OFFICE PERFORMANCE
Hybrid working changed office occupancy.
Building operations did not adapt.
Match heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting to actual occupancy across floors, working days and seasons. Measure the impact on energy, comfort and operating cost.
THE OPERATING GAP
Office demand is no longer predictable.
Building schedules often are.
Occupancy changes by floor, working day and season. Yet many systems still operate as if every workspace were fully occupied.
01
Conditioned without demand
Entire floors can be heated or cooled despite only partial occupancy.
02
Conflicting systems
Heating and cooling may operate simultaneously in the same building.
03
Hidden out-of-hours loads
Night and weekend consumption, and technical faults, can remain undetected.
The result
Energy use no longer reflects how the office is occupied.
VARIABLE DEMAND
Office use is dynamic.
Building operation should be too.
Occupancy varies by hour, weekday and season. Static schedules do not. The objective is to operate the building according to actual demand.
01 · Time of day
Respond to
occupied hours
Align operation with occupied hours.
02 · Day of week
Adapt operation
across the week
Reflect differences between higher- and lower-occupancy working days.
03 · Season
Respond to
seasonal demand
Heating and cooling demand changes throughout the year.
Operating principle
Building operation follows actual demand.
ILLUSTRATIVE OFFICE BUSINESS CASE
One office.
Two sensitivity cases.
The same illustrative 30,000 m² office is tested at 15% and 20% operational reduction.
Common baseline
30,000 m²
net lettable area
5,400,000 kWh annual consumption
€563,054 annual energy cost
Case A
15% sensitivity
€84,458
operational saving per year
Energy saved
810,000 kWh
CO₂ avoided
159 t
Tenant share · 50%
€42,229
Landlord share · 50% gross
€42,229
Value sensitivity · 7.0% perpetuity
approx. €0.60m
Case B
20% sensitivity
€112,611
operational saving per year
Energy saved
1,080,000 kWh
CO₂ avoided
212 t
Tenant share · 50%
€56,305
Landlord share · 50% gross
€56,305
Value sensitivity · 7.0% perpetuity
approx. €0.80m
How to read the case
Illustrative sensitivity inputs, not expected results, not measured workcloud24 performance and not additive.
Landlord shares are gross before platform, integration and measurement-and-verification costs. The value lines are sensitivities, not valuations.
WORKPLACE PERFORMANCE
Tenants do not occupy energy certificates.
They occupy a workplace.
For the occupier, building performance becomes meaningful through cost, comfort, reliability, sustainability and data.
01
Cost
Energy use, service charges and occupancy cost.
02
Comfort
Temperature stability and fewer comfort complaints.
03
Reliability
Technical performance and response times.
04
Sustainability
Energy, carbon and building-performance information.
05
Data
Evidence for ESG and workplace decisions.
Measurable indicators
Tenant NPS · comfort complaints · tenant satisfaction · response times · technical reliability · occupancy cost per m² · ESG-data availability
Each measure can support a business outcome. None follows automatically.
MARKET EVIDENCE
Sustainability influences
rent, take-up and renewal.
Independent research shows how certified and higher-performing offices differ in the market.
CBRE
+4.9%
Rental premium
Certified office buildings compared with non-certified stock.
CBRE
26% / 50%
Stock / take-up
Certified offices represent 26% of stock and 50% of take-up.
CBRE
60%
Renewal decisions
Occupiers citing sustainability as a factor in renewal decisions.
Knight Frank
8.93 yrs
Average lease length
EPC A London offices, compared with 6.21 to 6.69 years for EPC C to E.
How to read the evidence
Observed market differentials, not effects attributable to workcloud24 and not guaranteed outcomes.
CBRE: 23,750 European office leases and European Office Occupier Survey 2025. Knight Frank: London office lease-length research.
THE WORKCLOUD24 SOLUTION
From building data to office performance and business value.
01 · Connect
Bring building data together
BMS, meters, IoT, sensors, energy, occupancy and weather data are read in parallel.
02 · Understand & optimise
Turn information into action
AI optimisation, anomaly detection, forecasting, benchmarking and fault detection identify priorities.
03 · Verify & translate
Connect performance to decisions
Measure energy, CO₂, comfort, reliability and cost, then relate the evidence to tenants, income and value.
Each level can support the next. None of them follows automatically.
VALUE FOR THE OFFICE
Shared evidence. Different decisions.
For occupiers
A better workplace experience
01
Clearer occupancy costs
02
Measurable comfort and satisfaction
03
Visible operational reliability
04
Accessible sustainability data
For owners
A clearer asset perspective
01
Monitored operating performance
02
Evidence for tenant dialogue
03
Operational savings linked to NOI
04
Evidence for asset management
PROJECT APPROACH
Start with the building you already have.
Measurement comes first. The implementation decision follows the evidence.
01
Assess
Read the existing building
Bills, meters, BMS, schedules, occupancy and technical systems.
02
Report
Establish the baseline
Identify base loads, HVAC conflicts and optimisation potential.
03
Agree
Agree the model
Owner and tenant agree how verified value will be shared.
04
Optimise
Implement and verify
Improve operation, measure results and track agreed business KPIs.
Assessment before commitment
Make the existing building work better before deciding where major CapEx is needed.
OFFICE WHITE PAPER
From office operations
to asset performance.
Explore the assumptions and evidence behind operational optimisation in office buildings.
Operational savings
Tenant performance
Asset value
Offices · Sustainable operations
A PRACTICAL FIRST STEP
Start with one office building. See what the data already shows.
Begin with the bills, meter data and systems you already have. We will show where operation and occupancy drift apart, what can be verified and which next step makes sense.
No upfront fee · No obligation
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
The essentials, before we talk.
Three practical questions about starting with an existing office building.
Can workcloud24 use the systems already installed?
What does the initial assessment include?
How are verified savings shared between owner and tenant?