MB on Twitter19 Jan 2017 20:31
Mark tweeting the following last night:
How Smart Buildings can boost your office space efficiency by 40%
Behind Smart Buildings technology lies significant tangible value. For most organisations, the two largest investments are in people and premises; and property costs in London and other sought-after city locations have continuously increased.
Despite this, as recent studies show, the average utilisation of office space in cities like London remains very low at just c.50%; as we transition to modern working practices with increasing mobility many of our offices and certainly many of the desks are half empty. How many empty desks have you seen today? Seems like a waste of space doesn’t it?
As costs of quality premises spiral, businesses are paying more than ever for spaces they aren’t using efficiently. Often decisions about property leases are based on limited data, meaning that a critical part of an organisation’s long-term strategy rests on little more than old information mixed with a small dose of intuition.
This is where Smart Buildings come into play. New standards are being set for designing, building and managing real estate, driven by innovative technology that helps businesses understand utilisation with real-time data enabling more informed decisions about their office space and requirements.
…and the revelation is simply this:
You have more room than you realise, and need less room than you think.
For example, businesses like the global media events firm UBM have evolved their use of the smart workplace, increasing the productive use (or utilisation) by c.40%, i.e. the same or more people are using less office space and resources, resulting in significant savings.
And although we’ve focused on cost here, that’s just the start in terms of benefits to a business of smart office spaces. As employees demand more flexible working arrangements and become more entrepreneurial by nature, organisations are having to redefine the relationship between their employees and their property. Understanding the behaviour of your workforce and using this data to make informed decisions can result in a happier, more engaged and more productive workforce.
By providing valuable data and insights that can inform and improve the workspace, smart buildings allow employees to get the most out of their environment, and in turn help businesses become more competitive.
Read more about this aspect of Smart Buildings here: http://bit.ly/2iYtEou
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