Artur Wiederkehr

Energy Efficiency and New Work – Merck KGaA embarks on the workplace of tomorrow

Daniel Mihaljevic, IT Manager at Merck Real Estate, talks about the challenges of effectively integrating large amounts of data and how they succeeded in implementing building automation using sensor data. We also discuss how Merck Real Estate utilizes an IoT-based smart building platform from CREM SOLUTIONS to efficiently manage spaces and organize workplace reservations. Another guest in this episode is Artur Wiederkehr, Senior Consultant at CREM SOLUTIONS. He shares about the close collaboration between the project teams of both companies and how they ensured data security and sovereignty. He also discusses the different user data and how it is analyzed and processed into various levels of complexity. In this episode, we also take a look at the achieved results, particularly how the Merck Real Estate team is now able to make better-informed decisions, optimize processes, and simultaneously save energy and rental costs. Episode 99 at a glance (and click): [06:00] Challenges, potentials and status quo – This is what the use case looks like in practice [13:50] Solutions, offerings and services – A look at the technologies used [30:45] Results, Business Models and Best Practices – How Success is Measured