BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
consumption and 10% of our total CO2 emissions. However, only about 1% of the
national building stock is actually renovated each year. This is far too little - current renovation rates need to be at least doubled. Microsoft has been at the forefront of this
trend, with innovative solutions such as Azure Digital Twins. This is an IoT service that creates comprehensive models of the physical environment. It can create spatial intelligence graphs to model the relationships and interactions between people, spaces and devices, such as sensors. Microsoft’s IoT business lead at Azure BD,
Thomas Frahler, explained: “Microsoft joined the EnOcean Alliance in 2019 with the goal to drive more standardisation in intelligent building control. With this partnership, Microsoft wants to help companies adopt digital technologies quickly and help them build their own digital competencies.”
SUSTAINABLE (WORK) ENVIRONMENTS Even though COVID precautions are lifting, we still need buildings that improve health and wellness. The pandemic has also increased awareness of the need for monitoring and controlling air quality, lighting levels, temperature, and occupancy levels. Germany’s Dussmann Group, with 60,000
employees in 21 countries, is one of the leading providers of integrated facilities management services, not only in Germany but also globally. The company is investing heavily in modern, attractive work environments for its staff - and in flexible concepts for new ways of working. They want to hold onto their employees for many years to come and, at the same time, ensure high productivity and improve efficiency in their management practices. An example of this is cited by Dussmann Services CEO, Philipp Conrads: “The corona pandemic has
shown that there is a change in the way people are using offices and are working, of course. So, we have decided to implement a user-oriented cleaning concept which is ensuring that not only personnel but also products are deployed and utilised more sustainably and in a more efficient way.” The Dussmann Group is therefore investing
heavily in the digitisation of its business and administrative processes. The family-owned company is leveraging developments such as robotics and sensors in building cleaning, user- friendly apps, and intelligent tableware in catering, and IoT projects (Internet of Things) as part of its strategic Next Level program ‘Dussmann digital’. In a 2019 pilot project in the IoT area at the
global headquarters in Berlin, IoT sensors were installed in public areas on the fourth floor of the building, including two meeting rooms, the sanitary areas, and the kitchenette.
SUSTAINABILITY - THE NEW NORMAL Deutsche Telekom is another business leader that has aggressive timetables for change. It is pursuing the explicit goal of ‘near zero’ emissions by 2040, offsetting only residual emissions. Here, a good office environment makes for more efficient and effective workers. Deutsche Telekom subsidiary, T-Systems
MMS, provides software solutions for sectors such as digital commerce, websites, intranet, social marketing, big data, mobile solutions, retail, security and Industry 4.0. It is on the front line of smart and sustainable solutions. These technologies are integrated into the overall social corporate responsibility programme of
Deutsche Telekom, as Ulrike Volejnik, SVP, member of management board at T-Systems MMS explained: “Sustainability is very important now in this context of new normal, new work. We are creating new solutions for buildings, especially for smart buildings for smart spaces. For example, we are integrating sensors in our buildings and our rooms, so as to measure if the rooms of the buildings are used and how they are used.” Sandor Modsching, VP digital work at T-Systems
MMS, added: “The smart spaces platform offers many benefits to our customers. First, is sustainability. So, since we as a company are gaining from building a digital future of tomorrow and shaping this, so it means for us of course that sustainability is one of our core goals. The second is efficiency in all kinds. If you have a good climate in the rooms you work, the work efficiency is much, much higher.” For T-Systems MMS, the drive to reduce
energy costs and energy usage is one example of what companies are doing in this context of sustainability. But it’s not only one example. Further initiatives include developing new methods of software creation, reusing materials and many more.
BE SMART Whilst the smart spaces concept is focussed more on the workplace, the technologies proven there lead equally well to smart homes, smart factories, smart hospitals and smart care homes, and will be pivotal in meeting the challenges of a sustainable planet. They must succeed. Energy harvesting technology is central to th is being rolled out quickly at an affordable installation cost and with minimum disruption.
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