Bosch Home Comfort Group and Hitachi have announced a collaboration on HMAX for Buildings, combining commercial HVAC expertise with AI-based connectivity and diagnostics for mission-critical facilities. The work targets office buildings, commercial complexes, universities, hospitals and factories, where continuous operation, maintenance planning and energy use have a direct effect on equipment lifetime value.
The agreement centers on integrating Bosch Home Comfort Group’s airCloud Pro equipment management and visualization platform with Hitachi Group’s exiida HVAC IoT offering under the BuilMirai suite. The combined setup is intended to support remote monitoring, predictive maintenance and energy management across connected HVAC systems, giving operators a single framework for equipment oversight and building-level control.
The companies position the collaboration around several pressures now affecting building operations: labor shortages, higher energy costs, decarbonization requirements and growing complexity in facility management. In that context, the project shifts attention from initial installation cost toward asset performance over the full operating life, with a focus on maintenance costs, downtime and energy expenses.
Bosch said its HVAC systems will connect to BuilMirai through the planned integration, extending digital service capabilities around equipment condition and system performance. Hitachi’s HMAX for Buildings approach combines installed asset data, domain knowledge and AI, while Bosch brings its commercial HVAC management layer through airCloud Pro. Together, the companies aim to build a service model that connects physical equipment with ongoing operational support.
The next step is a series of trials to verify the effectiveness of the combined offering before broader service expansion.
