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Industry change, real perspectives: women on the evolution of building automation
May 15, 2026
  • Sustainability
  • Thought Leadership
Industry change, real perspectives: women on the evolution of building automation

Discover how women across Johnson Controls are defining the future of building automation and controls.

Walk through a day in the life with OpenBlue Companion, an integrated workplace app that supports employee productivity and streamlines everyday tasks.
May 11, 2026
  • OpenBlue
  • Thought Leadership
How employees use OpenBlue Companion

Walk through a day in the life with OpenBlue Companion, an integrated workplace app that supports employee productivity and streamlines everyday tasks.

Discover how YDAM delivers data‑driven insights to optimize vertical cooling performance, improve efficiency, and support resilient data center operations.
May 08, 2026
  • HVAC Equipment
  • Thought Leadership
Vertical cooling, smaller footprint: YORK® YDAM brings 3.5 MW class capacity to multistory data centers

Discover how YDAM delivers data‑driven insights to optimize vertical cooling performance, improve efficiency, and support resilient data center operations.

Uncover how AI‑powered scenario planning with OpenBlue helps organizations model uncertainty, test what‑if outcomes and make faster, more confident decisions.
May 01, 2026
  • OpenBlue
  • Thought Leadership
Top 3 benefits of scenario planning with AI

Uncover how AI‑powered scenario planning with OpenBlue helps organizations model uncertainty, test what‑if outcomes and make faster, more confident decisions.

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Women Leading the Way - a conversation with HVAC Jess

The HVAC and building automation industry is evolving at an unprecedented pace. Software-driven systems, connected devices, artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity are reshaping how buildings are designed, managed and optimized, while long-tenured professionals retire and a new generation enters the workforce. Against this backdrop of change, people remain the most critical element of the industry’s future.

That theme took center stage during a podcast recorded at the AHR Expo in Las Vegas, where industry influencer HVAC Jess (Jessica Bannister) joined three women from the Johnson Controls Building Automation and Controls team.