Consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has honored the Siemens Building Technologies Division with its 2015 European Building Technologies Company of the Year Award, recognizing its outstanding services and solutions. Peter Hallberg, Head of BT Region Europe…
Intelligent Solutions to Meet Growing Mobility Requirements
By the year 2050, an estimated 70 percent of the world’s population will be living in cities. As a result, there will be an increasingly urgent need…
Siemens Trains Enter Service in London for Thameslink Programme
The first Desiro City train from Siemens for the Thameslink network in Greater London was delivered and entered service this week. Operator Govia Thameslink…
Dubai’s “Office of the Future” Produced by 3D Printer
The world's first office building produced by a 3D printer has just opened in Dubai. The 250-square-meter "Office of the Future" was built using a 3D printer measuring 20 feet high, 120 feet long and 40 feet wide, and erected near the Emirates Towers in Dubai.…
Maintaining a Safe and Secure Tunnel Infrastructure
By Urs Rufener, Security Applications Director, Siemens Building Technologies Globalization – the ongoing process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a worldwide network of communication, trade and travel…
New Generation of Controllers Automate a Wide Range of Rail Applications
New Siemens automation controllers for rail applications are being launched on the market. The new rail-tested and approved Siplus extreme rail devices are based on the latest generation of Simatic S7 controllers and are specially designed for the extreme…
Siemens to Deliver 22 Metro Trains for Bangkok
Bangkok Mass Transit System Public Company (BTSC) has placed an order with a consortium of Siemens and the Turkish public transportation vehicle manufacturer Bozankaya for the delivery of 22 four-unit metro trains. In addition, Siemens will take over their…
Big Data Moves Into Buildings
Reduce operating costs, boost energy efficiency, achieve sustainability goals: The energy data of a building or enterprise holds the key. But in and of itself, even a massive amount of data does not represent meaningful information. This is why building technology…
Siemens Receives a Major Wind Turbine Order from ScottishPower
Siemens has received a major order for its offshore wind power business: the company is to supply, install and commission 102 wind turbines, each with a capacity of seven megawatts and a rotor diameter of 154 meters, for the East Anglia ONE project. The customer…
Siemens Awarded Triple Substation Deal in Dubai
Siemens has been awarded a contract by UAE master developer Nakheel PJSC for the turnkey construction of three electrical substations in Dubai. The substations are an essential component of Nakheel's Deira Islands development, which will see the construction…
