Smart buildings: Helping through and beyond the pandemic

Smart buildings

A smart building is an active contributor to the experience and success of its stakeholders - during and beyond the pandemic.

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Creating environments that care

How can smart buildings support when adapting to the “new normal”?

In the face of the global Covid19 pandemic, smart buildings around the world prepare to reopen. What can technology do to support companies and their employees to return to work with confidence? There may be new regulations in place to ensure the safety and well-being of the people. At the same time, some buildings are running on changed capacities and operators need to be supported in daily operations. From social distancing and space optimization to remote operations, we are committed to supporting you with the right smart buildings solutions. We want to collaborate to support our customers as they face unprecedented challenges.

Why do buildings matter?

We spend up to 90 percent of our lives in buildings, and we believe that everything people do in life deserves a perfect place to do it. In a world where our fundamental health, safety and wellbeing expectations have been deeply impacted with the anxiety of a new virus,  buildings should offer a haven. Ideally, a perfect place to learn. A perfect place to grow. A perfect place to prosper. 

 

While it’s true that today’s buildings should be efficient, reliable and safe – these characteristics alone don’t enable businesses and empower people the way a true smart building can.

 

Adaptability is crucial. Smart building interact with the people, systems and external elements around them. They learn from past experiences and real-time inputs. They adapt to the needs of the people and the businesses within them by increasing comfort, efficiency, resiliency and safety. And today there is a new need: to protect people from Covid19. When we use technology to support the people in buildings, we create environments that care.

COVID-19 recommendations for building operators

How smart buildings help support the fight against the coronavirus

Building technology can support companies in taking measures to protect employees, customers and partners. Our COVID-19 recommendations provide information on concrete measures.

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A new approach

Smart buildings – a new team member

Comfy workplace app

Enabling contact tracing, space utilization, without compromising on well-being

Health organizations and companies around the world have turned to contact tracing and social distancing measures to slow down or stop the chain of transmission of the virus. 

When integrated with Enlighted IoT sensors, social distancing measures established can also be managed by building operators through insights provided by data on the utilization of rooms or common office spaces. The Comfy workplace app allows building operators and owners to engage with occupants and keep them informed, safe and productive.

Enhancing business continuity through asset and building efficiency

Make buildings healthy and safe places to return to

The measures taken against the spread of the coronavirus force building operators and facility managers to rethink building and workplace strategies. The health and safety of employees, partners and customers is the first priority. The efforts of the individuals practicing social distancing and increased hygiene measures can be massively supported by smart building technology. Our offerings on heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC), room automation and building management systems (BMS) help create healthy, productive, sustainable environments and safe workplaces for people to return to after the crisis and beyond.

Enabling reliability and resilience of your buildings and infrastructure

Enabling reliability and resilience of your buildings and infrastructure

Similarly to understand how technologies can support remote working environments despite one’s location, the data capabilities of smart buildings together with building automation enable remote operations. This has proven to be valuable in a pandemic. It allows the building operator to control the building remotely for maximum impact in regards to energy consumption, to ensure cost savings and reduced carbon emissions. Building twin can further extend the building operator’s capability to access all the data remotely.  

Support identification and limiting spread of infection

The need for body temperature detection will prove to be critical as workplaces, airports and restaurants re-open. To mitigate any risks caused by the spread of the virus, technologies which allow for efficient scanning of temperatures as occupants and visitors enter the building will be deployed. The integration of the body temperature detection with access control enables a highly secure and contactless solution. 

When deployed with the Siveillance solution it enables an accuracy of better than +/-0.5°C at 37°C. 

Transforming smart building data into economic benefits

Smart infrastructure can transform cities and industries. But accelerating technological transition will require private investment, including a diverse range of financing models behind the innovative technologies. From intelligent building systems to energy efficiency technology, financing plays a key role in helping buildings – from hospitals, schools, to commercial and government buildings – harness sustainable capital for growth and innovation while acquiring future-proof technological benefits.

Insights

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Smart buildings solutions

Highlights from the smart buildings portfolio

People: Global expertise with local presence

Global expertise with local presence

With global expertise and local understanding we help design smart infrastructures that are at the heart of buildings and that can adapt over time. More than 170 years of experience give us a solid foundation to know how to take action and turn building data into tangible value.

Technology: Gaining control of data to transform your operations

Gaining control of data to transform your operations

We bring automation to buildings to make them more efficient, responsive and adaptable. Through control, security and energy management systems we gain control of data and transform your operations in order to help factories and offices better support them.

Services: Increasing performance across the entire lifecycle

Increasing performance across the entire lifecycle

When it comes to increasing asset and system performance across the building lifecycle, connected and data-driven building technology is key. Digitalization of services allows you to meet your business goals more effectively.

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Trends and Topics

Expo 2020 Dubai: A Sustainable Site

Expo 2020 Dubai: A Sustainable Site

We fully support the unanimous decision to postpone Expo 2020 Dubai until 1 October 2021, giving the world time to recover from the effects of a global pandemic. The Expo stands as a motive for the globe’s nations to come together and solving challenges in the spirit of cross-border inclusion, collaboration and optimism. 

Digital building lifecycle

Digital building lifecycle

Across the entire digital building lifecycle – from idea, design and construction to operation – by using synergies between Building Twin and BIM, we are in position to collect and analyze data for greater performance and efficiencies.

Smart grids: driving energy intelligence

Smart grids: driving energy intelligence

We are paving the way to sustainable energy environments by applying Internet of Energy and data-driven technologies.

Smart infrastructure

Smart infrastructure

Smart infrastructure from Siemens intelligently connects smart grids, smart buildings and industries to adapt and evolve the way we live and work.

Smart cities

Smart cities

How can cities leverage the benefits of digitalization to relieve the stress on overstretched services and resources?Smart city solutions contribute to the effective management of urban areas, improving connectivity, sustainability, and liveability.

Digitalization and AI in the smart buildings sector

Digitalization and AI in the smart buildings sector

What do digitalization and artificial intelligence mean for the building sector? Why is it important that companies rethink their traditional business models, and how can they benefit from new business models?

Market focus

A perfect place is a place that’s perfect for a purpose

Smart office

Smart office

Your productivity depends to a great extent on your work environment. We’ve focused our expertise in building automation and building management to create work spaces that are safe and secure, flexible, comfortable, intelligent and sustainable – which allows employees to focus on their tasks. Contact us for more information.

Life science

Life science

Our integrated life science technologies are specifically designed for the unique operational requirements in the life science industry. You can rely on our comprehensive approach to minimizing risks and increasing efficiency in each step of your value chain.

Data center

Data center

Maximum uptime, the highest energy efficiency, full scalability: Data center operators face a multitude of challenges. We’ve used our extensive expertise and experience to create a comprehensive portfolio of integrated data center solutions and global services that will help you master these challenges.

Smart hospital

Smart hospital

Hospital management needs to meet many different requirements: In addition to optimal care for patients, a positive and productive work environment for your staff is just as important as managing resources efficiently. You can use our services, products and solutions to ensure comfort, energy efficiency, safety and security throughout your entire facility. Contact us for more information.

References

Creating environments that care: Customer success stories

Dubai Airport Freezone Authority | Dubai | United Arab Emirates

It’s all about the answer when you ask your clients, “Are you happy in this place?” If the answer is “Yes,” we can continue to grow.
Faisal Abdulla Al Belooshi, Senior Director Facility Management at Dubai Airport Freezone

Start building the resiliency of your business

Siemens offers a comprehensive portfolio of smart building solutions to meet all your needs, including space utilization, energy management, safe and secure environments, location-based services and personalized workplace experience. From offices to hospitals to factories, we are committed to tailoring an approach that meets your specific needs. 

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Security

Security

Protect your building, corporate site or critical infrastructure with Siveillance Suite security.

Building automation and control

A comprehensive range of building automation systems for every area of use and technical requirement.

HVAC

From valves and actuators to sensors and room thermostats: all our products fulfill highest quality standards.
Services

Services

Unlock the value of buildings through enhanced sustainability and strategically managed performance and risk.
Building energy and sustainability

Building energy and sustainability

Building energy consumption and sustainability are key drivers of building performance. Siemens brings together expertise, technology and services. Read more.
Fire safety

Fire safety

A perfect place is a protected place: Products, systems and solutions from a single source to safeguard the continuity of your business and protect lives.