Santa Clara, Calif. – January 25, 2021 – Enlighted won a 2021 BIG Innovation Award presented by the Business Intelligence Group for its workplace digital contact tracing software application Safe.
Enlighted, a Siemens company, is the world’s most advanced Building IoT Platform for leading commercial and healthcare organizations around the globe. The company’s IoT platform captures granular data about what is happening inside a building to positively impact business operations.
The BIG Innovation Awards recognize organizations, products and people who bring new ideas to life in innovative ways, including notable companies like Google, IBM, AT&T and Abbott. Organizations from across the globe submitted their recent innovations, and nominations were judged by a select group of business leaders and executives who volunteered their time and expertise to score submissions. Enlighted was recognized in the product category for its workplace digital contact tracing software application.
“As soon as COVID-19 surfaced, we immediately responded to urgent customer needs to provide a data-driven solution to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in office buildings, manufacturing facilities, retail distribution centers and more,” said Stefan Schwab, CEO of Enlighted. “We were in a unique position to pivot our proven IoT/real-time location services technology and develop a solution that not only addresses immediate needs but also helps future proof buildings for the next big challenge. We are proud to receive the 2021 BIG Innovation Award by developing a software that positively impacts society especially during such challenging times.”
Safe provides data and visualizations of the density and movement of people, monitoring workplace cleaning and disinfection, real-time-overcapacity alerts for crowded spaces, digital contact tracing and more. The technology prioritizes data privacy by assigning employees alphanumeric ID badges, eliminating the need to store personal information in the app.
ABOUT ENLIGHTED
Designed to change everything, Enlighted provides the world’s most advanced Building IoT Platform for leading commercial and healthcare organizations around the globe, with more than 320 million square feet of building space deployed to date. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, Enlighted was acquired in 2018 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens Industry, Inc. as part of Siemens Smart Infrastructure. For more information about Enlighted, visit enlightedinc.com.
ABOUT BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE GROUP
The Business Intelligence Group was founded with the mission of recognizing true talent and superior performance in the business world. Unlike other industry award programs, these programs are judged by business executives having experience and knowledge. The organization’s proprietary and unique scoring system selectively measures performance across multiple business domains and then rewards those companies whose achievements stand above those of their peers.