Tech is crucial for better office health...

astudio’s founder and CEO Richard Hyams highlights how 'Tech is crucial for better office health' in Property Week...

The Property Week article 'Eight million office workers unable to return to offices’ suggested how workplaces may need to adapt in the immediate term when we exit from lockdown.

However, de-densification should not be the only solution for improving workplace health. Retrofitting with new technology can play a crucial role in this, as well as aiding workplace productivity and helping to meet the UK’s target for net-zero emissions by 2050.

Technology can be a catalyst for healthier workplaces in the wake of Covid-19, with sensors, body heat monitors and contactless interfaces ensuring that people can move through buildings in the safest ways possible.

For example, technology to monitor footfall like that installed in one of our recently completed office projects can be enhanced with sensors that monitor occupational density. This data can alert people to the risk profile of different areas in a building and encourage behavioural changes.

Read more of the article here.