Making Facilities Management More Data-Driven

Episode Summary: In the fifth episode of The Measure Podcast by Metrikus, our host Michael Grant is joined by John Weber, Head of Asset & Energy Management at International Real Estate Partners (IREP).

Theme: Efficiency

Episode highlights:

• John’s background and what he does currently at IREP (1.39)
• The role Facilities Management plays in driving efficiencies within buildings (3.41)
• How the digitization of buildings and technologies helps with efficiencies (7.31)
• The biggest challenges for Facilities companies and Facilities Managers in the coming years (10.20)
• How the industry is adapting to change (14.42)
• The benefits of automating facilities processes (16.15)
• Examples of innovation from within the Facilities sector (19.31)
• The benefits of predictive maintenance (22.32)

Key Takeaways:

• “Driving efficiencies I think needs to be led from the top, from a strategic approach. It needs to be written into the contracts in terms of performance.” - John
  
• “We look at the operational efficiency, we look at the energy consumption, and now we're into the realms of predictive maintenance.” -John
  
• “If you lined up five buildings next to each other, they all use the same CEM system, I’ll guarantee you get five different responses in terms of how good the system is, and the functionality that it uses.” - John
  
• “I don't think we're very good in the industry. We often will come up with new strategies, new focus at strategic or tactical level, but I don't think we transfer this well enough to the operational level on the ground, I think we need to make it as black and white as we possibly can.” - John
  
• “The biggest innovations will be driven by the more data that we can get and the more accurate the data is.” - John

Resources:

• Metrikus
• Metrikus Content Hub
• Knight Frank

Metrikus

Metrikus is a building efficiency platform that helps organizations to make their spaces more efficient, creating positive change for occupants and the environment. Our cloud-based platform achieves this by aggregating data from multiple sources – whether it’s from IoT sensors, the Building Management System (BMS), or elsewhere – into one central place. And once we’ve helped you get your hands on the right data, our platform then transforms it to make it easier to analyze, compare and contextualize. 

 

Michael Grant is the co-founder and COO of Metrikus. Michael is an operations, strategy and management professional with over 20 years in the technology sector. Specializing in technology, software, IoT, ESG and cloud, Michael has over 10 years’ experience working at Senior Management and C-Level and has dealt with large teams to deliver solutions with exceptional service – clients include those from banking, commercial real estate and IT sectors.