reducing maintenance costs. In terms of operational effects, by reviewing business processes, technicians can now grasp the situation directly from tablets, etc., without going through a monitoring base.

In the future, the company plans to strengthen collaboration with other systems centered on the building information platform.
SBT will continue to support the efficiency and sophistication of building management operations by utilizing Microsoft Azure's IoT, AI, and other technologies.

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