Cushman & Wakefield – Make buildings smart

Scenario

Ensure the balance between desk/room availability and space efficiency.

Make it easy for employees to find free workspaces.

Metrics

HQ sensors: 80.000 ft², 4 floors

Challenge

Most office buildings today underperform. Hence there’s a huge opportunity for CREs to do better.

Solution

Cushman & Wakefield and Spacewell are using their combined experience to make buildings smarter and support the most valuable asset in your building: the people.

Result

Optimization of the space stacking.

Adjustment of the cleaning moments.

Proven approach phased scenarios

User experience

• Enable reservations through multiple touchpoints and auto release unoccupied rooms
• Find colleagues on the floor plan (on an opt-in basis)
• Make it easy for users to request services and give feedback
• Digital life coach at work (health, food, movement)

Balance maintenance & energy

• Apply data science to detect pain points and tune settings to improve productivity and wellbeing
• Balance building maintenance and energy costs
• Reduce organic waste by monitoring space usage and kitchen trends to predict catering needs

Benchmarking

• Benchmark energy, cleaning performance, maintenance and space efficiency
• Identify improvement areas and set up projects
• Become and remain LEED certified

Space efficiency

• Capture occupancy data (anonymously) with wireless sensors under desks and in rooms
• Get insight into space and occupancy performance through dashboards with floor

User comfort

• EDA (exploratory data analysis)
• Capture temperature + humidity + CO2 in open areas & meeting rooms
• Get insight into comfort and health factors in the workplace

Cleaning optimization

• Match your cleaning programs with actual space usage to improve cleaning effectiveness
• Direct cleaning where needed (using a dashboard + triggered cleaning activities)
• Provide cleaners with a work assistant app with floorplan-based instructions