ABB and Samsung Electronics have announced an integration between ABB Ability BuildingPro and Samsung SmartThings Pro, connecting building intelligence with Samsung’s enterprise IoT ecosystem.
The integration builds on the companies’ existing partnership and will give building owners and operators access to building data, insights, and controls through a connected operating environment. ABB Ability BuildingPro connects devices and data across building systems, while BuildingPro Suites provides analytics and operational insight. Samsung SmartThings Pro brings those capabilities into the Samsung ecosystem through secure cloud-to-cloud integration.
The BuildingPro Edge integration spans field-level protocols including BACnet, KNX, ModBus, and energy metering. That field-level reach is central to the project because commercial buildings are rarely built around one clean digital architecture. Lighting, HVAC, access control, shading, occupancy sensing, energy monitoring, room controls, and legacy building management systems often operate through different protocols, suppliers, and upgrade cycles.
ABB and Samsung say the combined system will give operators a unified view of lighting, climate, shading, access-control systems, energy monitoring, and presence detection data. BuildingPro Suites will provide analytics and operational insight across offices, retail sites, and larger commercial buildings, while SmartThings Pro provides the enterprise user environment.
Mike Mustapha, division president of ABB Electrification’s Smart Buildings Division, said: “Building owners require a data foundation they can trust and tools that make it easier to manage increasingly complex building portfolios.”
He added: “By integrating ABB Ability BuildingPro with Samsung SmartThings Pro, we are helping owners and operators access the insights they need to make more informed decisions across their buildings.”
Chan-Woo Park, executive vice president, Samsung Electronics Device eXperience Division, said: “Samsung SmartThings Pro gives enterprise customers a familiar platform to manage and maximize their buildings and assets.”
He added: “Combined with ABB Ability BuildingPro, customers can access building information and controls through a connected experience that helps simplify day-to-day building management.”
The partnership also includes a dedicated hospitality solution based on ABB i-bus KNX and NETxAutomation software. The system supports guest room integration with Samsung SmartThings Pro, enabling occupancy-based energy management and centralised monitoring. Guests can adjust lighting, climate, shading, and entertainment from their own smartphones without having to download an additional app.
The hospitality application shows building automation moving beyond back-of-house plant control. Guest experience, room-level energy consumption, occupancy sensing, and operational efficiency are increasingly connected. Hotels need to reduce energy waste without degrading comfort, while operators need visibility across rooms, floors, and properties. Occupancy-based control remains one of the clearest routes to reducing unnecessary heating, cooling, and lighting demand.
The companies plan to roll out the integration at three proof-of-concept sites during 2026: Samsung’s Business Experience Center in Eschborn, Germany; Samsung’s Training Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and ABB’s headquarters in Middelfart, Denmark. The sites will demonstrate how the integration can support energy efficiency, building performance, and user experience in operating environments.
The convergence of building automation, enterprise IoT, and energy management is accelerating as commercial buildings face energy costs, sustainability targets, hybrid occupancy patterns, grid flexibility, and stricter reporting expectations. Operators need better data about how buildings perform in use, not simply design-stage assumptions or monthly utility readings.
Connecting field systems to enterprise platforms can help close that gap, while increasing the need for secure architecture, data governance, access control, and lifecycle support. Building systems were historically treated as operational technology with contained functions. As they connect to cloud platforms, mobile interfaces, analytics tools, and enterprise systems, they become part of a broader digital estate that requires disciplined management.
Cyber pressure across industrial operations has already shown the exposure created when production, logistics, utilities, and building systems become more connected. Smart building integration can deliver efficiency gains, but unmanaged connectivity can widen the attack surface. Cloud-to-cloud integration therefore depends on secure architecture, clear access control, system monitoring, and supplier accountability.
Buildings are also becoming active participants in power systems rather than passive loads. Smart controls, metering, occupancy data, battery storage, EV charging, and grid flexibility services all depend on the ability to measure and manage demand more precisely. Building automation platforms that support energy insight and control will become more important as electricity networks absorb higher demand from heat pumps, EVs, data centres, and electrified industrial processes.
Large property owners need consistent data across sites, faster fault identification, benchmarking, maintenance planning, and a way to prioritise investment. A unified interface does not remove the complexity of underlying building systems, but it can make performance problems more visible and operational decisions more consistent.
The phased deployment model may also reduce adoption risk. Piloting the technology in one area before scaling across a property or portfolio is better suited to commercial buildings that cannot tolerate disruptive retrofit programmes, particularly in hospitality, retail, and occupied office environments.
ABB and Samsung’s integration reflects a broader shift in building technology. The boundary between electrical infrastructure, automation, digital services, and user experience is becoming less distinct. Lighting, climate, access, energy, and occupancy data are no longer separate operational islands. They are becoming part of a connected management layer, where engineering integration must be matched by secure operation and clear commercial purpose.
