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AIoT Application in Smart Energy Management: The Digital Transformation Journey from F&B to Smart Buildings

AIoT: A Breakthrough in Smart Energy Management

Rising energy costs, along with pressure to reduce emissions and comply with ESG standards, are forcing businesses to change the way they manage energy. Meanwhile, most current systems still operate in silos with fragmented data, making optimization nearly impossible. To improve efficiency and reduce waste, businesses need a new management approach: smarter, more automated, and based on real-time data.


This is where AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) comes into play. While IoT only stops at collecting data from devices, AI adds the ability to analyze and predict operational behavior. When combined, AIoT becomes the central brain of a smart energy system, where data is “sensed - analyzed - acted upon” automatically, enabling real-time energy optimization without manual intervention.


AIoT allows buildings and factories to operate more flexibly and efficiently than ever before. The system can automatically adjust HVAC and lighting, predict failures, optimize electrical loads, or activate energy-saving measures. Instead of reacting after issues occur, AIoT helps businesses proactively forecast, prevent, and maintain stable performance continuously.

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In Vietnam, real-world results have clearly demonstrated its effectiveness. McDonald’s Vietnam reduced electricity consumption by 15%, cut CO₂ emissions by 24%, increased lighting brightness by 10% while lowering power usage by 45% thanks to the application of AIoT in lighting management. Majestic Saigon Hotel saves hundreds of MWh annually when its AIoT platform connects the entire HVAC and lighting systems, without any upfront investment. At a larger scale, industrial zones such as Deep C and smart cities like Da Nang are deploying LoRaWAN networks combined with AI to monitor energy and environmental conditions in real time, helping reduce operating costs by 20-40%.


AIoT is transforming energy management from a reactive task into a proactive strategy, where technology, data, and automation not only reduce costs but also create sustainable competitive advantage for businesses in the era of green transformation.


Challenges and the Right Direction

Although AIoT offers clear benefits, its practical implementation still faces many obstacles. Many businesses operate legacy systems with fragmented data and lack the technical workforce needed to integrate new technologies. In addition, upfront investment costs and concerns about data security make many organizations hesitant to embark on this journey.

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However, these challenges can be fully addressed through flexible deployment models. One of the most effective approaches today is Energy Efficiency as a Service (EEaaS), which enables businesses to adopt AIoT solutions with little to no upfront capital investment. Instead of paying the full cost of equipment and infrastructure, companies only pay based on the amount of energy saved, reducing financial risk and significantly shortening the payback period.


The “start small - scale fast” strategy is being adopted by many pioneering organizations. Businesses can begin with a high-energy-consumption area, measure results after a few months, and then replicate the solution across the entire system. Once data is standardized and connected to a central platform, AIoT becomes the core operational backbone, helping enterprises reduce costs, increase efficiency, enhance ESG reporting capabilities, and move closer to their carbon neutrality goals.


VEEP’s Solution - A Comprehensive AIoT Platform

In the journey toward smart energy transformation, VEEP stands out as a pioneering startup that combines technology, data, and flexible financial models to help businesses optimize energy in a comprehensive and sustainable way.


At the core of its solution is the AMIGO AIoT Platform-a smart energy management platform that enables the monitoring, analysis, and automatic control of all devices in buildings, factories, or industrial zones. The system collects data from sources such as electricity, water, HVAC, lighting, and renewable energy, then uses artificial intelligence to predict demand and automatically adjust in real time, ensuring optimal performance at all times.

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VEEP’s breakthrough lies in its EEaaS (Energy Efficiency as a Service) model, which enables businesses to deploy AIoT without any upfront CAPEX. All equipment, software, installation, and maintenance are handled by VEEP, while customers only pay based on the actual energy savings achieved. This model allows businesses to realize ROI from day one, save 15-40% of energy, reduce CO₂ emissions, and shorten the payback period to just a few months.

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The success of projects such as McDonald’s Vietnam and Majestic Saigon Hotel serves as clear evidence. VEEP’s AIoT systems not only reduce electricity costs and emissions but also enhance user experience, improve operational performance, and ensure compliance with global ESG standards. Businesses can start with a small project, measure results using real data, and then rapidly scale across the entire system - true to the spirit of "Repowering the world sustainably".


Conclusion

The way businesses manage energy today will shape their competitive advantage in the future. As energy costs rise and ESG standards along with Net Zero targets become mandatory requirements, AIoT is the key that enables organizations to shift from reactive management to proactive operations - where data, automation, and artificial intelligence work together to deliver superior efficiency.


From commercial buildings to manufacturing plants, AIoT technology has proven its ability to reduce energy consumption by 20-40%, cut thousands of tons of CO₂, and enhance system reliability. More importantly, AIoT introduces a new approach to energy management that is data-driven, transparent, measurable, and sustainable.


Now is the golden time to begin. Whether it is a small pilot project, a smart connected system, or the first step in digitizing energy data, each can be the starting point of a true green transformation journey. With AIoT technology already in place, what businesses need most is the decision to act quickly in order to secure a competitive advantage as soon as possible.

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