ICONICS Case Studies Customer Success Story: Merrill Lynch

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	Customer Success Story: Merrill Lynch ICONICS

Customer Success Story: Merrill Lynch

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Facility Management
Use Cases	Building Automation & Control Energy Management System
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Merrill Lynch, a globally recognized financial management and advisory company, required a monitor and control solution for their building campus in Hopewell, New Jersey. The campus consisted of twelve buildings, including office buildings, assembly buildings, and parking garages. The company aimed to manage every aspect of the building complex, including HVAC, Lighting, Energy, Security, Fire, and other Energy Smart Buildings. They also utilized ice plants as a cost-efficient method for building energy management, freezing water at night when electricity is cheaper and melting it during the day to cool the buildings. This 'time shifting' of energy usage was designed to help reduce the energy bill. Read More
About Customer	Merrill Lynch is a world-recognized financial management and advisory company with offices in 37 countries. As an investment bank, Merrill Lynch is a global underwriter of debt and equity securities and strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals worldwide. The company required a monitor and control solution for their building campus in Hopewell, New Jersey. The campus consists of twelve buildings, including eight office buildings totaling 1,598,400 square feet, four assembly buildings featuring four cafeterias totaling 246,000 square feet, and four parking garages with a total of 2,594 parking spaces. The campus also includes four boiler plants, chiller plants, and ice plants. Read More
Solution	Merrill Lynch selected ICONICS GENESIS32™, a web-enabled, OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA suite. The suite features the GraphWorX™32 HMI Graphical Display Package, AlarmWorX™32 Alarm Management System, and TrendWorX™32 Live and Historical Data Logging, Charting, and Reporting components. The GENESIS32 suite provides the Energy Smart Buildings for the Merrill Lynch complex. Operators can easily navigate among the various systems used to manage every aspect of the building complex via the graphics created for the project. There are over 1,000 screens deployed on the project, all of which are accessible with just a few clicks from the menus and control panels designed into the building management system. The graphics also make use of the ICONICS “animators”, showing dampers opening/closing, fan blades turning, airflow direction, and more. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Facility Management

Use Cases

Building Automation & Control

Energy Management System

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Merrill Lynch, a globally recognized financial management and advisory company, required a monitor and control solution for their building campus in Hopewell, New Jersey. The campus consisted of twelve buildings, including office buildings, assembly buildings, and parking garages. The company aimed to manage every aspect of the building complex, including HVAC, Lighting, Energy, Security, Fire, and other Energy Smart Buildings. They also utilized ice plants as a cost-efficient method for building energy management, freezing water at night when electricity is cheaper and melting it during the day to cool the buildings. This 'time shifting' of energy usage was designed to help reduce the energy bill.

About Customer

Merrill Lynch is a world-recognized financial management and advisory company with offices in 37 countries. As an investment bank, Merrill Lynch is a global underwriter of debt and equity securities and strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions, and individuals worldwide. The company required a monitor and control solution for their building campus in Hopewell, New Jersey. The campus consists of twelve buildings, including eight office buildings totaling 1,598,400 square feet, four assembly buildings featuring four cafeterias totaling 246,000 square feet, and four parking garages with a total of 2,594 parking spaces. The campus also includes four boiler plants, chiller plants, and ice plants.

Solution

Merrill Lynch selected ICONICS GENESIS32™, a web-enabled, OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA suite. The suite features the GraphWorX™32 HMI Graphical Display Package, AlarmWorX™32 Alarm Management System, and TrendWorX™32 Live and Historical Data Logging, Charting, and Reporting components. The GENESIS32 suite provides the Energy Smart Buildings for the Merrill Lynch complex. Operators can easily navigate among the various systems used to manage every aspect of the building complex via the graphics created for the project. There are over 1,000 screens deployed on the project, all of which are accessible with just a few clicks from the menus and control panels designed into the building management system. The graphics also make use of the ICONICS “animators”, showing dampers opening/closing, fan blades turning, airflow direction, and more.

Impact #1	The project offers stunning visual displays and follows a Web-motif, making it easy for users to navigate through the system.
Impact #2	Feedback from the users of the system was very positive. They enjoyed the 'realism' of the systems’ representation in the graphics.
Impact #3	Clicking on floor plans and viewing live status information provides the easy-to-understand operations they were hoping for.

Impact #1

The project offers stunning visual displays and follows a Web-motif, making it easy for users to navigate through the system.

Impact #2

Feedback from the users of the system was very positive. They enjoyed the 'realism' of the systems’ representation in the graphics.

Impact #3

Clicking on floor plans and viewing live status information provides the easy-to-understand operations they were hoping for.

Benefit #1	The project includes 8 office buildings totaling 1,598,400 Square Feet.
Benefit #2	4 assembly buildings featuring four cafeterias totaling 246,000 Square Feet.
Benefit #3	4 parking garages with a total of 2,594 parking spaces.

Benefit #1

The project includes 8 office buildings totaling 1,598,400 Square Feet.

Benefit #2

4 assembly buildings featuring four cafeterias totaling 246,000 Square Feet.

Benefit #3

4 parking garages with a total of 2,594 parking spaces.

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Customer Success Story: Merrill Lynch

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