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Advanced Facility Management: Embracing Tech for Adaptability
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How Smart Technologies Enhance Healthcare with IoT-driven Smart Occupancy Monitoring
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The Role of AI in Energy Management: Transforming the Industry for a Sustainable Future
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UK Net-Zero Ambition: Bridging Energy Efficiency and Carbon Control
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Embracing the Future: IoT, AI, and DIREK`s Role in the Modern World
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Leveraging AI and Big Data: The Future of Building Automation and Management Systems (BAMSs)
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Latest Smart Building Market Growth Trend and Technologies Optimising Energy Consumption
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Exploring the Need for Future Office Space and How to Achieve a Smart, Sustainable and Flexible Work Environment
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Green Skills Gap Solutions: Advanced Occupancy Monitoring for UK Sustainable 2050 Goals
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The Role of Occupancy Sensors in Smart HVAC: Revolutionising Energy Efficiency
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Updated building regulation on ventilation systems in UK
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Net Zero Week and what we can do to accelerate it
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Importance of Occupancy Monitoring After the Pandemic
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Wates Innovation Partner with DIREK
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Wasted Energy in Commercial Buildings
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The Future Of Offices And Workspaces
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How to meet UK net-zero target by 2050?
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DIREK at the Innovate UK BridgeAI Annual Showcase 2024!
We are excited to announce our participation in the Innovate UK BridgeAI Annual Showcase 2024, a premier event celebrating the convergence of AI and industry. This year’s showcase will focus on the transformative power of AI technologies in drivin...
Embracing Modern Challenges in Facilities Management with DIREK
In 2023, facilities managers are navigating a complex landscape shaped by evolving workplace dynamics, technological advancements, and a heightened focus on sustainability. The challenges are manifold, ranging from adapting to hybrid work models t...
Advanced Facility Management: Embracing Tech for Adaptability
The integration of advanced technologies such as IoT and AI into the sphere of facility management is ushering in a new era of unprecedented efficiency and operational intelligence. As facility managers and technicians adapt to this technological ...
Energy Efficiency Strategies for UK Winter – Save Costs and Reduce Carbon Footprint
As the UK braces for potentially early snowfall following Storm Ciaran, LBC underscores the pressing need for robust energy conservation measures. Forecasters are wary of a temperature plunge pre-Christmas, while the Met Office projects mostly gen...
How Smart Technologies Enhance Healthcare with IoT-driven Smart Occupancy Monitoring
As the digital era unfolds, the healthcare industry is experiencing an unprecedented transformation. The Internet of Things (IoT), with its web of interconnected devices and systems, is spearheading this change. Insider Intelligence Magazine under...
The Role of AI in Energy Management: Transforming the Industry for a Sustainable Future
Introduction: The influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in the smart building energy management sector is nothing short of revolutionary. In a time where saving energy and efficient energy use are paramount, AI emerges as a key player in resha...
UK Net-Zero Ambition: Bridging Energy Efficiency and Carbon Control
Understanding the Landscape from FinTech Global’s Perspective The UK is ambitiously charting a path towards becoming the world’s premier Net Zero-aligned Financial Centre1. As highlighted by the recent article from FinTech Global, the UK’s commend...
Embracing the Future: IoT, AI, and DIREK`s Role in the Modern World
The technological horizon is continuously expanding, and a recent Forbes Enterprise Tech piece offers insights into the symbiotic growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). By 2024, the IoT ecosystem is projected to e...
Leveraging AI and Big Data: The Future of Building Automation and Management Systems (BAMSs)
Introduction The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data analytics into Building Automation and Management Systems (BAMSs) marks a significant milestone in the evolution of smart buildings. This technology not only enhances operat...
Latest Smart Building Market Growth Trend and Technologies Optimising Energy Consumption
Fortune Business insight expressed that the global smart building market is projected to grow from $80.62 billion in 2022 to $328.62 billion by 2029, at a CAGR of 22.2%. While the global smart infrastructure market is projected to grow at a CAGR o...
Exploring the Need for Future Office Space and How to Achieve a Smart, Sustainable and Flexible Work Environment
The last few years have permanently changed the workplace experience in a way nobody could have predicted and provided challenges but also opportunities for companies to maximise efficiencies in space and costs while meeting employee expectations....
Green Skills Gap Solutions: Advanced Occupancy Monitoring for UK Sustainable 2050 Goals
The Facilities Management Journal recently cast a spotlight on pressing challenges faced by the UK, with the Climate Change Committee‘s 2023 report emphasising the nation’s delay in achieving its net zero transition goals by 2050. The primary conc...
The Role of Occupancy Sensors in Smart HVAC: Revolutionising Energy Efficiency
Introduction In today’s rapidly evolving world, pursuing energy-efficient solutions has become increasingly imperative across various industries. HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) systems, significant contributors to energy consump...
Updated building regulation on ventilation systems in UK
Significant changes to Building Regulations Part F came into effect, and it has been taken into account from 15th June 2022 for Commercial buildings. Most building works in England must comply with the Building Regulations 2010. The Building Regul...
Net Zero Week and what we can do to accelerate it
Net Zero is the world’s answer to stopping climate change. The UK established rules on the 27th of June 2019, committing to Net-zero goals by 2050.
Importance of Occupancy Monitoring After the Pandemic
The pandemic has started a revolution in how we work. During the lockdown, most offices were forced to shut down, and businesses had to quickly adapt and source technology to enable home working for their employees. Throughout 2021, reopening plan...
Wates Innovation Partner with DIREK
We’re proud to be an innovation partner with Wates Group and part of the Wates Innovation Network. Our sustainable technology, SIMS, can help your business utilise building resources and space with unprecedented accuracy and enables services such ...
Wasted Energy in Commercial Buildings
Office buildings are one of the top five energy-intensive sectors of the UK building stock, accounting for 27.6 GWh, or 68% of total domestic electricity consumption per year. Commercial and real estate use account for 40% of the world’s energy co...
The Future Of Offices And Workspaces
Before the pandemic, occupancy studies revealed that office space was often under-used, with approximately 60% of the expected population in the building (JJL,2019). The last two years have seen a dramatic change from traditional office working to...
How to meet UK net-zero target by 2050?
According to the 2020 UK greenhouse gas emissions report, published by BEIS, the built environment is responsible for 41.4% of total greenhouse gas emissions, whereby residential, business and public sectors emit 67.7, 59.4 and 7.7 million tonnes ...
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