In a recent CoStar article, James Hallworth, Partner and Head of Building Technology at Workman LLP, explores why rising temperatures are redefining building performance and why climate resilience must become a strategic priority for commercial real estate. James explains that increasingly frequent heatwaves are exposing the limitations of traditional cooling strategies, making data-led building optimisation…
As featured in Completely Retail News this month, James Hallworth, Partner and Head of Building Technology at Workman, highlights the compelling case for intelligent building optimisation in retail and why the results speak for themselves. IBOS delivered significant sustainability improvements across five retail destinations (from 1 May 2025 to 30 April 2026): Beyond the headline savings,…
The hidden truth about building management systems… we explore why having a BMS doesn’t mean your building is optimised. In commercial real estate, few assumptions are more widespread or more costly than this: “A BMS will optimise your building.” It’s a belief held across boardrooms and facilities teams alike. After all, if you’ve invested in…
Our Intelligent Building Operating System (IBOS) team has expanded with two new expert appointments as the service grows to cover 9.2 million sq. ft of commercial property, delivering £6.5m of savings on clients’ energy bills.
How does IBOS act as a multiplier for our Welcome Offices service? See how the collaboration between these teams has delivered cumulative savings of £3m for 10 properties…
Our Intelligent Building Operating System (IBOS) team has expanded with two new expert appointments as the service grows to cover 9.2 million sq. ft of commercial property, delivering £6.5m of savings on clients’ energy bills.
IBOS has delivered £6.5m of savings on clients’ energy bills to date, saving 31,200,000 kWh of energy, and preventing 3,400 tonnes of CO2e from entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
Just like cars, buildings are vulnerable to equipment deficiencies and general wear and tear over time. These can cause buildings to deviate or “drift” away from their intended operational status, as commissioned when they were initially designed and built.
Reducing energy intensity in buildings is key to improving energy efficiency, lowering operational costs, and easing environmental impact.
Energy intensity has long been touted as the most effective way to measure – and thereby reduce – energy usage across the entire real estate sector, but what is the measure, and what do property investors need to know about it?
A smart operating system for building automation that saves carbon and reduces its operational energy consumption surely remains something of a holy grail? Maybe not, as Tim Clark reports in Build in Digital.
As featured by the Better Buildings Partnership, Workman has partnered with clients to roll out its Intelligent Building Operating System (IBOS) across millions of sq. ft of commercial space.