Customer application 18 January 2022

Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Heating and Air-Conditioning Costs

Automation specialists mrm² have developed a system that employs machine learning to make heating and cooling office and industrial buildings significantly more efficient, and reduces energy costs by up to 20 %. WAGO provides the PFC200 Controller and Edge Computer, two key components in the system.

It all started a few years ago, when Marc Gruber, co-founder and Managing Director of mrm², wanted to build a house for his family. Gruber’s company, which includes around 30 employees and is headquarters in Bad Ditzenbach-Gosbach in Swabia, specializes in intelligent automation technology. So obviously, building technology from a pre-digital era was unlikely meet his standards for use in his own house. “I took a good look around at all of the products available to automatically control heating systems – and was completely underwhelmed. Everything on offer was simplistic, without a shred of intelligence,” he recalls. Only one possibility remained: “If there’s no intelligent solution on the market, we’ll just have to build one ourselves!”