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ENERGY MANAGEMENT & SUSTAINABILITY


the majority of buildings had a controls or system review monthly, quarterly or even annually; leading to significant challenges with comfort conditions and increased costs for energy and maintenance. Now, with new generation smart building technologies and processes, we can reduce energy costs, increase space utilisations and enhance operational efficiency much easier and more cost effectively.


“Over 50% of the workforce will also be millennials by next year -


increasingly vocal about their desire to work in pleasant, productive


spaces, and to work for corporately responsible companies.”


Knowledge about how the building is truly being used helps make it easier for facilities managers, engineers and managing agents to operate more efficient work spaces that drive value at the facilities level but certainty not the only value. By focusing on the value of a smart building at the brand and people level means the benefits will come naturally to facilities.


People value Simplistically, buildings exist and engineering systems consume vast amounts of energy globally in the built environment just so people can work productively in a well lit, well ventilated, temperature-controlled environment. Unfortunately, often those three basic elements are absent from many places of work, with most complaints to do with the built environment being either too hot or too cold.


Smart buildings are complex with many different people involved whether that’s in owning, running or occupying it. Therefore, they shouldn’t just be about the technology but about the relationships between those parties with the data and insights from the building acting as the glue to enable it to operate and run more environmentally and cost efficiently.


Unquestionable evidence of how air quality within offices contribute to productivity also means energy managers can make a significant impact in this area using smart building data.


A recent (Dec 2018) report by the British Council of Offices confirmed that “Workers were able to work up to 60% faster in lower CO2 intake of CO2


By using proven wireless sensors and secure gateways to quickly and cost effectively extract air quality data, facility managers can identify practical solutions for improvement to things such as air quality and room temperature which in turn will significantly improve the wellbeing, comfort and therefore, productivity of


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concentrations” and that “an increased can lead to poor decision making, slower


reaction times and increased tiredness among employees.”


occupants. And proving this is valuable to both the building occupants and building managers.


Given that energy is often little more than 1% of an organisation’s costs, but people are upwards of 90% of the operating costs for many businesses, the value for improving peoples’ productivity and wellbeing is approximately 100 times more than at a facility level.


Over 50% of the workforce will also be millennials by next year - increasingly vocal about their desire to work in pleasant, productive spaces, and to work for corporately responsible companies. By making your buildings data rich and smart so you have quality insight on energy usage across your whole portfolio, organisations can make what they have much better and work much smarter – which is the essence of sustainability.


Brand value Until now, facility managers have had little opportunity to play a significant role in the company’s sustainability plans and vision.


Using AI enabled platforms and data crunching, managers can now create actionable insights that not only form a significant part of the company’s sustainability innovations but are also essential to the organisation’s public messaging and positioning on making a positive difference socially and environmentally.


Not greenwash messages but stories based in data and claims that can be demonstrable and auditable thanks to smart data available to demonstrate the way buildings improve employees’ lives or by being run efficiently, use less resources.


“To paraphrase David Bowie, facility managers that harness smart building data can be part of


something bigger - part of a societal drive towards reducing the impact of climate change.”


With intangible assets now providing over 80% of the overall value of many corporate balance sheets, the value smart buildings bring to a company’s brand reputation and business value is over 10 times the impact at the people level.


To paraphrase David Bowie, facility managers that harness smart building data can be part of something bigger - part of a societal drive towards reducing the impact of climate change. Using data to improve the building’s energy spend and performance, boost people’s productivity, and to enhance the company’s brand. And the benefits would be reaped far beyond ‘just for one day.’


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