Siemens Joins JUMP Community to Crowdsource Innovation in Building Technologies
Siemens is proud to collaborate with DOE to explore new ideas in smarter buildings and energy efficiency
Siemens today announced an open-technology challenge with JUMP, a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of Energy and five national laboratories. The online
crowdsourcing community focuses on bridging the gap between cutting-edge building technology ideas and the marketplace.
The JUMP challenge involves defining the concept, use cases, and business models that could support the use of personal smart
devices to interact with public spaces. While there has been explosive progress of interconnectivity and advanced applications
controlled through personal devices in homes, automation, control and ease of use for building occupants does not exist at the same
level for commercial, public, or corporate spaces. Siemens seeks to engage the public in gathering ideas to tackle this
challenge.
“Crowdsourcing innovations in building technology has the potential to generate the kinds of ideas that will push this industry
forward by generations, rather than iterations,” said Dave Hopping, President of Siemens’ North American-based Building
Technologies Division. “It’s a powerful way to harness the creative and competitive spirit of individuals, entrepreneurs and small
companies, enabling them to solve some of the challenges faced in our industry.”
The Siemens Building Technologies Division, which has initiated the challenge, is a leading provider of intelligent
infrastructure solutions for commercial, industrial, and public buildings and spaces. The company helps its customers reach their
energy efficiency and operational goals through implementation of smart technologies that leverage data and analytics for more
efficient building operation, automation, comfort, fire safety, and security solutions.
As the industry partner, Siemens will sponsor a cash award of $5,000 for the top selected technology submission. The winning
idea submitter may also be invited to discuss future collaboration with Siemens and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) technical
experts about the potential to bring the idea to market. ORNL may provide up to $20,000 of in-kind technical support to enable ORNL
staff to provide prototype development, testing, and/or third party validation. Additionally, participation in the DOE Small Business Voucher (SBV) pilot will also be discussed, through which ORNL may provide in-kind technical
support of up to $300,000, if SBV approved.
JUMP is an online crowdsourcing community co-hosted by five DOE national laboratories and some of the top private companies in
the buildings sector. Participating labs include Argonne National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and ORNL. JUMP stands for
Join in the discussion, Unveil innovation, Motivate transformation and Promote technology-to-market. The program’s goal is to
broaden the pool of people from whom DOE seeks innovative ideas and to move these ideas to the marketplace faster. Over 900
community members are exploring advancements for appliances, building envelope, building analytics and information systems,
lighting, heating and cooling systems, and sensors and controls.
The submission deadline is Sunday, September 11, 2016 11:59 PM EDT.
Visit the JUMP campaign page to learn more.
Click here to see the DOE’s announcement.
About Siemens
The Siemens Building Technologies Division (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) is the North American market leader for safe and
secure, energy-efficient and environment-friendly buildings and infrastructures. As a technology partner, service provider, system
integrator and product vendor, Building Technologies has offerings for fire protection, life safety and security as well as
building automation, heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), and energy management.
Siemens Corporation is a U.S. subsidiary of Siemens AG, a global powerhouse focusing on the areas of
electrification, automation and digitalization. One of the world’s largest producers of energy-efficient, resource-saving
technologies, Siemens is a leading supplier of systems for power generation and transmission as well as medical diagnosis. With
approximately 348,000 employees in more than 190 countries, Siemens reported worldwide revenue of $86.2 billion in fiscal
2015. Siemens in the USA reported revenue of $22.4 billion, including $5.5 billion in exports, and employs approximately
50,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico.
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