ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,797, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"Building management system with sustainability improvement" was invented by Robbie G. Davis (Kew Gardens, N.Y.), Katianne Pechauer (Milwaukee) and Surabhi Shroff (King of Prussia, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building management system (BMS) can include one or more memory devices. The one or more memory devices can store instructions. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, can cause the one or more processors to obtain a sustainability goal established for a building, the sustainability goal pertai...