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why digitise office buildings

Improve the energy performance of your buildings and optimise their maintenance, while improving comfort in the workplace.

You are an office owner, tenant or property manager looking to make your buildings more economical, comfortable and attractive?

The IoT can help you achieve these goals, thanks to sensors and connected solutions that are quick and easy to implement.

Improving energy efficiency

Reduce operating costs

Guaranteeing user satisfaction

Meeting contractual and legal targets

Preserving the building

The building sector is consuming more and more energy: +30% over 30 years

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Every year, the building sector accounts for 44% of France's energy consumption.

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An improvement in air circulation is accompanied by an increase in productivity ranging from 0.48% to 11%

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Why digitise office buildings?

Collecting and cross-referencing the data sent back by IoT sensors makes it possible to :

Take stock of the current situation and identify any actions that need to be taken quickly.
Monitor changes in consumption, the condition of maintenance equipment, etc.
Identify any anomalies in real time and take swift action.
Draw up an action plan and make investment decisions to achieve your objectives.

HOW CAN OFFICE BUILDINGS BE DIGITISED?

OPTIMISE THE BUILDING'S ENERGY USE

Reducing energy consumption

Making your building more energy-efficient involves better control of consumption.

By installing IoT sensors, you can accurately monitor and analyse changes in water, gas and electricity consumption.

IoT solutions also make it possible to quickly detect any malfunctions, such as leaks, overheated rooms, unoccupied lighting, etc., and to identify areas for improvement to optimise these uses.

Thanks to the consumption data collected, coupled with an analysis of environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, presence and lighting, it is possible to adjust the use of technical equipment (HVAC, lighting) to the real needs of the building, in order to make energy savings.

IoT sensor for monitoring gas consumption

Reducing energy bills

Meeting legislative obligations

Improving energy performance

Check temperature and humidity levels

Monitoring ambient temperature and humidity serves a number of purposes:

Better control of energy consumption: this data can be used to adjust the use of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) equipment to the actual needs of the building.
Guaranteeing comfort: monitoring ambient temperature and humidity levels ensures that building occupants enjoy good working conditions.
Protecting buildings: monitoring ambient temperature and humidity levels ensures that buildings operate in good conditions. Too high a humidity level, for example, could be synonymous with a problem with the ventilation system, which, if left unchecked, would rapidly deteriorate the condition of the building.

IoT temperature/humidity sensor

Improving energy performance

Guaranteeing the comfort and well-being of occupants

Reducing operating and maintenance costs

Optimising comfort and productivity by guaranteeing air quality

Indoor air quality is now a concern for all buildings.

It has been proven that indoor air quality has a direct impact on employee performance. Indoor air pollution leads to cognitive problems and an overall drop in worker productivity.

The most common symptoms are:

reduced intellectual performance,
loss of concentration leading to more frequent errors,
poor decision-making,
difficulty in processing information making learning difficult,
increased absenteeism…

In addition to CO2 concentration levels, data on temperature, humidity, fine particles and VOCs can provide a concrete response to occupant comfort, well-being and productivity.

IoT sensor for air quality

Guaranteeing the comfort and well-being of occupants

Reducing operating and maintenance costs

Ensure that ventilation equipment is working properly

The ventilation system is essential in an office building: it renews the air and protects the structure from damage caused by damp and mould.

IoT devices are used to monitor ventilation units and anticipate any malfunctions. As a result, professionals in the sector can:

detect a drop in the pressure delta between the inside of the casing and atmospheric pressure,
anticipate engine failure,
identify a recurring malfunction.

On the curative side, an alert can be issued when a:

motor stops running,
filter is clogged,
belt operating problem appears,
pressure switch is faulty.

IoT delta air pressure sensor

Reducing maintenance costs

Guaranteeing comfort and well-being

Reducing consumption

Preserving the building

Check the change of state of a piece of equipment

With IoT solutions, it is possible to detect any change in the status of a piece of equipment and act accordingly.

Depending on requirements, the solutions used can:

report a fault, be alerted to changes (changes of state, triggering of an action, etc.),
monitor a state and its duration,
track changes of state over time,
measure the time an item of equipment is in use,
control an item of equipment remotely.

Connected sensor for status reporting and control

Reduce operating and maintenance costs

Reducing consumption

Guaranteeing comfort and well-being

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