A smart office – rethinking efficiency

If you've set out to upgrade the office where your company operates, you can consider the option of a smart office. Even if it appears to be a major investment, the return on a smart office can be highlighted both by the energy it helps you save and by increasing employee productivity. With KNX systems,every room in the office can be managed quickly with control panels and special smartphone or laptop apps.

Reception

The reception room is one of the most populated areas of an office: most employees pass through here, as well as visitors or customers of your company. That is why it is recommended that in this area you create a central control panel for the entire building, as well as a presence detection system. For easy access to the building, you can opt for a code access system and integrated video camerathat will free you from key care.

With these devices built into your office, you'll be able to check the status of each room directly from the reception room. You'll also be able to customize specific actions for a specific floor or just a few of your offices. Another utility of the central control system could be given by the possibility of checking that all employees have left the office before starting the power saving system, but also that the windows or other devices are properly closed.

Individual offices

If each employee works in an individual office, you can help them save time by optimizing light, heat, or air conditioning automatically, or via an app on their phone or computer. Light control can be done through both presence and light sensors,which can control blinds. Thus, the bulbs can open and close depending on the area of the office where you are at any given time, and the blinds are controlled according to the level of sunlight that enters the office. Moreover, for situations where you leave but forget to turn off the lights, they will be automatically interrupted via motion sensors.

In the case of temperature, it shall be adjusted automatically according to the preferences established for the room concerned. Each time you open the window, the heating system can automatically turn on a protection module for frost or heat. Of course, it is also advisable to integrate a manual control panelfor situations where you prefer a higher brightness or perhaps another temperature.

Open-plan offices

Smart office systems also take into account the situation where employees in different departments work in a common space. In this case, we focus on optimizing the conditions under which they operate, and for this we use presence sensors as well as extension cords with automatic switch.

You can use sensors to set the temperature and detect how crowded a particular area is. Depending on this, the light stops automatically if there is no one in that area and the heat will be reduced when more than one person is present. All devices in the room will also be able to be controlled by a control panel in the middle of it to facilitate quick access.

Conference room

For successful meetings and presentations, the conference room must always be properly prepared. If you opt for a smart office, you'll forget about these worries, as the perfect environment is created automatically through special systems. The same presence, motion, light and temperature sensors are responsible for automating this room, and the control panel gives you the ability to manually control each feature. What's more, you can create usage scenariosso that a single action will set all the devices you need at the same time.

Why invest in a smart office

If you're still wondering why it's worth upgrading your current office, our experience assures us that you'll get your investment back faster than you'd expect. First, a smart office helps substantial savings on your electricity billby being able to automatically turn off certain devices that are no longer in use.

Advantages of a smart office:

0% wasted space

25% econimisite energy

50% faster to install

100% flexibility

Another advantage is the increase in employee productivity,which will no longer have to waste time adjusting the temperature, seting blinds or other devices. Most actions will be performed automatically or can be controlled much more easily through control panels or dedicated applications. Smart desks are also much more flexible and will help you save space by making every area of your office more efficient.