Colliers Market Report Denmark 2023

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Smart buildings

from sensors in various locations throughout the build ing, the landlord can analyse, adjust and automate the required consumption in the building to match actual use. This potentially spells cost savings, while at the same time benefiting the users because the physical setting is adjusted to meet their actual demands. Sensors can compile data for other uses, too, such as space optimisation. By means of recording actual occu pancy and use of areas, the landlord is provided with facts that potentially lead to space optimisation meas ures, ensuring, for instance, that office areas are used in the most efficient way. More specifically, this is made pos sible by monitoring the use of meeting rooms to ascer tain if they provide the right capacity in terms of number and size to match actual demand. As the pandemic unfolded, it sparked strong inter est for, say, touch-free doors, lifts and water taps, fea tures that reduced the risk of transmitting the coronavi rus. Following the comprehensive rollout of vaccinations, however, these aspects of proptech hardly attract the same attention, but this may quickly change should new, infectious viruses enter Denmark. Overall, theremay bemany advantages of introducing this type of technology in office buildings. Although proptech is still a relatively new phenomenon, it will gain ground in the coming years and become an integral part of far more buildings, supported by the current shift in favour of increased focus on sustainability and social responsi bility, including energy consumption and climate impact.

Smart buildings gaining ground Proptech or technology supporting property operations are becoming increasingly commonplace. Sensors and other technology potentially reduce energy consumption and optimise building operations. Many business startups focus on so-called smart build ings, with software and technology being developed to monitor, say, movements and space utilisation as well as to compile data. The data may be used for multiple purposes, e.g. to ensure the efficient utilisation of spaces and resources, along with creating a safe and comforta ble user environment. More specifically, compiled data can be used for auto mation, surveillance or monitoring a series of processes, including the building’s consumption of air condition ing, lighting, heating and ventilation. By compiling data

Building Management System (BMS), smart buildings:

BMS is a key component of smart build ings, with the system designed to mon itor and control various installations in a building, e.g. light, indoor climate, occu pancy and alarms.