With the increase in concerns of environmental health and people’s interest, the United Nations has provided a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including water, energy, climate, transport, people health and well-being, sustainable cities and communities etc.
In line with the United Nations SDGs, Senfi smart building services cloud not only convert buildings and cities into smart ones where operations can be monitored, but also helps buildings and cities become sustainable through the use of autonomous workflow engine combining with data from sensors and AI/analytics. Let’s look at how Senfi works.
Monitoring and automated alerts
Connected to all the sub-systems and sensors, Senfi consolidates and processes the data in the cloud, and combines data with 3D model of the building to provide a digital twin and analytics charts.
Senfi digital twin
As a common data environment, Senfi can effectively collect and manage asset and facility data, operational data and real-time equipment data to provide a full picture of the building environment. Building owners can easily pull out information on overall energy and water usage, or dive deep to uncover the breakdown of individual usage.
Automatic alert sent when equipment failure occurs
Rules can also be set in Senfi’s workflow engine to constantly monitor situations in the building, and automatically send out alerts/notifications to the relevant personnel when qualifying conditions are met. Senfi can help to detect issues automatically, offloading some of the manpower needed for manual monitoring.
Autonomous sustainability with AI and control systems
Patterns observed from charts analysis
Aside from monitoring building operations, Senfi works with AI and analytics to forecast patterns in operations. This allows operators to discover consumption patterns and incorporate them into automatic workflow which helps to reduce energy, water and material consumption during off peak hours.
Automatic room temperature control using Senfi workflows
Sensors data can also be used to help moderate energy usage. One such example is space sensors being deployed to feedback room temperatures into Senfi workflow, which will then tell the Chiller to increase/decrease chilled airflow so as to maintain stable comfortable room temperature at minimal energy usage.
On-demand services
Automated on-demand cleaning
Instead of scheduled cleaning of building, cleaning can now be requested on-demand, based on sensor data. Based on sensors, Senfi can monitor facilities usage frequency and determine if the facility requires cleaning. This reduces resource and manpower wastage, while ensuring building occupants’ good health and comfort.
Incorporation of robotics to improve operations efficiency
Last but not least, Senfi can intelligently incorporate robotics into building operations, in areas such as cleaning, delivery, inspection, security and others, which helps to improve work productivity and efficiency while relieving strain on manpower.
Do visit our website for more details on using Senfi to create sustainable environment.
G Element is excited to announce a new milestone update for our Senfi On-Premise solution. Senfi On-Premise solution enables building end-users to harness the full capabilities of the Senfi Cloud solution without requiring Internet connectivity, allowing users, who have security concerns or run sensitive facilities, to experience the full power of a smart building digital twin on premise.
Below is the updated capability comparison chart in this milestone update:
Functions
Senfi On-Premise
Senfi Cloud
Internet Connection
Not required
Required
Data storage
On-Premise Servers
Cloud
3D Model Support
✓
✓
Open source integration to 3rd party systems
✓
✓
Automation
✓
✓
Charting
✓
✓
Reports
✓
✓
Two-Factor Authentication for Senfi login
✓
✓
Single Sign-On support
✓
✓
Login Authentication (OIDC over OAuth 2.0 Standard Flow and OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Flow)
✓
✓
Senfi On-Premise solution uses servers on premise for data storage, eliminating the need for internet connection to access cloud database. Functionalities such as 3D model support for BIM, 3DS Max files etc, integration to sensors and 3rd party systems, automation, charting and reporting are maintained in Senfi On-Premise solution.
Communications between Senfi client and server are secured and encrypted. User logins are authenticated either via Senfi login or Single Sign-On (using OIDC over OAuth 2.0 Standard Flow and OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials Flow). For added security, Senfi login also supports two-factor authentication using Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) which also works without internet access.
Do contact our sales at businesssenfi.io for more information.
G Element listed as an official partner of HIKVISION TPP ecosystem
G Element is proud to announce that G Element is now an official partner of HIKVISION TPP ecosystem, and is listed in HIKVISION Partners Listing. G Element supports HIKVISION products such as the network camera and HikCentral.
KONE Digital Xperience – 22 April 2021, National Gallery, Singapore
KONE Digital Xperience event
We thank all those who has taken time to attend the KONE Digital Xperience. Due to covid-19 situation, this is the first live exhibition G Element has been able to participate in after a one-year hiatus. It is also the first public appearance of our latest product, Senfi – the autonomous intelligence cloud for smart buildings.
G Element showcase at KONE Digital Xperience event
In this combined showcase with our partner KONE, Senfi demonstrates the integration with the KONE API to allow building users to monitor the live situation of their elevators via Senfi digital twin dashboard and create high value autonomous workflows using the Senfi’s autonomous intelligence engine.
Senfi Autonomous Intelligence Cloud for Smart Buildings
As the live exhibition is held at the National Gallery, we have created a National Gallery demo, where Senfi integrates with the KONE Cloud API to enable end-users to visualize “live” information of the KONE elevators installed at National Gallery and receive notifications/alarms on elevator events via the National Gallery digital twin dashboard.
INNOVATIVE POSSIBILITIES
Smart hospitality workflow
With the Senfi autonomous intelligence engine, we can create smart hospitality workflows where upon detecting the arrival of a VIP, an usher robot can be dispatched to welcome the VIP. The workflow can concurrently call the KONE elevator down to bring the VIP and the robot to the destination floor. At the destination floor, Senfi can coordinate with different sensors such as video and smart lighting to provide the VIP with a personalized visiting experience.
COLLABORATION BETWEEN KONE AND G ELEMENT
Digital twin showing live elevator information and alarms
In this partnership where Senfi is natively integrated with the KONE Cloud API, users can visualize “live” information of elevators and be alerted in the event of any elevator incidents.
People flow based Autonomous Workflow
Users can now create people flow based autonomous workflows, for example when a meeting has ended and a room needs to be cleaned, a cleaning request can be sent to Senfi to trigger an autonomous cleaning workflow. Senfi can then dispatch cleaning robot and then help the robot reach the destination floor by coordinating with the KONE elevator through the KONE Cloud API.
Due to overwhelming response, we have decided to extend our NUCLEUS Webinar Series. Do sign up now to secure your spot!
You are invited to NUCLEUS Webinar Series by G Element
We cordially invite you to attend our latest webinar series on NUCLEUS. With the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, lives and trade have been disrupted globally. How can cities and business owners bounce back from this crisis stronger and healthier?
In this series of webinar, G Element will showcase NUCLEUS’s 3D Incident & Emergency Management capability, displaying how NUCLEUS can help to ensure that buildings and cities owners are ready to cope with any emergencies through unified situation monitoring and meticulous & precise planning.
On top of that, G Element will also reveal the latest NUCLEUS iKiosk 4.0 solution. As a uniquely derived solution based on the original NUCLEUS 3D Incident & Emergency Management Dashboard, the iKiosk 4.0 solution is tailored to help businesses in Singapore prepare for operations in phase 2 of circuit breaker and beyond.
UPCOMING LIVE WEBINARS
NUCLEUS: The 3D Incident & Emergency Management Dashboard
Session 1
9 September 2020, Wednesday 03:00 – 03:45 PM Singapore Time (GMT +8)
You are invited to NUCLEUS Webinar Series by G Element
We cordially invite you to attend our latest webinar series on NUCLEUS. With the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, lives and trade have been disrupted globally. How can cities and business owners bounce back from this crisis stronger and healthier?
In this series of webinar, G Element will showcase NUCLEUS’s 3D Incident & Emergency Management capability, displaying how NUCLEUS can help to ensure that buildings and cities owners are ready to cope with any emergencies through unified situation monitoring and meticulous & precise planning.
On top of that, G Element will also reveal the latest NUCLEUS iKiosk 4.0 solution. As a uniquely derived solution based on the original NUCLEUS 3D Incident & Emergency Management Dashboard, the iKiosk 4.0 solution is tailored to help businesses in Singapore prepare for operations in phase 2 of circuit breaker and beyond.
UPCOMING LIVE WEBINARS
NUCLEUS: The 3D Incident & Emergency Management Dashboard
Session 1
5 August 2020, Wednesday 02:00 – 04:00 PM Singapore Time (GMT +8)
NUCLEUS listed in Milestone Marketplace as a verified product
G Element is proud to announce that NUCLEUS is now officially a Milestone-verified product, and is listed in Milestone Marketplace. Congratulations to G Element for being one of the only two Singapore companies with a product listed in Milestone Marketplace.
G Element awarded Joint Development Fund by Huawei Southern Pacific Openlab
G Element’s MD, Mr. Yeow receiving the award from Huawei
G Element has been awarded the Joint Development Fund by Huawei Southern Pacific Openlab during the Huawei Connect 2019 held in Shanghai, China on 19 September 2019.
Group photo of all the award recipients
The award certifies G Element’s successful integration with Huawei technologies for smart cities solutions.
NUCLEUS as the 3D unified management platform in Digital China Holdings demo room
NUCLEUS is now officially deployed in the demo room at Digital China Holdings. NUCLEUS demonstrates how CCTV data fuses with 3D building models and incident reporting to provide the command center a live situational view of the building.
SMART Technology Solutions for Buildings & Cities (Bangkok) – 29 August 2019, Grand Mercure Bangkok Fortune, Bangkok, Thailand
Introduction to NUCLEUS 3D Emergency Management Dashboard Platform
We are excited to have our partners and end-users with us at G Element’s seminar in Bangkok, themed “Applying Digital Twin Technology For Smart Building and Cities”. At the seminar, G Element’s Vice President Mr. Eric Loh shared with the audience on the trends, market and business sentiments, followed by digital twin project implementations.
We have also introduced to the crowd our NUCLEUS 3D emergency management dashboard platform, which is specially formulated to help deal with emergencies situations in buildings and cities.
For this seminar, we have invited two eco-partners, namely Aptiv8 and Hiverlab to showcase their smart building/city solutions and share their invaluable experiences and insights.
Hiverlab showing a live demo on their AR/VR solution
Our partners also provided live demonstration of their products at the seminar. A big thank you to all our partners, consultants, system integrator and end-users who took time to attend the seminar. We look forward to seeing you again!
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