Mobility Data In Proptech - Elementary, Watson.

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A decade ago, most visiting cards only featured the office landline number on them and heck, folks would even call up on landlines. Today, no one even mentions the word 'cell' or 'mobile' before the word phone - a phone simply implies a mobile phone. 

In a parallel, with the way proptech is taking over the real estate sector, all workflows (construction included) will soon become impossible to execute without the use of tech - meaning the word proptech, like the word mobile will go out of circulation. 

Hang On, That's A Long Time Away

Oh yes, but cut to the present, mobility is the proptech word of this decade. 

Why mobility: Per industry watchers, one of the most important types of data in real estate development today is mobility data. 

Reimagining New Development

Increasingly nowadays, when real estate is designed or built, the promoters first try to understand how people may move around the building or area, which places are likely to get crowded and so on. 

Real estate tech is now capable of making detailed projections regarding mobility and help design spaces on the basis of these projections. 

Empowering Existing Buildings

In existing buildings equipped/retro fitted with building management systems (BMS) which manage their lighting, air conditioning and heating systems, mobility data can quickly teach usage patterns to the BMS - when to dim lights in specific areas, which areas to cool, and at what times. 

In One Sip

Today, the real estate sector fully understands the challenges it faces on the path to sustainability and net zero, and stakeholders believe that this planet-saving transition can be made much more achievable with the use of mobility data to understand exactly how living spaces are used, and how our buildings operate.