Sustainability as a corporate goal
Energy optimization is being carried out at Sihlcity Zurich, a building complex that belongs to Credit Suisse Asset Management Global Real Estate. In 2012, the Credit Suisse Asset Management Global Real Estate, working with Siemens Switzerland and Wincasa, embarked on a five-year program with the goal of reducing energy consumption at some 1,000 Swiss properties […]
Read more Case Study: Sello – a perfect place to come together
This building – it’s a place to learn. It’s a place to compete. A place to practise, to improve. To invent. But above all, this building is a community. -Marianne Harjula, Sello Event Manager
Read more Smart Buildings are Resilient Buildings
Stop what you are doing and look around. The working environment you find yourself in is most likely hindering your productivity rather than enhancing it. It is still kind of a drag to pull yourself out of bed and make the commute to work. You like your work, but something isn’t quite right.
Read more The Future of the Smart Precinct
Like many other sectors, property is undergoing a radical change, as new technology disrupts and permeates every aspect of the industry. Much of this change is being driven by start-ups, many of whom are joining forces with developers and other established organisations to provide innovative technologies, or challenge conventions to improve processes and drive the […]
Read more PropTech’s opportunity for advancing health and wellbeing in the workplace
The smart building aspects of PropTech have great potential to vastly improve the performance of buildings. Sensors and data, driven from smart buildings will provide the granularity of insight to support new and innovative approaches how buildings operate. Carbon Credentials believes that one of the big opportunities that come from smart building PropTech improvements, is […]
Read more PropTech: A Real Estate (R)Evolution
Back the 1980’s I was co-founder of a software company, which specialised in creating systems for the (then) new generation of PC’s. Myself and my colleagues had learned our programming skills whilst studying for PhDs using massive mainframe computer systems with clunky user interfaces and torturously slow software development cycles. We seized upon the new […]
Read more Proptech: Robots and the customer experience
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. (Bill Gates) Claire Middleton argues that despite the technological takeover, humans are still key
Read more Your building automation system has secrets
Building users are demanding better and more individualized indoor air conditions, and they want to see the data to prove it. It has been a long-accepted norm that an office worker starts at 9am feeling good about the day ahead and finishes after 5pm feeling unhealthy and tired. Accepting that our buildings make us feel […]
Read more Innovation to drive down risk
Technological advances have been gathering pace at an astonishing rate, forcing industries worldwide to adapt – the real estate sector is no different. PropTech has one common goal: to innovate, using technology to simplify the real estate market.
Read more ‘Smart Buildings’, Big Data, and IoT in Real Estate: Too much of a good thing?
My wife and I were at the airport recently waiting for our flight when we came across a restaurant with iPads at every seat. Always eager to try new technology, and with plenty of time before our flight, we decided to grab some food and check out the capabilities. As we got situated the tablet […]
Read more The rise of PropTech and its potential for commercial real estate
Investment in real estate technology has seen astonishing growth since 2012 as companies are seizing the digital landscape to create technological innovations that add value to property owners and occupiers. The term PropTech is primarily associated with start-up organisations offering a more convenient, digital platform to facilitate traditionally manual processes such as the purchasing of […]
Read more Facility optimization – 5 market trends you need to know
Facilities use energy, often lots of it and not in an efficient way. Energy is a major factor in the cost of doing business, and facility optimization is a buzzword du jour. In simple terms, it means the ability to improve equipment, building and operational performance by optimizing resource use.
Read more Prop Tech: Avoiding White Elephants
As with most industries, there is a lot of excitement around what technological developments can do for the property sector. This includes in relation to energy and carbon management. There is a buzz around new technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), block-chain, ‘big data’, ‘cloud computing’, artificial intelligence and data analysis. But a lack […]
Read more GRESB Highlights 2018
As the Verdani team is busy preparing for the upcoming GRESB reporting season, we thought it would be useful to put together a high-level overview of GRESB’s most recent updates. Whether you are actively working with GRESB, are busy with your own sustainability programs, or like to stay well- informed in the industry, we’ve summarized […]
Read more U.S. Green Building Council Releases Annual Top 10 States for LEED Green Building Per Capita
Massachusetts tops the list for the second year; New York, Hawaii and Illinois showcase leadership in geographically diverse locations
Read more Case Study: Delivering Insight from Waste Data
This article is part of a series of selected ESG case studies submitted by participants in the 2017 GRESB Real Estate Assessment. We have formed a successful partnership with Capita identifying innovative ways of reducing consumption, we now need to continue this good work with further improvements. Kevin Bould, RLAM Purpose of the project To […]
Read more Genesta in Control of Efficiency & Sustainability with Nuuka’s Building Process Analytics Platform
When it comes to data collection and reporting on the sustainability of their assets, Nordic real estate company Genesta trusts in the solutions Nuuka has to offer. As a result, Genesta has been able to make major improvements in efficiency, quality of data collection and GRESB reporting standard. In this interview, David Neil, CEO of Genesta […]
Read more What is a Smart Building?
A Smart Building is defined in many ways depending on the internet source, vendor offering or conversation at hand. However, the intelligence of a building primarily depends on the operators’ and tenants’ perspectives and goals and the technology available to meet them.
Read more Crossing the Landlord / Tenant divide
Back in the mists of time when GRESB was a spreadsheet-based survey, the idea of full consumption data was proposed. Imagine the screams as the suggestion was made that even single tenant, or FRI leaseholders might, one day, give their private consumption data to their Landlord. It assumed, to start with, that the Tenant even knew […]
Read more Climbing the Tree of Energy Efficiency – What comes after ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ in Existing Buildings?
When an organization first considers energy efficiency, the focus is almost always on ‘low-hanging fruit’ – actions or initiatives that are simple, turnkey, and require very little investment. These incremental efforts drive major impacts in terms of reducing carbon footprint and cost savings, leaving organizations eager to take the logical next steps.
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