Elaborating further on the collaboration, Mitri said that HBMSU was looking for ways to utilise IoT solutions, in order to drive optimisation and energy efficiency across its facility and, as such, recognised the value that the Honeywell Forge Energy Optimization, the company's IoT-based platform, can contribute in this regard. The Forge platform, he explained, is a patented, cloud-based, closed-loop, machine learning solution that continuously studies a building's energy consumption patterns and automatically adjusts to optimal energy-saving settings without compromising occupant comfort levels. "It is the first autonomous building solution focused on decreasing energy consumption, which can deliver double-digit energy savings, decrease a building's carbon footprint, and can be implemented without significant upfront capital expenses or changes to a building's current operational processes," said Mitri.