Johnson Controls and Thamrin Nine have completed a multi-year smart-building project that will support significant energy savings across one of Jakarta’s most prominent mixed-use developments. The collaboration, announced on 17 November, delivers integrated building technologies across the Autograph Tower and Luminary Tower, including chiller plant optimisation, automation systems and digital monitoring. The Autograph Tower stands at 382.9 metres and is recognised as the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere.
The project has helped the development achieve BCA Green Mark Platinum certification, with energy use reduced by up to 30 per cent. Johnson Controls will continue to support the site through long-term maintenance and performance optimisation.
The installation includes a 3,100-ton YORK cooling system in the Autograph Tower designed to meet a target efficiency of below 0.58 kW/TR, as well as three high-efficiency YORK chillers with an energy-management system for the Luminary Tower. Custom air-handling and fan-coil units were supplied to accommodate the complex’s mix of commercial, residential, retail and hospitality spaces. Both towers use the Metasys building-management system for analytics, real-time monitoring and predictive fault detection.
Project leads said the collaboration aligns with Jakarta’s goals for more efficient, sustainable urban infrastructure. Thamrin Nine’s design leadership described the development as an effort to rethink how people live and work in the city, with smart-building systems playing a key role in achieving that vision. Johnson Controls said the project demonstrates how digital optimisation and high-performance engineering can reduce energy demand, lower operating costs and support healthier indoor environments.
The initiative forms part of Johnson Controls’ broader sustainability portfolio in Southeast Asia, which spans airport management systems in the Philippines, building-efficiency upgrades in Indonesia and large-scale energy-performance projects in Singapore. These efforts support Indonesia’s Net Zero Emissions 2060 target and reflect growing regional demand for smart-city technologies capable of reducing emissions at scale.
