Boosting productivity and employee engagement to improve retention has been a key objective even before the pandemic hit. The need for increased interconnectedness, both digitally and physically, flexibility and wellbeing has become an ever-increasing priority for companies looking to bring their employees back to a safe office.

 

The answer to this challenge relies on a smart approach. Through the Smart Spaces building operating system and tenant experience app, businesses can create engaging, productive and healthy workplaces their employees want to be a part of in order to feel inspired, socialise and find the best work-life balance.

Following last month, when the Government shared the roadmap which sets out the dates for store re-openings and a gradual return to a normalcy, workers will soon be expected to return to their offices too.

With different new working models cropping up, from the hybrid fifty-home-fifty-office model to the hub & spoke, decentralised one, organisations are challenged like never before to provide a safe, inspiring and agile workplace the workforce wants to return to.

The Smart Spaces app bridges the gap between the business’ needs to provide employees with the required control, flexibility, wellbeing and social engagement and the landlords goal to offer a safe and frictionless return to work, whilst also optimising their own assets space, energy management and maintenance.
 

smart building technology is transforming the role of the traditional workplace

 
From secure, contactless entry, to control of lighting and temperature of the office space, smart building technology is transforming the role of the traditional workplace to one that is adaptable and ready for the future to come.

In a single dashboard, Smart Spaces connects existing building hardware and sensor technology to meet the landlord and occupier demand for agile buildings fit for the modern workforce.

The smart app empowers global occupier brands thanks to smart workplaces controls, community engagement features, data analytics and monitoring capabilities, facility booking including meeting rooms and desk booking, workplace productivity analysis and a digital twin solution.

Smart Spaces is a custom tailored and quick to implement software that integrates in one platform both smart workplace and building operating systems capabilities.
 

Giving Control Back to the Tenant and Promoting Healthier Workplaces

 
With smart technology, tenants can benefit from a holistic experience that starts from the first steps they take in the building. Touch-free access control of doors, turnstiles, and lifts makes entrance a seamless and safer process since there is no need to make contact with any surface throughout the building.

Use of wireless technology and personal smartphone devices means plastic cards and key fobs have become obsolete too, hitting on the ever-increasing need for more sustainable practices in the workplace.
 

the centre of the return-to-the-office strategy

 
Lighting and climate control features help boost productivity and improve tenant’s wellbeing, too, giving unique personalisation and insight into the workspace usage.

Promoting healthier workplaces has been, and will continue to be, the centre of the return-to-the-office strategy, post-pandemic. Together with touchless controls, smart sensors help capture the information around indoor air quality (IAQ), measuring elements such as CO2 and VOCs, found to be extremely harmful to the human body when above certain levels.

The Smart Spaces platform collects the sensors data to offer round-the-clock monitoring of the most common dangerous compounds present in a work environment, as well as gives control of the ventilation system to optimise flow rates. Smart Spaces can also interface with air purification technology to give assurance that dangerous particles have been removed from the environment.
 

Enhanced Communication and Engagement

 
The lack of social interaction and sense of belonging to a community are two of the most common denominators in recent employees’ surveys regarding their decision to return to the office, when the Government will advise it is safe to do so.

As social creatures, people have need for in-person interaction and to create a sense of connection, something lacking when working from home. Now more than ever, it is essential for a business to help create an active and engaged work community and to keep the communication with employees constantly flowing.
 

interactive, innovative and inspiring places people want to go back to and linger

 
Technology can become a bridge to create meaningful human connection and foster community engagement. The Smart Spaces app promotes improved work-life balance as it helps property managers build real-time, multi-way communication with tenants and their employees by delivering people-centric connection and social interaction.

A social wall to keep everyone appraised and engaged, bespoke social events and access to local amenities within the building and the surrounding area are only some of the features helping actively build a workplace community of interconnected people, even when working remotely.

The app makes workplaces interactive, innovative and inspiring places people want to go back to and linger. Property managers also benefit from this effective communication tool as well as it provides a direct channel with tenants, to keep them informed at all times regarding the latest procedures and safety standards.

The way we work has changed. Companies need to build agile, healthy and sustainable workspaces in order to succeed. Landlords must evolve along with them, by giving their customers the safe and flexible environment they need to work in better, smarter ways.
 

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