CIM PEAK AI Building Analytics and Energy Management

CIM is a building performance AI company founded in Sydney in 2013 by David Walsh. It addresses buildings that are rich in data but poor in information, where energy waste from faults, overrides and out-of-hours operation stays hidden until the monthly bill arrives.

Its PEAK platform is BMS-agnostic and collects utility, meter, sub-meter, HVAC, lighting, lift and sensor data into one portfolio dataset. Machine learning and large language models label BMS points and onboard sites in weeks, an expert rules engine runs thousands of fault detection and diagnostics templates, and workflow tools assign, chase and verify fixes. Benchmarking and equipment health scoring support maintenance and capital planning. Customers are commercial property owners and operators, while engineering firms can deliver PEAK through a partner programme.

• AI-automated data integration: machine learning and LLMs discover equipment, label BMS points and validate data.
• Fault detection and diagnostics: an expert rules engine applies thousands of templates and finds root causes.
• Energy management: equipment-level detection of waste such as out-of-hours plant, drift and forgotten overrides.
• Workflow automation: issues are prioritised, assigned, escalated and tracked to verified resolution.
• Benchmarking and health scoring: compare equipment and indoor environment against hundreds of assets on PEAK.
• Sustainability reporting: utility monitoring, tenant virtual metering and NABERS and GRESB tracking.

Office and retail landlords in Vietnam with several BMS brands can bring all buildings into one fault detection and energy dashboard. Facility management companies can offer data-driven maintenance and verified savings to building owners. BMS contractors and engineering firms can resell the platform as a monitoring-based commissioning service.

Case studies on the site report annual portfolio energy reductions of 18% to 24%, a building moving from 0 to 5 stars on NABERS Energy with 32% energy reduction, and 17.4 million kWh saved across Charter Hall's office portfolio since 2019. A life sciences campus saved 4 GWh with return on investment inside twelve months. Faults are ranked by cost and fixes are verified, so savings do not erode after tuning.

Commercial property owners across Asia-Pacific face green lease requirements, building ratings and investor ESG reporting, while skilled building engineers are scarce. Cloud fault detection that works with any existing BMS lets small facility teams manage large portfolios, and partner channels of local BMS contractors help such platforms spread across the region.

Founded in 2013 in Sydney by David Walsh, with offices in Sydney (headquarters), Boulder, Dublin and London; it reports buildings in 11 countries and over 100 million square feet optimised. In June 2026 it renewed its multi-year agreement with Charter Hall covering more than 70 offices, and in August 2026 launched the PEAK Partner Program across Asia-Pacific.