Commercial buildings are often plagued by hidden energy costs due to inefficient operations, outdated systems, and unpredictable occupancy patterns. Studies show that on average, up to 30% of energy in commercial properties is wasted—an inefficiency that can quickly erode profits. As real estate managers search for sustainable solutions, AI-driven technology has emerged as a game-changer. Solutions like R8 Jenny are specifically designed to detect inefficiencies, optimize energy consumption, and provide real-time adjustments, driving energy savings on average more than 20%.
Table of ContentsThe Challenge: Unseen Inefficiencies and High CostsWhy AI is the Optimal Solution for Energy ManagementOptimizing Operations with Real-Time DataHow R8 Jenny Delivers on average more than 20% Energy
How R8 Digital Operator connects with a building through the internet?
Actually, when saying „to connect with the building” we mean that R8 Digital Operator connects with the Building Management System (BMS) as this is the core control centre of building’s maintenance. It is done using software feature called application programming interface (API), which is a common solution for many kind of different integrations (used in banks, media-business etc).
The API is a standard module in the BMS, maintained by the BMS’s manufacturer. There are also BMS’s that don’t have an API and in those cases we interact with the industry’s standard protocols like OPC-UA or BACnet/IP.
Should the client worry about the connection safety?
Security has a crucial importance for us and for the R8 Digital Operato
The European PropTech Association – PropTech House has selected semi-finalists of the PropTech Startup & Scale-up Europe Awards 2022 and we got the GOOD news – R8 Technologies has been selected to TOP50 of best PropTech companies in Europe, already for a 3rd year in a row!
The 50 shortlisted startups will be invited to the Semi-Final, a live-pitch session on the 27th and 28th of June 2022in Brussels, in the presence of the board members, the Representative of the European Commissioner and all the jury members.
R8 Technologies CEO Siim Täkker: "It is very motivating to see that R8 Digital Operator once and again receives an attention and differentiates from many other PropTech solutions. In those times of volatile and peaking energy prices our energy efficiency solution is something t
No matter if it’s a shopping mall, hotel or office – when it comes to commercial real estate, there’s always a need for smarter and better maintenance, longer building life span, smaller environmental footprint and better indoor climate - in other words, we are talking about GREEN buildings.
The demand for making buildings green is only rising - it is driven by global warming, environmental regulations, growing focus on occupant health and most certainly booming energy prices.
An internationally acknowledged method to prove your commercial building’s sustainability is sustainability certification. One of the most prominent is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). It is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement and also the most widely used green building
Can there be anything more convincing when your client makes a video about your energy efficiency solution supporting their buildings? This is exactly Ülemiste Centre has done and we are glad to share it!
Ülemiste Centre is the largest retail and entertainment center in Estonia with 125.000m2. Visitors’, tenants’ and employees’ satisfaction together with sustainability goals are main priorities.
We are proud to support Ülemiste Centre's sustainability goals with our R8 Digital Operator since 2020. And the results – in this 3 minute video produced by Ülemiste, their CEO Guido Pärnits is speaking about the benefits of using R8 Digital Operator and our CEO Siim Täkker is explaining how the AI works.
Guido Pärnits: “Automatic climate control in cooperation with R8tech brings us three posi
Glad to share that we have joined GreenDice! As sustainability is the very core value of our main product, the R8 Digital Operator, we are now giving it a go also on our company’s ICT level.
The circular economy, like the one GreenDice represents in IT-goods sector, eases the load from the nature - and so we see it logical co-operation and are good to go to make our environment more sustainable.
If you are interested in achieving your company’s ESG goals and saving up to 30% in energy costs, don’t hesitate to contact us - click here!
Siim Täkker graduated from Tallinn University of Technology in 2017 with a degree in integrated heating and ventilation engineering. He has been an international student at Aalto University in Finland and Electro-Communications University in Japan. Siim is the founder and CEO of R8 Technologies.
R8 Technologies goal is to efficiently use data related to buildings and to manage technical systems as economically as possible with the help of artificial intelligence.
What is the most important thing about indoor climate, something that everyone should know and observe at home and work?
It is the room comfortable and how economically has the required comfort been achieved.
Everyone can contribute towards reducing energy consumption and thereby also to curbing global warming. The easiest way to
Our UK area manager Trevor Miles participated in Smart Buildings Roundtable, organized by TLA Smart Cities in association with the UK Launchpad run by Arora Digital.
The purpose of the roundtable was to understand how the smart buildings agenda had progressed, particularly considering recent changes in social, political and economic factors such as the pandemic, COP26 and the recent surge in energy prices.
Roundtable's participants were Eric Woods (Guidehouse Insights), Anakha Nambiar (Westminster Council), Wayne Saggers (Southend Council), Ashley Bateup (Chess UK) and Gary Sharkey (Big 6 Consultancy). Moderator was Sandeep Arora (Arora Digital),
Here is a short video about the main keynotes, divided under different themes and here is the keynotes PDF version.
https://youtu.be/jR
R8 Technologies is proud to join forces with 400 leading digital companies for the Time for Climate Action campaign. On dedicated the website, you can see what we - and other companies - are doing to protect the climate, all year round. We invite you to join us! When it comes to climate action, we’re on the same journey as you – learning how to reduce our carbon footprint and learning how our main product, the R8 Digital Operator, can save it for your commercial real estate you manage, day by day, step by step!The call for climate action comes at an acute time, harbouring benefits for both our planet and our society. As transitioning to green energy alternatives means cutting support for fossil fuel based regimes, it is also crucial to make existing and new buildings sustainable. And here
What would happen if we banished the high energy prices ourselves, as in controlled and curbed them to a significant extent? Such a statement may seem somewhat unrealistic to a bystander, but having been deeply involved in energy efficiency issues in commercial real estate for the past 5 years, I dare say that, at least for commercial real estate, it is anything but utopian. In fact, it is a matter of reducing energy consumption, which has a direct impact on energy costs.
But to begin with, did you know that as much as 18% of the world’s energy is spent on managing commercial real estate? And that 41% of that is spent on heating, cooling and ventilation?
This is an enourmous amount of energy, which, incidentally, in line with the climate neutrality targets set in the European Union, must
We are international proptech company scaling out the award-winning R8 Digital Operator. It is an Artificial Intelligence based SaaS solution, which significantly helps to reduce building energy costs, minimises CO2 emissions and supports facility managers to focus on more important duties. In short – we want to make the world a greener place and we call you to join with us on that important journey!
Right now we have multiple positions available with an immediate start. We look for passionate, curious, creative and solution-driven team players.
2nd Area Manager in the United Kingdom:
We are looking for an experienced sales orientated professional, who will work with the current UK area manager in with the full support by our HQ. Your primary focus is to open and manage the leads in the U
Start Up Energy Transition (SET), in cooperation with the German Energy Agency and the World Energy Council, announced the best technology companies in Berlin for the 6th time. The SET100 list is made up of the most promising global innovators in the field of energy, capable of transforming entire industries and shaping the future of energy use.
We are very proud to be selected as one of the three best technology companies in the category "Demand-side innovation"!
A total of more than 360 young technology companies from 69 countries (including Estonia, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, the USA, etc.) applied for the SET Award. After a careful examination of the applications by a jury of eminent and influential representatives from the energy sector, the 100 best energ
Our local partner EnergyPal headquartered in Bucharest has started promoting R8 Digital Operator to support commercial buildings’ sustainability and efficiency goals in Romania!According to Lucian Anghel, R8 Digital Operator as the 1st digital and the most effective team member of RE technical teams complements well the existing stock of 4 million m² of shopping centers and 3,2 million m²of offices in Romania.
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