Trane and BrainBox AI open Montréal lab to cut energy waste in buildings

Montréal startup BrainBox AI and its parent company Trane Technologies officially marked the opening of an AI innovation lab that could dramatically cut energy waste in the world’s buildings on Wednesday. Speaking to a packed atrium with a perfectly regulated temperature, Trane chair and CEO Dave Regnery said that most buildings waste about 30 percent of the energy they pay for, and that “the greatest opportunity for agentic AI is smarter, more resilient buildings.” “An intelligent building is g