Five Years of Evolution, From Data to Quantified ROI
We’re proud to announce that Ubiqisense has renewed its Solution Certification with the Smart Building Collective, marking five years of collaboration and continuous innovation.
Over that time, we’ve had a front-row seat to their evolution, and it has been nothing short of remarkable.
What began as powerful occupancy and utilization insight has evolved into something far more strategic: a platform capable of quantifying the true ROI of space across people, planet, and financial performance.
From the early days of deployment to today’s sophisticated financial modeling capabilities, Ubiqisense has consistently pushed the boundaries of what smart building technology can deliver.
“Over the past five years, we’ve witnessed Ubiqisense transform from a strong utilization analytics provider into a strategic partner capable of quantifying how space impacts people, sustainability performance, and bottom-line financials. Their ability to translate behavioral data into clear ROI metrics represents exactly the type of evolution our certification framework is designed to recognize and support.”
— Nicholas White, Managing Partner, Smart Building Collective
Certification Themes:
Not a checklist but a dynamic process to score the existence and use of technology to measure
Building Usage
How people use the building informs the decisions of what space, amenities, system automation, and adjustments are required to better serve the needs of the users. If the needs of the user can be more effectively met, improvement to performance and cost base can be more easily realized.
Building Performance
Visibility into a building’s performance from a system perspective but also amenities, and machine management, allows optimization of operations and elimination of unnecessary costs or waste. This theme looks towards optimization of investment, improved efficiencies, consumption, and a minimization of environmental impact.
Building Environment
The physical environment of the building has never been more important than it is now. Healthy environments and more importantly data proving that environments are healthy will increasingly be required by users, building owners, and even governments.
Health, Safety, and Security
Technology is the only way we know if buildings are compliant with health and safety standards and truly capable of keeping users safe. Safety is a basic human requirement that all other aspects are built upon.
User Behavior and Collaboration
Smart Buildings are intrinsically connected to their function and the people inside of them. This theme explores how the building empowers user behavior and collaboration, supporting the maximization of value and purpose of the space.
Integrative Design and Connectivity
How well are the solutions integrated with one another and the building? The least number of solutions for the maximum benefit. Elimination of department silos and seamless system integration. Smart building and business continuity is dependent on internet connectivity levels within the building. This section explores integrative design and connectivity in detail.
Moving Beyond Data to Demonstrated Impact
In today’s market, “smart” is no longer about dashboards or sensors alone. It’s about measurable outcomes.
Ubiqisense has developed a robust integrated ROI calculator that translates space utilization data into tangible business impact, including:
People: Workplace experience, engagement, productivity indicators, and behavioral insights
Planet: Sustainability metrics, energy optimization, carbon impact related to occupancy patterns
Profit: Leasing efficiency, right-sizing opportunities, energy savings, and optimized operating costs
This ability to connect utilization data directly to financial modeling is what separates insight from action, and technology from strategy.
Their platform now enables asset owners and occupiers to answer critical questions:
How much unused space is costing us?
What is the financial impact of hybrid working patterns?
How can we align sustainability goals with real occupancy behavior?
Where can we reduce energy consumption without compromising experience?
A massive shift from technology to value, Ubiqisense is leading the way.
“Our partnership with Smart Building Collective has challenged and supported us to continuously elevate our impact. Together, we’ve explored market needs moving us beyond measuring occupancy to truly quantifying the value of space, across people, planet, and profit. The certification process has helped sharpen our focus on outcomes and transparency, strengthening both our product and our market positioning.”
— Palle Dinesen, Ubiqisense
In a market defined by hybrid work, rising energy costs, ESG pressures, and increased scrutiny on real estate portfolios, organizations can no longer afford assumptions about space performance.
They need:
Evidence
Transparency
Quantified business cases
Their renewed Solution Certification reflects not just product maturity, but measurable contribution to smarter, more responsible, and more financially resilient real estate strategies.
About Ubiqisense:
Ubiqisense creates technology for spaces to benefit people and planet. Their solution takes its point of departure in sensor & IP camera intelligence which measures and gathers anonymized data on occupancy of any given space. Today, 75% of the building stock is energy inefficient. So, knowing the occupancy of any building – be it corporate, public or educational institutions – holds the key to reducing energy consumption and emissions. We are on a journey to enable data driven and intelligent buildings that waste less energy and where people thrive. Their solution is built for seamless integration with numerous smart building solutions enabling holistic management across entire buildings and services. They serve companies and organisations in more than 20 countries globally.
For more information on Smart Building Certification or Ubiqisense, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
