Smart Building Research

Coliving spaces offer many benefits, from affordable rent, a sense of community, to being able to immerse oneself with and learn from creative and highly talented people from all walks of life. The Campfire Home is part of Campfire Collaborative Spaces, one of the biggest network of coworking spaces in Asia. Is a global provider […]

Using personality assessment tests with your current employees – and sharing the results with them – can help team members better understand each other, which is a win-win for all involved. Other tests offer facilitation to help trainers effectively lead personality assessment sessions. If a personality assessment is led by HR instead of the team’s […]

First Latin American Coworking Summit, about half of the world’s 35,000 flexible workspaces are described as co-working spaces, a number that is increasing by 15% year each year. So why did we end up plumping for a separate office rather than hot desks? All co-working spaces promote sharing and innovation. When you rent your own […]

How can we turn a smart building into a truly intelligent one? Tony Buckingham, Regional Director at AECOM’s Smart Buildings Group explained how the very latest technology can help us improve productivity, efficiency and sustainability at the Workplace Technology Theatre. Historically, facilities managers have employed a siloed approach to smart buildings, separating out HVAC, lighting […]

Assess your HR functional maturity against seven objectives and 39 key HR activities. On a scale of 1 to 5, where does your organization stand? Evaluate your HR organization’s functional maturity to reveal gaps between where you are and where you want to go. See how you stack up across seven objectives and 39 discrete […]

Often, depictions of skyscrapers are through photographs. Whether capturing the building in its entirety through an urban or aerial shot, or simply framing a piece of the whole, rarely do we see drawings. Sections tell you about the human scale of a work, how things come together and how a building is made. Standing as […]

Even though Siri and Alexa are chatbots that many people now believe they can’t live without, it was the SmarterChild chatbot that lived on many people’s buddy lists in 2000, and that gave humans their first widespread exposure to chatbots. You can’t sacrifice the performance of the bot for its personality. Once you ensure the […]

Workplace trends are constantly evolving and building owners and facility managers are being tasked with a lot. With the latest building connectivity, cloud-based architectures and wireless and low-cost sensors, organizations can take advantage of a platform that provides data-driven insights to adapt the workspace they offer to meet the evolving needs of their workforce. The […]

Proper alignment between workspace design and company culture can be inspiring, motivating, and promote the values of an organization. What do you see when you look around your workplace right now? Are people inspired? Effective work place design starts with first identifying the core values and goals of your business before formulating the physical design […]

NEW YORK CITY-In 2019, modern, open office settings are commonplace. Companies often haven’t strategized past this to consider how they can tailor their office settings to empower their unique businesses and not be just another office with fewer walls and more standup desks. A major part of aligning office space with business goals is having […]