SMART OFFICE FOR REDUCING SPACE USAGE – a software and smart object solution that halves work surfaces and reduces the associated environmental impact
Country of development/application:
France
Scope of innovation
☒ Office work
☐ Production / Service supply process
Sector-specific
☐ Yes / please, specify sector(s):
☒ No (relevant for all sectors)
Description of the needs
Technologies are taking a growing place in our daily lives. While they are supposed to simplify our lives, paradoxically their use generates stress, their intrusion causes questions and their progress creates constraints.
Z # BRE reverses the course of things to allow us to get the most out of them, by making them: intuitive, respectful of our privacy, scalable…
Description of the solution
An IoT platform for connected services: thanks to the Z # BRE service platform, companies can now connect an unlimited number of sensors, equipment and communication protocols.
Real estate companies, property companies, facility management companies, human resources departments and work environment managers can equip themselves with their own business software while using the same platform to collect real data from spaces. All connected objects can be maintained in operational condition and the security of data and flows can be monitored. Companies can benefit from customizable rules, alert systems and analysis of data from different objects and software on the same platform. Businesses no longer need to worry about hardware compatibility, software integration and connectivity.
Z # BRE in a few words:
• Deployments in a few hours only.
• An architecture technology from military world.
• Use cases reconfigurable and evolving.
Major pillars:
• Performance of spaces
Simply find an office, a meeting room, an available phone box.
Release automatically after a few minutes if no one shows up or in case of early departure.
Understand usage and anticipate needs. Data provides real insight into trends to optimize layout.
Measure, analyze, adapt: occupancy of workstations; occupancy and counting of meeting rooms, phone boxes, parking spaces, charging stations, etc.; counting of buildings, floors, open spaces, etc.
• Experience employees
The personalized employee experience is essential to creating a sense of belonging.
Check availability at a glance at the entrance to a space or on a desk.
Wireless electronic ink display provides high readability. Updated without moving, it simplifies everyone’s life.
Description of the effect
Environmental benefits:
• Ultra low powered smart objects: no coper, no wires and no technical infrastructure.
• 40 % space waste avoided – resulting in avoiding more commercial real estate construction within city and for the world.
• 40 % of energy saved due to the important space reduction.
• E-paper smart objects consume 6000 less than LCD displays: to be consistent with this approach, Z#BRE only relies on innovative technologies, with very low carbon consumption, wireless, Bluetooth low energy, energy-efficient and innovative.
Financial benefits:
• For SMEs: payback time within the first 6 months – just based on the economy of office rent and energy wasted.
• 40% of rent price less every month: hundred of thousands for medium size company and millions of euros saved every year for large companies.
Company/companies that developed/implemented/offer the innovation
With 6 years of experience, Z # BRE is a French company specializing in the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence. The company developed its business expertise based on a conviction: technology must above all serve people and facilitate uses. After an activity dedicated to technical and strategic advice for large companies and local authorities, Z # BRE then specialized in the development of the first IoT platform for connected services capable of deploying all types of use cases intended for real estate, tertiary and the work environment.
Z#BRE gathers under a SaaS platform a portfolio of wireless and low energy IOT solutions for the workplace. Solutions to measure, understand, and optimize the occupation of buildings, reduce unused square feet and the environmental impact associated with it.
Additional information
Video: Smart Office solutions
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