PassiveLogic, a company building an autonomous operating system for commercial and industrial infrastructure has appointed Thomas Kiessling as chief executive officer. Formerly chief technology officer of Siemens Smart Infrastructure and a successful clean technology entrepreneur, Kiessling will lead PassiveLogic through its next phase of commercial scale, category leadership and global growth.
PassiveLogic was founded around a vision of a world where every building operates as an autonomous, efficient, grid-interactive asset – providing superior comfort to its tenants. As a result, it created an Autonomous Platform for the Built Environment. Based on Quantum, the company’s physics-based world model and ontology, and Hive, the autonomous edge platform that operationalizes Quantum in the building, PassiveLogic automatically generates digital twins of a building’s infrastructure and applies thermodynamic, physics-based AI to continuously optimize building performance. Rather than relying on thousands of hours of custom engineering, the platform enables buildings to continuously optimize and operate themselves.
The result should result in dramatically lower deployment costs, industry-leading energy savings, autonomous maintenance, superior occupant comfort and grid flexibility. For the first time, intelligent building operations become economically viable across the broader commercial and industrial market, expanding the reach of smart infrastructure far beyond a small percentage of premium assets.
“We are witnessing the emergence of a new technology category,” said Thomas Kiessling, CEO of PassiveLogic. “Buildings, energy systems and infrastructure will become autonomous participants in the economy, and PassiveLogic has built the technological foundation to make that future possible. I am excited to help scale that vision globally.”
Kiessling brings three decades of experience leading global technology businesses and industrial transformation initiatives. During his tenure at Siemens, he helped shape the company’s industrial AI strategy and led major innovation programs, including the development of Building X, Siemens’ cloud-based digital building platform. Earlier, he co-founded Amply Power, helping pioneer EV fleet charging-as-a-service before its acquisition by BP.
