Honeywell launches Forge Cognition for building and industrial operations

Honeywell says Forge Cognition combines real-time digital twins and AI agents so operators can assess facility conditions, simulate scenarios and coordinate actions across supported systems.[1] The platform combines Honeywell’s domain expertise with assets and systems data organized in a structured knowledge base.[1] Its stated aims include improving asset reliability, energy efficiency and operational performance.[1]

Honeywell says Forge Cognition can classify and verify building-management alarms, helping operators prioritize events and reduce false positives.[1] AI agents can also analyze real-time HVAC data to identify emerging equipment issues and guide maintenance before disruptions occur, according to the company.[1] Honeywell says NVIDIA Nemotron open models power agents that interpret operational data, including an alarm-classification agent that can improve through operator feedback.[1] Customers can choose manual, semi-autonomous or autonomous operation and override the system at any time, Honeywell says.[1]

At Voyager, Honeywell identified potential reductions of up to 10% in energy and utility consumption; Fortune also reported that this figure represented identified potential savings, not savings already achieved.[1][2] Honeywell says the pilot maintained a comfort score above 95%, calculated as a weighted average of temperature, humidity and CO2 measurements across zones.[1] Fortune reported a 90-day target for Honeywell and NVIDIA to show results at Voyager, a roughly 750,000-square-foot building.[2]

NVIDIA Omniverse libraries support physically accurate simulations for modeling building performance and testing operational changes, Honeywell says.[1] Dell provides infrastructure for Forge Cognition, including PowerEdge XE servers and data and storage engines, according to Honeywell.[1] Honeywell says its installed base spans more than 300,000 sites, and customers can engage with the company now to identify and scope deployments as capabilities expand over time.[1] Separately, Honeywell describes its Forge Cognition-powered EBI One platform as connecting building management, fire and life safety, security and third-party systems in one operational environment, designed to support up to one million points.[3]