Paris — At the Salon des Maires et des Collectivités Locales, Akila, a digital-twin and artificial-intelligence platform dedicated to building performance, and Ubicité, a national operator of territorial digital solutions and a subsidiary of Altitude Group, announced a strategic alliance designed to accelerate the sustainable, long-term modernization of public buildings at scale.

Ubicité: territorial expertise serving public-sector performance

Ubicité designs, integrates and operates long-term, sovereign data-collection networks that support local authorities strengthen public-sector performance.

As a subsidiary of Altitude Group, France’s third-largest telecom-infrastructure operator, Ubicité draws on more than twenty years nationwide deployment of open and sovereign networks. This experience positions Ubicité as a trusted partner engaged in ambitious modernization strategies.

Ubicité operates across the entire value chain:

• IoT and LoRaWAN networks
• Installation and operation of sensors
• Energy and environmental monitoring
• Public-building management
• Territorial operations and field support

With UbiOne, its new 360° territorial monitoring and data-visualization platform, Ubicité provides local authorities with a unified, sovereign environment for visualizing assets, analyzing usage patterns monitoring performance indicators and supporting strategic decision-making

Merging territorial infrastructure and building intelligence

Under the partnership, Akila integrates its operational digital twin and unified data model with Ubicité’s territorial IoT ecosystem, creating a seamless digital continuum from real-time sensing through to strategic decision-making.

This collaboration builds on an initial deployment in Côte-d’Or, where Ubicité delivered a sovereign architecture for IoT and public-building data. Akila will now extend this foundation by activating its NVIDIA-powered AI agents to optimize energy performance, maintenance operations, comfort and investment planning.

“Ubicité relies on the national presence of Altitude Group to deliver reliable and sovereign digital services to local authorities. Our alliance with Akila creates a new form of digital continuity between territorial infrastructure and building optimization. It offers a concrete, operational response to the performance and sustainability challenges facing public assets.”

— Guillaume Rochette, Managing Director, Ubicité

A sovereign model for France and Europe

Akila provides a digital-twin and AI platform deployed across several million m² worldwide. Built on a semantic data model, OpenUSD integration, and a unified reference of assets, the solution turns fragmented data into actionable operational intelligence.

Its AI agents — powered by NVIDIA technologies — automatically optimise HVAC, energy consumption, maintenance, work planning and carbon performance.

“Ubicité’s territorial presence and the strength of Altitude Group make it the ideal partner to deploy the Akila digital twin at scale in France and Europe.” says Pierre-Manuel Patry, EMEA Director at Akila. “Together, we are building a fully sovereign end-to-end modelfrom the sensor layer to investment committees, delivering immediate and measurable results.”

An ambitious and replicable roadmap

The partnership includes:

• Extending the deployment in Côte-d’Or to other additional public buildings.
• Ensuring complementarity between UbiOne’s territorial monitoring platform and the Akila digital twin (building optimisation).
• Integrating Akila’s NVIDIA-based AI agents.
• Developing replicable models for municipalities, departments, metropolitan areas and regions.
• Building a 100% sovereign digital chain in cooperation with other French and European actors.

Together, Akila and Ubicité aim to provide local authorities with concrete, sovereign and AI-enabled solutions to enhance building performance, reduce carbon emissions, and modernize real-estate portfolios at scale.

Ben Guerir, Morocco — November 5, 2025 — Akila has launched a campus-scale digital twin for Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), establishing an AI infrastructure that spans 50 buildings across a 55-hectare site, home to more than 7,000 students. Built leveraging NVIDIA Blueprint for smart city AI, a reference architecture to build, train, and deploy city-scale AI. The project maps to the blueprint workflow showcasing a new benchmark for how simulation, real-time intelligence and semantic data can be fused at scale to enable smarter, more responsive environments.

This is the first time Akila’s full platform has been deployed at campus scale, transforming UM6P into a living laboratory for future smart-city systems. A deep technical integration was needed to make the solution possible including NVIDIA Omniverse libraries for synthetic data generation, vision AI ingestion from real-world sensors with NVIDIA Metropolis, the NVIDIA AI Blueprint for Video Search and Summarization (VSS) and NVIDIA Cosmos Reason to deploy video analytics AI agents for ongoing alerts and efficient operations.

The digital twin integrates diverse data sources — from building systems to utilities and mobility flows — within a structured, continuously updated Omniverse environment. It also introduces new layers of mobility and vehicle data, intelligently linked to the 3D model and natural language interfaces, giving campus operators unprecedented operational insight.

A distinctive capability of the platform is its use of a custom video language models (VLMs) trained with NVIDIA Cosmos Reason, enabling a contextually aware AI agent to deliver real-time video intelligence across the entire campus. Combined with Akila’s semantic graph, these models can analyze crowd movement, traffic flows and incident patterns, then feed the results back into simulations to support predictive and operational decision-making.

Stakeholders can also query the twin through LLM-powered interfaces, asking complex questions in natural language and receiving contextualized answers and automated reports. Whether it’s occupancy trends, mobility anomalies or energy deviations, campus managers can get precise, actionable intelligence on demand.

“What we’re building at UM6P is the AI infrastructure of the future — one that connects simulation, real-time intelligence and semantic data to create something far more powerful than the sum of its parts,” said Philippe Obry, Vice-President of Akila. “NVIDIA Blueprint for smart city AI and the incorporated technologies have accelerated our ability to integrate these layers at campus scale, turning the digital twin into a living, intelligent system.”

“With UM6P, we’re creating a uniquely data-rich and queryable digital environment,” said Pierre-Manuel Patry, Head of EMEA at Akila. “Any stakeholder can retrieve detailed, AI-generated insights about their area of focus, or generate automated reporting on demand. It’s a degree of control made possible by Akila’s unified AI infrastructure — and a perfect showcase of what a smart campus can be.”

By linking simulation, video intelligence, semantic structuring and natural language interfaces, Akila and UM6P are demonstrating how NVIDIA technologies can be operationalized to build next-generation AI infrastructure for the built environment — scalable from a single campus to entire smart cities.

Akila will be presenting this deployment live at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2025 in Barcelona from November 4-6, 2025. Akila can be found at the Mindware booth, and encourages all visitors to join us for a preview of our work in campus-scale digital twin.

Paris, June 11 2025 –– SNCF Gares&Connexions, France’s national railway operator, has joined forces with Akila, a leader in digital twin and AI platforms to deploy a groundbreaking real-time AI and simulation platform at Monte-Carlo train station in Monaco. This project is a major milestone for smart transportation infrastructure and smart cities, and was achieved by implementing the Akila digital twin platform while integrating NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and the newly announced NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Smart City AI to deliver an application of NVIDIA 3-computer Physical AI architecture. 

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Akila’s deployment at SNCF Monte-Carlo train station merges three powerful computing layers: simulation with digital twins, AI training, and deployment of AI agents — into a unified system that delivers real-time intelligence and automation to the built environment. By accelerating Akila’s digital twin platform with NVIDIA Omniverse technologies and NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Smart City AI, SNCF is revolutionizing how critical infrastructure is monitored, managed, and integrated with powerful AI agent-driven urban transformation.

“This is not just a digital upgrade—it’s a leap into the future of infrastructure,” said Fabrice Morenon, Managing Director, SNCF Gares&Connexions. “With Akila and NVIDIA, we’re unlocking real-time understanding of our stations to boost efficiency, lower emissions, and ultimately serve the public better. This is a major milestone for SNCF group”

A Digital Twin Revolution in Rail and Transport Hubs

Akila’s platform ingests and consolidates diverse data sources—such as crowd movement, solar heating, airflow, and IoT sensors—to simulate building operations at high fidelity. Through NVIDIA Omniverse technologies, SNCF Gares&Connexions can visualize and interact with 3D digital twins enabling:

• Emergency simulation to improve safety
• Energy optimization that has already delivered a 20% reduction in energy usage
• Faster responses to operational issues, with a 50% cut in intervention times
• Preventive maintenance to achieve 50% downtime reduction and 100% on-time completion during deployment
• €30,000 in annual energy savings per site
• Enhanced training for autonomous systems
• New use cases in safety, security, and crowd control

This platform also provides a secure, sovereign digital environment thanks to Akila and NVIDIA’s accelerated computing both on-premise and in the cloud, ensuring compliance with SNCF Gares & Connexions’ data governance and cybersecurity standards.

Transforming Real Estate Operations in Real Time

Akila’s real-time AI and simulation platform is helping SNCF Gares&Connexions shift from static building management to dynamic, predictive infrastructure operations. SNCF’s service providers, like French computer vision specialist XXII, are now fully integrated into the Akila platform—offering advanced monitoring and data insight in a user-friendly interface.

Real-Time AI, From Edge to Cloud

This integrated platform lays a foundation closely aligned with the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Smart City AI, a reference framework for building, testing, and optimizing AI agents in SimReady digital twins:

• Simulate: Build a SimReady digital twin of specific locations and facilities with the Omniverse blueprint. Remote operators and partners can visualize and interact with infrastructure across locations in a digital twin. Powered by high-speed GPU, this computing enables deep simulations, operational forecasting, and predictive analytics.
• Train AI models: Currently, Akila uses SNCF’s historical and real-time data to train its AI Assistant agent. It plans to augment its training data with synthetic data generated from NVIDIA Cosmos.
• Deploy AI Agents: With real-time sensor fusion and computer vision technology from NVIDIA Metropolis, AI agents can generate and act on insights derived from cross-system analytics while maintaining a safe and healthy environment for occupants. This includes understanding station energy, thermal loads, crowd movement, airflow, and IoT sensors.

From Monaco to the World

This initiative is more than a local success — it is a model for how cities and transport networks can embrace physical AI to build resilience, sustainability, and efficiency.

Akila and its partners are already adapting this model to airports, ports, and logistics hubs across Europe, the United States, and the Middle East — where the appetite for smart infrastructure is growing rapidly.

“The experience and insights gained through this project are already proving invaluable,” said Philippe Obry, Vice President of Akila. “We are now working with cities and asset owners to scale this platform across global portfolios — enabling a real-time digital nervous system for the built environment.”

IMMODAYS & IBS

Akila attended two trade shows in November.

IMMODAYS in Deauville and IBS in Paris. It was a fantastic opportunity to connect and exchange ideas with leaders in the industry.

We wanted to thank everyone who attended, and took the time to visit us.
Whether it was in Deauville or in Paris, each interaction reinforced our passion for driving progress in the real estate and building sectors.

FPT partnership

This month, our Commercial leadership team also had the privilege of meeting with the chairman and executive teams of FPT Software, Tanihara Toru to launch an exciting collaboration focused on the Japanese market.

FPT is a major player in technology development and distribution across APAC, and their solution Vert Zero complements Akila’s mission to empower building owners and occupiers with smarter portfolio management solutions.

As a provider of advanced tools for carbon assessment and roadmap planning, Vert Zero complements Akila’s mission to empower building owners and occupiers with smarter portfolio management solutions. By integrating Vert Zero into Akila’s platform, we’re looking to bring even greater value to our customers, enhancing their capacity to track, optimize, and reduce their carbon footprint.

The partnership was officially sealed during a signing ceremony represented by Mr. Tran Duc Tri Quang, Data Director of FPT IS, and Mr. Philippe Obry, Vice President of Akila.

Looking forward to what we can achieve together!

NVIDIA x AKILA

Akila is proud to announce it is now a member of the NVIDIA Inception program, a program that nurtures startups revolutionizing industries with technological advancements.

With this program, Akila will have the opportunity to work with industry leading experts and other AI-driven organizations, to help bringing buildings to life digitally.

Akila is exploring the use of real-time realistic rendering, very large & dynamic models, natural language processing and other simulation tools appropriate for building operations.

Akila latest feature releases

Akila’s teams have been working hard this month to improve our platform and launch new features to help you with your work every day.

We have published a blog article about those new features, you can read more about it here.

SIMI 2024

Akila will be present at the SIMI, le salon de l’immobilier d’entreprise, in Paris from the 10^th to the 12^th of December.

Meet Pierre-Manuel Patry and Matthieu de Broca to discover how AKILA can improve your performance and accompany your decarbonation

Do not hesitate to book a demo today!

Palais des Congrès Porte Maillot

📍 NIVEAU 1 – B35.9 (Expertise Decarbonation)

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Akila is thrilled to announce that we have joined the ZEBOX community, a global innovation hub and startup accelerator founded by CMA CGM along with 12 other inspiring companies.

This exciting collaboration positions Akila alongside a network of forward-thinking startups, enabling us to scale our solutions and drive impactful innovation.

By joining ZEBOX, Akila will gain access to invaluable resources, including expert mentorship and the opportunity to collaborate with global partners. This partnership will allow us to further enhance our solutions and contribute to solving pressing global challenges in sustainability, operational efficiency and digital transformation.

“Joining the ZEBOX community is a powerful opportunity for Akila to accelerate our growth and innovation. This collaboration will allow us to enhance our solutions and expand our impact in sustainability and operational efficiency,” said Céline Taravant, Head of Global Accounts at Akila.

We look forward to collaborating with the ZEBOX network and driving forward our mission to create transformative impact within the industry.

About Akila

Akila is a cloud-based digital twin data platform for the built environment. It is our mission to transform the full lifecycle of properties to be more sustainable through data. Akila gives building owners and tenants unprecedented control over the performance of their buildings with the Akila Platform and operational SUITES, scalable to entire portfolios.

Since 2021, Akila has been expanding rapidly. As of today, we have a team of 150+ people across Asia, Europe, and North America, with in-house engineering, AI, and R&D teams. Akila’s customers span many industries and property types, from retail to hospitals, and factories to office towers totalling over 10 million square meters managed across 300 deployment sites.

We are striving to be the go-to platform for decarbonizing buildings for organizations across the world.

About ZEBOX

Founded in Marseille in 2018 by Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group and CEVA Logistics, ZEBOX’s mission is to connect startups with large companies, enabling them to co-innovate, drive growth, and scale solutions to meet today’s and future global challenges. Since its creation, over 15 corporate partners, all leaders in their fields, have joined ZEBOX’s ecosystem.

What an amazing month of September has been for Akila!

We’ve had so many exciting things happen, and we couldn’t wait to share them with you.

Here are some of the key moments:

Climate Week Success

We had such a great time at Climate Week! A big thank you to everyone who stopped by for our demo.

Akila’s Mark Bawtree and John D’Angelo – Managing Director of Deloitte also hosted a session on “Technology innovation in the built environment”.

It was amazing to connect with so many passionate people working toward a sustainable future.

South Beach partnership

You might have already seen the news, but Akila has partnered with South Beach as part of our big move into Singapore! Together, we’re using our digitalization solution to future-proof their building. Big things ahead!

Read more about it here.

Webinars

We also held a successful webinar in China, Guillaume Gimonet – Head of Technical Service Solution at Aden and Peter Gao – Senior Solution Consultant discussed “Mastering smart operations and maintenance: How to practice green and low-carbon from facility equipment maintenance management”.

We’re looking forward to our next webinar next month that will be held by Johnny Li – Akila’s Customer Success Manager.
Stay tuned for details, and thank you to everyone who participated in our previous sessions!

App Launch

Akila Mobile is now live on iOS and Android!

You can download it on the App Store/Google Play today to explore all the features designed to enhance your experience.

Akila & PTIT faculty of IT cooporation

This month, Akila also had the opportunity to visit the faculty of Information Technology 1 at PTIT in Vietnam. Led by our Vice President, Philippe Obry, this meeting was a pivotal moment in fostering international partnerships: we shared our latest innovatitions in energy optimization, while the faculty showcased their impressive expertise and commitment to sustainable development. Together, we explored potential synergies between PTIT’s research initiatives and our technological advancements. This collaboration marks the start of a promising journey that will benefit both Akila, PTIT, and the wider community!

Featured Blog Post

Lastly, don’t miss Mark Bawtree’s latest blog post on Unlocking the power of digital twins, where he discusses their role in enhancing operational efficiency in buildings. It’s a must-read for anyone interested in the future of digital tech.

You can check it out here.

Thank you for your continued support – we’re glad to have you with us.

Exciting things are coming for Akila in the next months, and we can’t wait to share them with you!

The flooring solutions provider is the latest to deploy the Akila Platform, Energy SUITE, and Carbon SUITE at their site in Changshu.

Akila, a digital twin data platform is pleased to announce that Gerflor, a specialist and world leader in flooring solutions, has chosen to deploy the Akila Platform at their Changshu, Jiangsu Province factory. Gerflor is the latest global manufacturing customer to deploy Akila’s Energy SUITE and Carbon SUITE to leverage real-time monitoring to track energy performance and simplify reporting and compliance procedures for disclosures.

Gerflor’s site includes three factories adding up to 50,000 square meters, which are fully digitalized in Akila. Akila enables Gerflor to transition away from manual energy monitoring to real time data collection. Embedded data analytics features provide customizable dashboards which visualize the consumption (or production) of energy from key systems like HVAC chillers, air compressors, and solar photovoltaics.

Philippe OBRY, Akila’s Vice-President stated “Our mantra, ‘digitalize to decarbonize’ captures the heart of Akila’s solution to assist clients on their sustainability journey. Real time energy monitoring is the first step for Gerflor to optimize energy consumption, reduce carbon impact, and continue their drive toward energy optimization and a greener future.”

With real-time energy monitoring and tailor-made Business Intelligence reports, Gerflor will streamline emissions disclosures to the provincial government and corporate stakeholders, as well as leverage data insights. By supplementing existing data with deeper insights related to the energy costs, Akila provides Gerflor a more holistic view of expenses and resource demand to enhance decision-making processes and lead to more operational efficiency.

In 3 months, Gerflor has already taken a step towards smarter energy monitoring and a data-driven transformation to their approach to energy and carbon management. Akila is thrilled to be their chosen solution to start them on their sustainable journey. We’re proud that Akila works as a solution for both business and environmental goals alike.

Sebastien GAUCHET, Gerflor Asia Managing Director stated “Akila Energy Suite allowed Gerflor Changshu site to accelerate our sustainability journey and contribute to Gerflor group effort to meet ESG target. With Akila Energy Suite we have already been able to optimize the usage of solar panels installed last year so 10% of our electrical consumption comes from green energy. With now the ability to see in real time where Changshu plant consumes natural gas and electricity we are engaging in transforming our habits to do more with less.”

For more information about Akila and our services, please visit www.akila3d.com.

About Gerflor

 Gerflor is a specialist and world leader in the flexible floor covering sector.

The group designs, manufactures and markets innovative, decorative and eco-responsible products for floors and their peripheries. Already present in over 100 countries, Gerflor’s worldwide growth continues.

About Akila

Akila is a cloud-based digital twin data platform for the built environment. It is our mission to transform the full lifecycle of properties to be more sustainable through data. Akila gives building owners and tenants unprecedented control over the performance of their buildings with the Akila Platform and operational SUITES, scalable to entire portfolios.

Since 2021, Akila has been expanding rapidly. As of today, we have a team of 150+ people across Asia, Europe, and North America, with in-house engineering, AI, and R&D teams. Akila’s customers span many industries and property types, from retail to hospitals, and factories to office towers totalling over 10 million square meters managed across 300 deployment sites.

We are striving to be the go-to platform for decarbonizing buildings for organizations across the world.

We are thrilled to announce that Akila has been named one of the winners of the prestigious DB Schenker Digital Challenge! This win marks a significant milestone for Akila, as we have secured the project to digitalize three of DB Schenker’s 15 warehouses in Singapore.

DB Schenker, a leading global logistics service provider with a history spanning over 140 years, has been a key player in Singapore since 1970. With a robust network in Malaysia and a strong presence across diverse industry sectors, DB Schenker is committed to energy efficiency and sustainability, aiming for strategic decarbonization of all its operations by 2030.

The DB Schenker Digital Challenge seeks to outline a digital journey for three warehouses, aiming to achieve Net Zero—both Zero Energy and Zero Carbon—by 2026 or earlier, and to reduce Energy Use Intensity by 50%. Centralizing the Building Management Systems for all three sites is another key objective.

In this context, Akila will deliver a solution meeting BCA standards, including the Integrated Digital Delivery and Smart Facility Management Framework. Our platform ensures seamless integration with third-party systems, guaranteeing compliance with statutory, regulatory, and customer requirements while aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

By creating connected virtual replicas of physical assets, Akila’s digital twin platform will enable real-time monitoring, simulation, optimization, and sustainability across all facilities. This will unify DB Schenker’s facilities and systems into a single source of information and certification, enhancing operational efficiency, establishing performance baselines, and supporting strategic planning.

Leveraging Akila’s ACMV optimization and sustainability initiatives, DB Schenker aims to significantly reduce energy use, contributing to their goal of a 50% reduction in Energy Use Intensity (EUI).

Our commitment to technological innovation aligns perfectly with DB Schenker’s objectives. By deploying Akila’s digital twin platform, we are excited to support DB Schenker on its journey to net zero emissions by 2030. This collaboration will enhance operational efficiency and solidify DB Schenker’s position as a leader in sustainable logistics and digital transformation, contributing to a cleaner, greener future starting from Singapore and Malaysia.

New York, USA — Akila, a digital twin data platform, has formed a strategic alliance with Deloitte to offer decarbonization software solutions to the organizations’ shared U.S. customers looking to reduce carbon emissions, optimize energy consumption, and enhance efficiency related to the operation of buildings.

Akila centralizes all building-related data via the Internet of Things (IoT), application programming interfacing (API), software development kits (SDK) and other tools to help organizations better understand their energy use, physical asset health, internal environmental quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and more. Through proprietary technology and an open data environment, the Akila platform can be deployed in any building ecosystem, including commercial, industrial, retail, education, or healthcare facilities. More than 100 million square feet of built environment has been digitalized with Akila.

As U.S. organizations face increased regulatory pressure regarding environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related disclosures and greenhouse gas reductions, they often lack both the tools to accurately understand their current emissions and the data to help plan needed capital improvements. Through this new alliance, customers can gain access to Akila’s 360-degree data platform with highly accurate and auditable data as well as Deloitte’s professionals who can offer analyses and strategic plans to help make built environments more sustainable and equitable.

Mark Bawtree, Akila’s Chief Sustainability Officer, stated “We are excited to join forces with Deloitte as a significant step forward in our mission to drive sustainability in the built environment through data-driven insights and strategic guidance. By combining Akila’s advanced digital twin technology with Deloitte’s service offerings, we can help organizations across the United States to take decisive action toward reducing their carbon footprints, optimizing energy consumption, and enhancing operational efficiency.”

Leveraging features like real-time data monitoring and benchmarking, customers are given navigational, comparative analysis and forecasting tools to help them stay focused on their sustainability and ESG goals. By using their building data in more advanced simulations enabled by the digital twin, customers can look even further into the future by testing the impact of capital projects on energy, emissions, and value, before deciding to invest. These innovative applications are driving exponential growth in the digital twin market, which is on the path to reach a total market value of over $100 billion by 2030.

“Improved building management can help organizations reduce energy use while also increasing asset value. With data-driven insights and strategic guidance, we hope to help Deloitte and Akila’s shared clients as they transform their built environments into more sustainable and efficient assets,” said Nathan Florio, Deloitte Advisory’s Sustainability, Climate & Equity Real Estate leader and a principal in Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP.

For more information about Akila and our services, please visit www.akila3d.com.

About Akila

Akila is a cloud-based digital twin data platform for the built environment. It is our mission to transform the full lifecycle of properties to be more sustainable through data. Akila gives building owners and tenants unprecedented control over the performance of their buildings with the Akila Platform and operational SUITES, scalable to entire portfolios.

Since 2021, Akila has been expanding rapidly. As of today, we have a team of 150+ people across Asia, Europe, and North America, with in-house engineering, AI, and R&D teams. Akila’s customers span many industries and property types, from retail to hospitals, and factories to office towers totaling over 10 million square meters managed across 300 deployment sites.

We are striving to be the go-to platform for decarbonizing buildings for organizations across the world.

As used in this document, “Deloitte” means Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of our legal structure. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting.

Media contact:

 Sharon Chen

Head of North America, Akila

sharon.chen@akila3d.com

July 2, 2024 – Akila is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Saint-Gobain, a worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on reducing carbon emissions across Saint-Gobain and its affiliates’ sites in the Asia-Pacific region.

You can learn more about our customer story here.

This partnership aims to achieve a 33% reduction in all carbon emissions (scope 1 & scope 2) by 2030, a goal that underscores both companies’ commitment to sustainability. The collaboration will be executed in two key phases:

Phase 1: Deployment of Akila’s digitalized energy management system across Saint-Gobain and/or its Affiliates’ factories in the APAC region.

Phase 2: Implementation of Akila’s optimization solutions, tailored to the processes of each site, across Saint-Gobain and/or its Affiliates’ factories in the APAC region to significantly reduce Saint-Gobain’s carbon footprint.

The collaboration builds on the success of Akila’s recent project at Saint-Gobain’s APAC Research Center, where the deployment of advanced digital energy monitoring and HVAC optimization solutions resulted in an 18% decrease in overall energy costs. Akila will now work with Saint-Gobain to continue expanding the scope of its optimization solutions to continue reducing carbon emissions in pursuit of Saint-Gobain’s 33% target (scope 1 & scope 2) by 2030.

In addition, Saint-Gobain and Akila will explore ways to develop comprehensive market-facing offers for property developers and the real estate industry. This will combine their respective strengths, including Saint-Gobain’s lightweight sustainable materials and Akila’s digital twin platform for building data and advanced simulation to set a new industry standard for innovation, efficiency and sustainability.

Philippe Obry, Akila’s Vice-President, stated, “We are excited about this strategic partnership and its potential to significantly enhance energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and achieve operational excellence.”

Ludovic Weber, CEO of Asia-Pacific, Saint-Gobain, added, “Together, we can set new standards in the construction industry, positioning our combined offering as a leader in sustainable and technological innovation.”