Facility management (FM) is an industry consisting of facility managers, owners, occupants, and service providers across a broad cross-section of the economy. Typical sectors where FM operates include real estate property, buildings, technical infrastructure, HVAC, lighting, transportation, IT services, furniture, custodial, grounds maintenance and other user-specific equipment and appliances. In 2018, the European FM sector was valued €400 billion . However, it has been slow to adopt new technology. For example, in the European Union, buildings are responsible for 41% of total energy consumption, 60% of electricity use and 50% of the CO2 emissions. Nearly 75% of Europe’s building stock is energy inefficient . Facility Management attempts to strike a delicate balance of optimizing building occupancy, minimizing emergency maintenance while providing best-of-breed services to its occupants and users.
Additionally, today’s smart workplace management requires ongoing sustainability of a building’s indoor environment. FM managers are responsible for occupants’ physical and mental wellbeing. Existing building management systems (BMS) focus on a facility’s physical operational parameters but do not prioritize the users’ comfort in terms of temperature, access to natural light, air quality and ambient sound level. World Health Organization reports that an indoor workplace environment may be responsible for up to 35% of sick leaves and consequently for occupants' health issues and reduced productivity.
YodiFEMP is the only context-aware Integrated Workplace Management System that uses Artificial Intelligence and IoT technologies to harmonically manage energy resources, equipment maintenance and wellbeing, aiming at:
a. up to 53% energy saving
b. up to 25% reduced maintenance cost
c. fewer occupants' complaints about working conditions (gas, temperature, humidity, sound, lighting)
