Imagine an office that changes its shape and feel based on who is using it. Instead of you struggling with a noisy room or bad lighting, the walls move, the glass tints, and the desks adjust automatically. It is like having a workspace that breathes and adapts to your needs in real-time.
Open-plan offices are energy-efficient but cause worker dissatisfaction due to noise, lack of privacy, and poor lighting. Current 'smart' buildings fail because they don't address multiple risk factors at once or consider individual user preferences.
Six physical prototypes: electrochromic glass, lighting/HVAC controls, modular adaptive layers, kinetic acoustic ceilings, height-adjusting desks, and mobile robotic partitions.
If you are a developer dealing with high vacancy rates due to poor office layouts — this project developed a system of robotic partitions and adaptive ceilings that allows a single space to serve multiple conflicting needs. This increases the value of the square footage by making it truly flexible.
If you are a consultancy dealing with worker dissatisfaction and health risks in open-plan offices — this project developed evidence-based recommendations and indicators to measure the impact of adaptive technology. This allows you to provide clients with proven ways to reduce health risks.
If you are a manufacturer dealing with fragmented smart products that don't work together — this project developed an orchestrated system combining electrochromic glass, lighting, and kinetic ceilings. This provides a blueprint for integrating separate products into one coordinated health-focused system.
Based on available project data, specific pricing is not provided, but the project aims to ensure recommendations are cost-effective to implement.
The project is testing these technologies in three different real-world hybrid workplaces, suggesting a path toward industrial scale.
Based on available project data, the IP structure is not specified, but the project involves 8 industry partners and 5 SMEs who are developing the prototypes.
The project specifically involves OSH experts and building certification consultants to ensure the results meet health and wellbeing standards.
Based on available project data, the project runs from 2024 to 2027, but specific installation timelines for end-users are not listed.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward commercial application, with a 50% industry ratio (8 industry partners, including 5 SMEs). This balance between 5 universities and 8 companies across 10 countries suggests a strong focus on moving research from the lab into actual building products.
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