Equans plays key role in delivering industry-leading ‘smart’ building in Leeds
- Equans has installed its Smartr Multisense platform at King Street, Leeds
- Smartr enables the integration of technology to deliver advanced smart buildings
- Smartr is an offer of Equans Digital, accelerating the digital transition for customers
Equans has been instrumental in the digital transition of the newly refurbished 12 King Street, Leeds, into an industry-leading example of a 'smart' building - through the installation of its Smartr Multisense platform.
Owned by Fiera Real Estate UK (FRE UK) and Opus North, 12 King Street is a 54,000 square foot development set over seven floors, that was re-designed to put wellbeing and sustainability at its heart.
Delivering a smart, cross functional building
The Smartr Multisense device network installed in the building by Equans connects people, things and places by providing the integration of infrastructure and management of all of the different intelligent systems. This enables users to customise their own experiences, whilst delivering major operational benefits to the building operators.
King Street has achieved its advanced 'smart' status through the implementation of a range of smart, connected building technologies operated on demand through a vast network of multi-sense devices. These include EnOcean, Blue Tooth Low Energy (BLE), Zigbee, Dali, WiFi, PIR, and Lux. All of these technologies are cross- functional and interactive within a single Mulitsense network device and together they help manage the need for services such as heating, cooling, lighting and cleaning, as well as space management due to real-time monitoring of occupancy levels.
The newly renovated building also has a BREEAM Excellent rating and will deliver a 14% reduction in carbon emissions, 29% less energy consumption for heating and cooling and 42% less water consumption. As a smart building, sensors throughout the building will ensure it remains optimised.
“ We are delighted to have partnered with Fiera Real Estate UK and Opus North to support the digital transition of King Street into a industry-leading smart, integrated and connected building. The success has been possible due to a shared ambition and vision to positively change the way the refurbishment of a building is delivered, driving innovation for a better-connected workplace.” ”
Equans Digital, accelerating the digital transition
Through it's innovative Smartr platform, Equans develops, deploys and integrates market leading smart technology to enhance the built environment. By acting as a strategic partner Equans is also able to generate value for building owners, operators and users through cost and carbon reduction as well as the enhancement of building performance and usability. Smartr enables users to remotely interact with their building and its assets - benefitting people and the environment, as well as optimising cost.
Smartr is one of a range of offers from Equans Digital - which brings together the ICT and digital expertise of Equans - comprising of 6,000 employees - a global network of specialists to help customers develop their performance and accelerate their digital transition. This buoyant and fast-growing market represents a turnover of one billion euros for Equans.
“ Choosing Smartr and deploying these smart technologies was, for us, the obvious way forward. Now, we are future-proofed and have the flexibility to keep on modernising. This is critical to supporting the ESG agenda, and something we can clearly demonstrate to our investment stakeholders through the building’s performance reporting. I am proud of our commitment to delivering a truly future-proofed building that is energy-efficient and provides the ultimate end-user experience ”
About Smartr
Though its innovative Smartr platform Equans develops, deploys and integrates market leading smart technology to optimise building use and performance.
About EQUANS in the UK & Ireland
In the UK & Ireland, Equans is a provider of technical services, FM, regeneration and energy services – with specialist capabilities in smart buildings, green mobility, district & embedded energy and decentralised renewables. Our 13,500 employees combine these activities to help businesses, public sector organisations and government to embrace the energy transition towards net zero - and also the digital and industrial transitions that are together redesigning the way we move, work and live.
Globally, Equans is a world leader in energy services with nearly 100,000 employees working in more than 50 countries, with an annual turnover of 17 billion euros. Equans is a Bouygues group company.
