Business View Oceania | Volume 3, Issue 7

35 36 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 7 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 3, ISSUE 7 THE OBER I X GROUP for ways that can improve operations. We therefore spend significant time with our clients to understand their business, their objectives and ambitions. The conversation therefore isn’t about technology but about the performance of a building and the organization and how we can add to that for the investor, owner, operator, tenant and the environment.” Oberix labels, structures and stores data in a meaningful way to be used now and in the future. The company then runs processes between different users and building systems to create building efficiencies. For example, occupancy of a room can be used to trigger lights and air conditioning while counting the number of participants. This not only runs the room efficiently, it ensures the space is used most effectively. “It is these process scenarios that we try to understand and turn into key areas of focus for greater operational efficiencies within a property,” says Silvestro. Marion Huisman, Oberix Director of Innovation, explains, “Global leaders across industries and asset classes therefore choose to work with Oberix, this is because of the business focus on impacting ‘whole of building’ and ‘whole of business’ processes.” In turn, Oberix helps clients drive up capital value, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) credentials and seamless, frictionless user experiences – all of which client businesses need at their core. This demands focus on efficiency, ESG metrics and driving the cost base down. “Also, importantly, we can take an owner’s point of view, a portfolio view, and we can integrate legacy systems,” says Huisman. “Meaning, we can look at brownfield ageing assets and create better solutions. That is becoming particularly poignant because investors are increasingly engaging in global audits of portfolios to ensure climate resilience.” Dowling explains, “We use the term ‘master James Silvestro, Sales & Marketing Director system integration’ because it’s not just one product. For example, people counting is one thing we do. Some of our projects are just based around counting the population of a building, or a shopping centre, or a university or a public event. But then sometimes, people counting is just one component of a larger project and makes up just one or two percent of the dollar value of the project we deliver. As technology has evolved, we’ve diversified into these new streams and built solutions that we know are perfect for Australia, which is now distributed across the world.” One of the firm’s most notable projects is the $6 billion smart precinct Barangaroo South in Australia, completed in 2015. Oberix enabled remote visibility and optimised management of the precinct across 220,000 sqm and 3 vertical towers from one dashboard. This solution manages over 1 million data points, multiple facility systems as well as user-centric workflows for over 200 users. Operational Intelligence Team awarded for exceptional work at Barangaroo South