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The Edge: Greenest Building Runs on Data
9 Jun
Summary
- The Edge office in Amsterdam uses a smartphone app to personalize light and temperature.
- This sustainable building generates more electricity than it consumes.
- Over 28,000 sensors monitor environmental conditions and user activity within the building.
The Edge in Amsterdam represents a new era of intelligent workspaces, integrating technology to personalize the daily experience for its occupants.
A dedicated smartphone app syncs with the building, recognizing users upon arrival, directing them to available parking, and finding suitable workspaces. The app also customizes environmental settings like lighting and temperature based on individual preferences.
Recognized as the world's greenest building, The Edge boasts an exceptional sustainability score. Its design incorporates solar panels that produce more energy than the building consumes, alongside an efficient aquifer thermal energy storage system for heating and cooling.
The building is equipped with approximately 28,000 sensors embedded in its infrastructure, including its LED lighting system. These sensors create a 'digital ceiling' that monitors motion, light, temperature, and humidity, enabling precise environmental control and optimizing resource usage.
This innovative approach, known as 'het nieuwe werken' or the new way of working, emphasizes resource efficiency and the optimal use of human capital. Hot-desking, where employees share a pool of desks, encourages collaboration and flexibility, with nearly a quarter of the space dedicated to communal meeting areas.
