This June 2021 report by Schneider Electric in partnership with WORKTECH Academy sets out to define “flexible buildings.” With more flexible work patterns, flexible teams and flexible organizations, the market will naturally come to demand “flexible buildings” more and more as well. How should the term flexible building be defined? How should its key attributes be understood? This report provides practical considerations on how to specify and procure a flexible building. Designing for change, developing data science skills within the CRE team and treating flexibility as an office amenity are among the key issues raised.
Key words: Access Controls, Building Retrofits, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Cloud & Data Analytics, Employee Productivity, Energy Efficiency/Management, Healthy Buildings, HVAC & Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Identification Systems