Why PropTech? The traditional real estate economy has some drawbacks. It is limited in its supply, has lengthy rental and payment processes, and suffers from a lack of automation and flexibility. PropTech companies try to tackle all of these challenges with innovative approaches.
PropTech 1.0 This generation was marked by the growth of online advertising sites. It all started in the 1980s with the invention of personal computers. Various real estate market analysis companies were formed that produced a large amount of real estate data. This wave ended in 2000 when the dot-com bubble burst. At the same time, real estate agencies were shifting their markets to the Internet.
PropTech 2.0 Advances in computing made the development of complex transactional environments faster and more accessible. The use of data analysis and virtual reality enabled the real estate market to offer better and more specialized services to clients.
While the first wave consisted mainly of established companies that went online, the second wave saw startups that are mainly active in the commercial, residential or mortgage sectors.
PropTech 3.0 New technologies offer more opportunities to optimize the real estate market. Innovations in the financial and legal sectors allowed the real estate industry to improve the transparency and fluidity of their operations with security mechanisms. Big data, AR and VR, 3D printing and cryptocurrencies will create opportunities to advance the real estate industry into the future.
Among the participants in the “SVIT-Switzerland Award Innovation in Real Estate” voting, we are giving away 3 x 2 entry tickets to participate in the award ceremony on August 30, 2021 (value per ticket CHF 240.—). One vote can be cast per email address. The winners will be determined and notified personally at the end of July 2021. No correspondence will be entered into about the raffle and the judges' decision is final.
In the future, MLP Finanzberatung SE will work with the digital solutions for live analysis of the real estate market from PriceHubble . According to a media release, the Zurich technology company is providing MLP with its headquarters in Wiesloch near Heidelberg with the software and extensive real estate data integrated into the MLP website. PriceHubble builds digital products based on the analysis of large amounts of data and artificial intelligence, with which current market trends and the development of real estate can be observed.
"Our consultants can quickly and efficiently respond to the needs of their customers, assess the market value of a property for purchase or sale and, based on this, develop the best strategy for real estate investments," says Marc-Philipp Unger, Head of Financing at MLP and Executive Board member at the subsidiary Deutschland.Immobilien, quoted in the media release. Real estate investments are often the largest and most emotional asset in a private finance portfolio. Therefore, they should be carefully considered and based on reliable data.
According to the press release, existing customers who already own a property will soon receive regular evaluation dossiers for their investment. Following on from this, MLP employees can talk to their clients about investments or a sale. The program is also intended to be used in discussions with potential customers who are just thinking about buying or selling a property, financing or converting a residential property and who just want to find out more.
The members of the German-speaking SVIT member organizations have the opportunity to determine the winner in a public vote. The nominees for the award can be found under the following link https://realestateinnovation.ch/.
Almost 1,400 participants from 46 countries and 6 continents ran for the “good cause” and set a sustainable example. With the cultivation of 6,000 trees, one for every kilometer covered, approx. 132 tons of CO2 are offset per year.
According to the motto “Do good and talk about it”, the organizers thank all participants and look forward to one or the other great additional commitment as part of the running event sponsored by Homegate AG , SPG Intercity Zurich AG and PropTechMarket in Switzerland. Numerous pictures, insights and experiences were shared on the set up social media wall.
Meno Lammers, founder of the PropTech for Good initiative in the Netherlands, collected a lot of rubbish from the roadside on the 6-kilometer route and thus gave the sustainability initiative its own “green stamp”. Others, on the other hand, used the Global Real Estate Run for their team building and were pleasantly surprised that the team spirit is still absolutely present despite the minimized exchange opportunities during the lockdowns. H&B Real Estate awaited the participating employees in Zurich with a spontaneous Slow Food aperitif and outdoor exchange. BuildingMinds, based in Berlin, used the participation for new employees to not only see their colleagues via virtual collaboration platforms, but also to get to know them personally in corona-compliant teams of two. PriceHubble was represented by 100 employees, friends and families in several countries – in Japan, Tunisia, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine and Singapore. Photos and videos were shared on a dedicated Slack channel, thus reawakening the international team spirit even in times of canceled business flights. However, many participants simply enjoyed the run for themselves, as a short break "to ventilate their heads" and to make room for new ideas.
The Zug-based cement giant Holcim is teaming up with three young Swiss companies, according to a media release . The aim is to advance innovative technologies in the construction sector and promote sustainability.
In cooperation with the Freiburg start-up Mobbot , for example, the integration of recycled building materials into 3D printing technology is to be promoted. Mobbot has developed the necessary 3D printing technology. Together with Holcim, it now wants to develop a concrete recipe that enables the use of recycled material in 3D printing.
Holcim has entered into another cooperation with the Bern-based company Neuustark . The spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ( ETH ) is developing a technology with which CO2 from the atmosphere can be permanently stored in recycled concrete. For this purpose, liquid CO2 is introduced into the demolition material. As part of the collaboration, neustark is investigating the CO2 conversion potential of the demolition concrete recycled by Holcim. In turn, Holcim is optimizing the concrete produced by Neustark. Holcim believes it is possible to integrate the neustark solution into its recycling process in the future.
The third collaboration between Holcim and the Ticino start-up company HeatNeutral has been agreed. This has developed an innovative combustion system that is intended to promote the decarbonization of production facilities. According to the information, the heating system works particularly efficiently and achieves an almost 100 percent combustion of fuels. This means that less fuel is required for the same output. In addition, the HeatNeutral system can also burn CO2-neutral oils such as vegetable oils, used cooking oils and biodiesel. Holcim is testing the solution in its concrete plant in Birsfelden BL.
Outstanding achievements are honored, regardless of the size of a company. The presentation of the awards as part of the Real Estate Award on June 21, 2021 is then also a special occasion where the real estate and construction industries meet. In the past few years, over 2,800 people have taken part in the Real Estate Award ceremony, making the event an important fixture on the real estate industry's agenda.
The jury of real estate experts and economists made a pre-selection from all the applications submitted: Based on criteria such as vision, strategy, pioneering spirit, originality, scalability and special service, the jury nominated three projects in each category for the Real Estate Award 2021.
In the category management: – Credit Trust – "The digital alternative to the debt enforcement extract – especially for managers" – VERIT Immobilien AG – "VERIT thinks the tenant onboarding process digitally through to the end" – PRIVERA AG «Tenant concerns intelligently automated – fast, lean, smart – IMOFIX» In the category
Project development: – NEST Interiors AG – "Idyllic residential area on the Fischingerbach" – Felix Partner Architektur AG – "West-Log" – CCTM Real Estate & Infrastructure AG – "Swiss Life Arena"
In the Marketing category: – Tend AG – "Bear Tower" – Marti Gesamtdienstleistungen AG – "Schäferhöhe – Get out of the stables" – LIVIT AG – "Guggachpark"
In the conversion / conversion category: Felix Partner Architektur AG – "From the ruin to the zero-energy balance house" – Credit Suisse Asset Manag. – «Transformation Schwarzenburgstr. Liebefeld » – Marazzi + Paul Architects AG – «Schönburg Bern»
In the Real Estate / Construction Digital category SV Group AG – "Stay KooooK" – Price Hubble AG – "Property Tracker" – SBB – "Smart City Lab Basel"
The real estate and construction industry now has the final say: From May 1 to June 15, 2021, the www. realestateaward.ch online for the nominated applications.
The winners will then be presented with the awards on June 21, 2021 at the Real Estate Award ceremony in Zurich. If this date is not possible due to any BAG regulations, the event will take place on August 30, 2021.
The real estate personality of the year, chosen by the jury, will also be honored on this evening.
At the same time as the Real Estate Award is presented, the SVIT Switzerland Award "Innovation in Real Estate" will be presented. https://realestateinnovation.ch/
Order tickets for the Real Estate Award ceremony at: www.realestateaward.ch or SVIT – https://realestateinnovation.ch/
The insurance group Helvetia continues to invest in the real estate sector. He has invested in the Hamburg company Baufi24 through the Helvetia Venture Fund. This started in 2006 as a search engine for mortgage lending. Since then it has positioned itself as a broker for real estate finance.
Baufi24 raised a total of 6.7 million euros in its financing round. In addition to Helvetia, the St. Gallen risk capital company Btov has invested. With the fresh money, Baufi24 wants to further develop its technology and expand its branch network in Germany.
“We believe in the experienced team at Baufi24 and see great potential for the digitization of real estate financing. Since the pandemic in particular, online offers in the area of finance have been in greater demand, ”said Michael Wieser, Managing Partner of the Helvetia Venture Fund, in a press release from Baufi24.
In Switzerland, Helvetia acquired the real estate and mortgage broker Moneypark in 2017. Investing in Baufi24 would now result in "interesting exchange opportunities for both sides", said Patrick Scherrer, Head of Strategy & M&A at Helvetia, in a Helvetia press release.
There are no special requirements for participation, only the will to complete 6 kilometers within 24 hours. Alone or with the family, at your own pace or with team support. Every participant is free to run or take a walk. A welcome occasion for a chat among work colleagues, for digital socializing in what seems to be eternal times of social distancing. A pleasant side effect: Exercising in the fresh air is not only good for the soul, one or the other kilogram of body weight due to the corona lockdown can also give way.
Anyone can take part – anywhere in the world. Those interested can register online at globalrealestaterun.com until April 28th. After registering, the participant receives access to a geotagged app. The route can be chosen freely and regardless of location. With this initiative, the organizers want to draw attention to the need for innovations to achieve sustainability goals in the real estate industry. Everyone can contribute something to this. Because sustainability is not a local but a global issue. Just like the Global Real Estate Run. Thanks to the main sponsors Homegate, SPG Intercity Zurich AG and PropTechMarket, a tree will be planted for each participant as a “green” sign.
The digitalswitzerland general assembly is called upon to approve a change at the top of the location initiative: Sascha Zahnd is to take over the presidency of the executive committee on July 1, informs digitalswitzerland in a message . The Bernese succeeds Ivo Furrer. Furrer had already announced when he took office that he would give up the presidency after three years in office.
By the end of 2020, Zahnd was "one of the closest employees of Tesla founder Elon Musk", the message further explains. At Tesla , the designated President of digitalswitzerland had acted as European boss and Vice President Global Supply Chain. Zahnd had previously worked for ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse and IKEA . He is currently active for mytheresa.com and Valora AG , among others.
"Sascha Zahnd is one of the most impressive top managers in Switzerland with a lot of international experience," Marc Walder, founder of digitalswitzerland, is quoted in the press release. The designated president of the location initiative stands for “innovation, transformation and entrepreneurship”. According to Walder, digitalswitzerland wants to continue campaigning for the country's digital transformation. Here the pandemic "relentlessly exposed Switzerland's existing weaknesses".
Ivo Furrer will stay on digitalswitzerland as a member of the board of directors. The vice presidency is to remain with the FDP National Council (SG) and entrepreneur Marcel Dobler.
Mobiliaracquired Flatfox on April 7th, informs the insurance cooperative in a message . The Zurich-based company has developed a platform with a free marketplace for real estate. Flatfox also offers corporate customers digital tools for the rental process.
With the takeover of Flatfox, Mobiliar wants to strengthen its real estate business. Founders and employees should remain active for Flatfox under the umbrella of Mobiliar, explains Mobiliar. In addition, the new acquisition will continue to operate under the brand name Flatfox. The two partners have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
The insurance cooperative is already active in the real estate sector together with Ringier with the marketplace Scout24 Schweiz AG as well as with the craftsmen platform buildigo and the tenant platform aroov.The aroov tenant platform developed jointly with Garaio REM is to remain independent, but will cooperate with Flatfox in the future. "The interaction between aroov and Flatfox offers private customers attractive services and complete solutions for real estate professionals, thanks to which they are present with the right offer at the right time with the tenants," explains Mobiliar COO Andrea Kleiner in the press release.
In addition to this offer on the tenant market, Mobiliar is planning to launch an offer for owners of residential property this summer, the press release further explains. The corresponding Liiva platform was developed by Mobiliar together with Raiffeisen.
SMEs based in the Zürcher Unterland can apply for an innovation award for the first time. The official announcement takes place in summer. This award is being launched by the new business and trade council of the Zürcher Unterland location association. It is endowed with 5000 francs. It is donated by the Zürcher Kantonalbank .
According to a press release, the ZKB Innovation Prize Zürcher Unterland will be awarded for the first time on October 1st at the new Zurich North business symposium in Glattfelden ZH. Both the innovation award and the business symposium are viewed by the Zurich Unterland Economic and Commercial Council, which was founded last autumn, as its first two “flagship events”.
According to Co-Managing Director Darius Daftarian, the Zürcher Unterland is still insufficiently perceived as a business location in a cantonal comparison. What is missing is “a regional and supra-regional awareness of the strength of the location”.
This is one of the reasons why the new economic and trade council wants to promote knowledge transfer for SMEs. To this end, existing economic and trade networks would have to be merged. "When different people with different backgrounds meet, everyone can benefit," said Michael Ricklin, President of the Dielsdorf ZH district trade association, quoted in the press release.
The coworking industry can look back on a difficult 2020, as stated in a press release by the industry association Coworking Switzerland . According to a survey, 56 percent of the association's members suffered losses in the past year. After the restrictions in spring 2020 and a subsequent recovery, the obligation to work from home, which was declared in autumn, hit the industry hard. In addition, the community concept is one of the essential aspects of the coworking concept, but is difficult to maintain in times of contact restrictions.
For the time after Corona, however, the industry is looking positively to the future. Many employees would like to not return to the office to the extent they were used to after the crisis. Instead, they want to make their working hours more flexible and use other locations for their work, according to Coworking Switzerland. The home office is an option here, but then there is no social exchange. In this respect, coworking spaces are the ideal alternative.
Coworking Switzerland refers here to a study by Deloitte. According to this, only 12 percent of those surveyed want to continue their work in the usual framework after the crisis. On the other hand, 62 percent would like more flexibility in the future, with 44 percent viewing the lack of social contacts in the home office as the greatest challenge.
The industry wants to take advantage of this opportunity. With 150 coworking spaces, there is a nationwide offer in Switzerland. Coworking Switzerland is now also starting a campaign in which attention is drawn to the advantages of coworking spaces. The association also produced a video for this.
The term blockchain should be familiar by now. Most associate it with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. That's right, where blockchain is just the technology and Bitcoin is a resulting application. Even if the technology may seem complicated, the Swiss blockchain expert Michael Trübestein is certain: “Blockchain technology is comparable to the beginning of the Internet. It won't go away anymore. At the moment it is just uncertain how it will develop. "
First you have to understand how a blockchain works: It consists of individual blocks – each of which stores data such as transactions. A blockchain works decentrally. In other words, anyone around the world can join a blockchain – virtually via a computer, of course. Every single computer stores all and exactly the same blocks that form a chain. Each block has its own «DNA». A new computer will only be admitted if it has been checked and verified by all other computers. Once programmed on a blockchain, it cannot be changed retrospectively by a single computer. For this, all computers would have to be involved – and that is exactly what makes the blockchain so secure. If a single computer tries to change the blockchain, the chain is immediately interrupted and the culprit is excluded.
"Hello World" in Baar is the first property in the world to be tokenized The possibilities of blockchain technology are enormous for the real estate industry, as Michael Trübestein says. He is professor for real estate management at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, with a focus on real estate investment and real estate asset management. Numerous companies are currently researching possible areas of application. “Currently there are only a few applications, such as in the land register or in the investment / financing area. The world's first tokenization of a property, the “Hello World” property in Baar, ”says Trübestein, is an outstanding example. 20 percent of “Hello World” (CHF 3 million) of the property value was tokenized by the Zug-based company “Blockimmo” and sold to four investors.
The company “Crowdlitoken” has also specialized in real estate: the start-up founded in 2018 sees itself as a digital real estate bond. «Investors can participate in selected Swiss real estate from 100 francs / euro. After the investment, our users can put together their own real estate portfolio by placing their purchased bonds (Crowdlitokens “CRTs”) individually on the various Crowdlitoken properties, ”says Domenic Kurt, CEO of Crowdlitoken, explaining the concept. By participating in the real estate, the investors generate returns of up to 7 percent per year. You can either have this paid out monthly to your bank account or receive it in CRTs.
Access to the financial market is being liberalized A bank does not have to be interposed for a digital bond, which is cheaper for the investor. Crowd litoken already has 630 investors with a volume of 18 million CRTs. The real estate portfolio is constantly being expanded. The Swiss professional footballer Diego Benaglio is one of the prominent users of Crowdlitoken. Kurt defines what distinguishes Crowdlitoken from other companies that also rely on blockchain technology: “There is no comparable competitor who enables investors to invest such a low amount as an entry point for a stake in several properties. Investors can access the portal from their smartphone, where they can manage their entire investment. "
It is clear to both Trübestein and Kurt that blockchain has disruptive potential. The CEO of Crowdlitoken says: “Banks are becoming obsolete for investment products like ours. New sales channels are emerging and access to the financial market is being liberalized. " On the one hand, the digitization of the capital market is inherently completely disruptive, as this leads to an opening of the market. «There are no entry barriers; Entry sums are reduced. " On the other hand, the digitization of securities is inherently disruptive: “This means that values are no longer transferred via third parties. With blockchain-based securities, it is possible to send values without duplicating them, ”explains Kurt.
Trübestein adds: “Some applications such as crypto currencies have already influenced the world and the way market participants think. Nobody knows how the applications will develop in the future, but the advantages are already clearly visible. " The prerequisites are also in place in Switzerland: "We have target-oriented framework conditions and innovative companies here," says Trübestein. Cooperation between companies is important when implementing innovations. This is what happened, for example, with the “Hello World” property – the transaction results from a collaboration between Block-immo, Elea Labs and Swiss Crypto Tokens.
Michael Trübestein Domenic Kurt
What is a token Domenic Kurt, Crowdlitoken: A digital asset (token) based on the blockchain. It is a digital representation of a security. It contains property rights to the bond as well as the right to returns and represents a repayment obligation.
What is blockchain? Michael Trübestein, Expert: A sequence (= chain) of information (= block). These are "time stamped" and are stored on several computers. This guarantees a high level of protection against forgery. There are also public and non-public systems. It can be used around the clock, seven days a week.
What can blockchain technology do better than a bank? Domenic Kurt, Crowdlitoken: With blockchain-based securities it is possible to send values without duplicating them. It replaces the book of creditors and ensures that processes are designed and implemented in a leaner, more cost-effective and efficient manner.
Implenia uses the advantages of virtual reality (VR) at the Lokstadt site in Winterthur. This is made possible thanks to a solution from the Zurich start-up Hegias . Right from the start, users were able to immerse themselves in the virtual plaster model of the area and walk through it from different perspectives.
Thanks to the solution, concerns of monument conservationists could also be quickly dispelled, writes Hegias in a press release. They initially had reservations about a new hotel, which should have shipping containers as a room. When the concept could be experienced virtually, they were convinced that the “valuable building fabric” would be preserved and that the halls would not be crammed full.
In addition, the VR solution is also useful for marketing real estate, according to the announcement. The spatial understanding and the experience of the residential property are essential drivers in the purchase decision. Implenia has already bought a license for the Hegias software. Now she wants to expand the use of the software.
"What was missing so far for the breakthrough of VR was user-friendly software that users can use anywhere without installation and without relevant programming knowledge," Anita Eckardt, head of the Specialties Division at Implenia and member of the management board, is quoted in the press release. "The start-up Hegias made this possible with the intuitively operable solution for VR applications – a real quantum leap."
Another smart box is to be set up at St. They want to test the acceptance and effectiveness of the parcel systems by February 2023. "The current pilot project is intended to show how much the offer is being used and how much the daily traffic volume can be reduced with it," said Deborah Strub, chairwoman of the Basel region logistics cluster, quoted in the press release.
The project is financed by the Office for Mobility of the Canton of Basel-Stadt and the Pro Innenstadt Basel association. “Residents of Basel can conveniently have the parcels they have ordered delivered to the Smart Box Basel, where they can pick them up around the clock,” explains the managing director of the association Mathias F. Böhm. The package systems are manufactured and operated by Huber AG . She has also developed a digital application for using the Smart Boxes.
The monthly rent index compiled by the digital real estate marketplace homegate.ch from TX Group in cooperation with Zürcher Kantonalbank closed at 115.6 points in February. Compared to the previous month, the prices for advertised rents have risen by an average of 0.17 percent, explains homegate.ch in a corresponding message. At the beginning of the year, too, prices had risen by an average of 0.17 percent. An increase in rental prices of 0.96 percent has been observed over the past twelve months.
In a monthly comparison, rents have risen in most cantons, writes homegate.ch. The sharpest increase in asking rents was registered in February in the canton of Schaffhausen, at 1.37 percent. In Zug and Glarus, asking rents also increased at an above-average rate of 0.84 and 0.69 percent, respectively. On the other hand, declines were measured in the cantons of Graubünden, Geneva and Ticino with values between -0.48 percent and -0.19 percent.
Homegate.ch makes different developments in the cities. The biggest increase was measured in a month-on-month comparison with 0.78 percent in Lugano. The asking rents in Lucerne and St.Gallen each increased by 0.20 percent compared to January. In Lausanne, Geneva and Bern, however, rents fell between 1.18 and 0.49 percent.
In the quality-adjusted recording of rental price changes for the rental index, the rental prices are corrected for the different quality, location and size of the apartments. This makes it possible to record the actual rental price development, it says in the message.
All digital standard products from swisstopo are now available free of charge. The Federal Office for Topography wants to enable digital maps, aerial photographs, landscape models and geological vector data to be "used, distributed and reused". This also includes commercial uses, as swisstopo announced in a press release .
These data were made generally accessible following a Federal Council resolution. The Federal Council is thus pursuing the goal of an even wider use of geospatial information. In addition, this opening is part of the "Strategy for Open Administrative Data in Switzerland 2019-2023".
This data should be of particular interest to engineers, architects, programmers and planners. Access to official geospatial data will also be easier for research and science, the press release said.
In this way, swisstopo could make an active contribution to innovation and economic growth and at the same time support the digital transformation in Switzerland. The files are available in machine-readable form and can easily be integrated into digital processes.
Regardless of the Corona situation, the following difficulties must be addressed and overcome, especially at STWE meetings:
Fair communication with all stakeholders
Compliance with legal provisions and deadlines
High administrative effort
Compliance with deadlines
Creation and assignment of tasks
Logging of the entire meeting
Digitization has also given a huge boost to solutions in this area. Accordingly, various providers are active in the market who are trying to move the analogue process into the digital world, but not all of them succeed in this with the same simplicity and slightly broad solution approach. The preselection and quality check are all the more important here. The solution from our product portfolio can be understood as plug & play due to its compatibility with various ERP formats and IT infrastructures. Due to the one-time setup and the relatively small effort, the efficiency advantages stand out even more. As soon as everything has been installed and put in place, entire processes can be digitized and comprehensively dealt with. Hybrid, partially digitized processes are also not a problem for the solution, which is very important in view of the different willingness / IT skills of the meeting participants. In this way, all of the above difficulties can be addressed and resolved using one and the same software.
The bottom line is that, with the support of the simple solution, flexible STWE meetings can be carried out physically and / or digitally, thereby significantly increasing the efficiency of the implementation as well as of the preparation and follow-up work. This means that the focus can be put back on the work steps where specialist and social skills are needed. In addition to the digitization of management, other digital solutions have come into focus, which can be seen at PropTechMarket.net.
You can find out more about this at: https://proptechmarket.net/solutions
BIM Facility , GS1 and ZPF Ingenieure are the first three partners to sign an agreement with Madaster, the Swiss cadastre for materials in the built environment. "Your expertise and our platform make material data usable over the entire life cycle of buildings", managing director Marloes Fischer is quoted in a press release. "Together we can implement circular building."
BIM Facility wants to contribute to this with its modeling of building data. The Zurich-based company uses drones to create digital twins of buildings. The digital twin can be transferred directly to Madaster and a material pass can be issued.
Together with Madaster users, the non-profit organization GS1 wants to develop and implement solutions for the availability of reliable and precise data over the entire life cycle of a building, explains Uwe Rüdel, Sector Manager Technical Industries at GS1 Switzerland.
ZPF engineers from Zurich support builders and property owners in carrying out circular construction planning. They also analyze existing buildings on the basis of a material pass. According to executive board member Jaqueline Pauli, this should save raw materials.
Madaster's platform offers digital tools such as material passports and indexes on the economic and circular value of buildings. "Our job is to make materials available forever by giving them an identity on our platform," says Madaster's website. “If materials have an identity, they become a resource for reuse.” Every building is understood as a raw material store with a certain value.
Facchinetti is targeting the DACH region (Switzerland, Austria and Germany) with his new idea: "Our aim is to support small and medium-sized companies in innovation management," explains Facchinetti.
This decision is based on the finding that in companies with a manageable team size, day-to-day business does not leave the necessary resources to obtain the necessary information about the fast-moving innovation landscape and to make well-founded decisions. On the one hand, a selection of quality-tested innovations is intended to simplify the selection of value-adding solutions in the innovation jungle that has become opaque. On the other hand, PropTechMarket is building a qualitative talent pool with motivated and innovation-minded specialists who want to contribute their skills in the real estate and construction industry.
«Above all, we want to buy our customers time. Time so that specialists can use their skills again where they contribute to the successful future of the company. We believe in the conscious interaction between people and technology, ”says Facchinetti. "With the right coordination, the possibilities for efficiency increases, new customer experiences and sustainability-promoting measures are enormous, especially for smaller companies." PropTechMarket's offerings are currently focused on the areas of object visualization and facility management. In a next step, further business areas of the real estate cycle are to be added.
Soobron artificial intelligence. The existing performance and building data are read into the software, whereupon the tour planning takes care of the planning of the daily tours based on factors such as room distances, room priority, number and duration of cleaning. The occupancy of the individual rooms can also be integrated into the operational planning via room sensors, so that cleaning can be carried out specifically where it is really necessary. The cleaning staff performing the work are guided through the respective tours by means of an app on mobile devices, whereby you can feed the AI with feedback and documentation. Dynamic route planning increases efficiency, saves time and money in route planning and increases transparency for data evaluation.
Thingdust also relies on sensor-based data for its Smart Office product. With this simple plug & play solution, companies can measure the definitive utilization of their office space and analyze what will be a great need after returning from the home office. The anonymous data collected by sensors at the workplace is transmitted via an independent LoRa network and is displayed on the dashboard for analysis and statistics. At the same time, the flow of people is directed by means of a real-time display on a monitor placed at the entrance and the distribution of people in the building is optimized. In addition, reservations can be made quickly and easily using QR codes in order to increase the occupancy of meeting rooms, for example.
The Service on Demand devices, which facility management only call for use when required, also ensure that personnel are deployed as required. Planned tours to filled water dispensers and empty file containers, intact coffee machines or functioning printers are a thing of the past. The service-on-demand devices can be installed in any number of locations and devices in order to report faults, events or services quickly and easily. Instead of these points being constantly checked, the building users report that there is a need for a service at the push of a button.
You can find more about digital helpers in the real estate and construction industry at: https://proptechmarket.net/
The Lucerne start-up Tilbago specializes in digital debt collection solutions. Now, according to a media release, it has launched a new product called Tilbago CredRep. This is a holistic, digital solution for obtaining credit information. According to Oliver Wolf, Chief Operating Officer at Tilbago, it is a "service that customers wanted and that we have implemented with modern technical possibilities".
Tilbago CredRep is aimed at operators of real estate portals, loan portals or providers of software solutions. Tilbago CredRep can implement these in their existing platforms and make them available to their customers. Customers can then order extracts from the debt enforcement register completely digitally.
Another advantage of Tilbago CredRep is that the so-called CreditTrust certificate is also integrated into the solution. In contrast to the excerpt from the debt enforcement register, the CreditTrust certificate is not limited to the register of a single office, but rather contains "all information available throughout Switzerland", it says.
Tilbago developed the new solution together with the PFLab, PostFinance's innovation laboratory. PostFinance is also one of Tilbago's investors. "As an innovation participation of PostFinance, the PFLab supports tilbago in the market development of existing products and services and in the development of new offers," explains Sergio Consonni from the PFLab.
Thanks to the connection to PostFinance, Tilbago has already won its first customer. Private individuals can now order their digital debt collection register excerpts on the Swiss Post website.
The Mobiliar subsidiary Buildigo has been bringing together craftsmen and clients in Zurich and Aargau on its digital platform since Monday. According to a media release from the insurance company, the focus is on the quality of the service partners and digital processing from the inquiry to payment. This service can be used by both private individuals and SMEs.
The start-up Buildigo has been active in French-speaking Switzerland since 2017. Since the summer of 2020, it has been supplementing Mobiliar's services for everything to do with living. Your new trade platform on the Internet is starting in the regions of Zurich and Aarau with a selected range of the most relevant industries. The offer will be gradually expanded in the coming months.
In terms of population, Switzerland already has an extremely high density of data centers, after the Netherlands it is even the second highest in Europe. The 93 colocation data centers identified in a current study by CBRE Switzerland have an area of at least 154,000 m2, which corresponds to around 22 football fields.
Zurich ranks sixth in Europe With 68 megawatts (MW), the Zurich region ranks sixth in Europe after London (711 MW), Frankfurt (510 MW), Amsterdam (365 MW), Paris (204 MW) and Dublin (94 MW), which is what the data center Capacities. An increase in output by a further 50 MW by 2022 is already assured, as illustrated by various construction projects in Glattbrugg (Interxion), Winterthur (Vantage Data Centers) or Dielsdorf (Green Datacenter). More data centers are already planned, and this will double capacity in a few years. The Swiss market currently consists of a mix of wholesale and retail providers. The major projects initiated in recent years are mostly so-called hyperscaler data centers, which are set up by Swiss or foreign operators and used by major international cloud providers such as Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon.
Good economic conditions and sovereign data protection requirements New customer wins from financial service providers, a growing fintech sector and the ongoing migration of international companies to the cloud have encouraged providers to set up cloud regions in Switzerland. Switzerland has its own data protection requirements, which promote sovereignty, but allow international companies to operate on a European basis without having to meet the requirements of the European Union (e.g. General Data Protection Regulation). Problems with the provision of land and electricity, long planning processes and compliance with sustainability criteria remain the most important challenges.
Even if the market for data centers in Switzerland is considered a niche, private equity firms and increasingly infrastructure funds are discovering this growth market for themselves. The data center market requires specific know-how that is different from other types of property. While traditional real estate investors are not yet showing much interest in data centers, they should keep a close eye on this market over the long term as it offers rapidly growing potential for alternative real estate investments.
Switzerland ranks third worldwide in the current Bloomberg Innovation Index. This means that it has moved up one place compared to the previous year. Only South Korea and Singapore cut ahead of it. This makes Switzerland the most innovative country in Europe and overtakes Germany, which has fallen three places to fourth place compared to the previous year.
A total of 60 countries are listed in the index. They are assessed on the basis of topics such as research and development, production capability and the concentration of listed high-tech companies. The respective countries can achieve a maximum of 100 points.
Switzerland received an overall rating of 87.60 points this year. It did particularly well in the area of research and development. It ranks third for research intensity and fourth for concentration on researchers. Switzerland is also one of the top five countries in terms of manufacturing and value creation. She has some catching up to do with patents in particular.
The s: stebler company has already concluded three partnerships this year. This emerges from media releases from the manufacturer of letterbox systems, depot boxes and roof windows from Oensingen.
Firstly, s: stebler is working with the start-up LivingPackets . The company, founded in 2016 in Nantes, France, has developed an intelligent delivery box that can be digitally locked. Among other things, the box is equipped with a GPS and Internet connection, which means that the delivery can be monitored at any time. In addition, the box is reusable, which reduces the waste generated in online retail. Thanks to the partnership, parcels in the intelligent boxes are delivered directly to multifunctional parcel stations called s: yourbox from s: stebler. The customer will be notified as soon as the delivery arrives.
Second, s: stebler works with the Zurich start-up Allthings . Allthings has developed a tenant platform, thanks to which all interactions between tenants, property owners and other service providers can be recorded. Together with the letterbox and parcel compartment systems from s: stebler, “total solutions” are now to be created which “significantly increase tenant loyalty and efficiency,” it says.
Thirdly, s: stebler cooperates with Bird Home Automation , a leading manufacturer of IP door stations. The aim is to integrate IP video door intercom systems from the Berlin company into letterboxes and letterbox systems from s: stebler. Building operators can manage the intelligent door intercom system remotely and integrate it into existing home automation systems.
The monthly rent index compiled by the digital real estate marketplace homegate.ch from TX Group in cooperation with Zürcher Kantonalbank closed at 115.4 points in January. Compared to the previous month, the prices for advertised rents have risen by an average of 0.17 percent, explains homegate.ch in a corresponding message . An increase in rental prices of 0.87 percent has been observed over the past twelve months.
In a monthly comparison, homegate.ch shows different developments for the individual cantons. The strongest rise in asking rents in January, at 1.59 percent, was observed in the canton of Nidwalden. In the cantons of Appenzell-Innerhoden, Appenzell-Ausserhoden, Uri and Wallis, asking rents rose above average with values between 1.08 and 1.24 percent. Declines were measured in the cantons of Zurich, Neuchâtel and Jura with values between -0.57 percent and -0.10 percent.
Homegate.ch also makes different developments in the cities. The largest increase was measured here in a monthly comparison of 2.01 percent in Lausanne. The analysts describe the development in Zurich as “noticeable”. Here rental prices fell by 1.00 percent in January compared to the previous month.
In the quality-adjusted recording of rental price changes for the rental index, the rental prices are corrected for the different quality, location and size of the apartments. This makes it possible to record the actual rental price development, it says in the message.
Parquery has completed a successful financing round, according to a message on LinkedIn. The spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ( ETH ) was able to win the Dutch construction and plant engineering company VolkerWessels as an investor.
Parquery has developed software that analyzes images from street cameras in real time. This enables drivers to find out, for example, whether there are free parking spaces in their vicinity. The platform can also be used, for example, to analyze the flow of traffic in cities. Overall, it helps build smart cities.
With the fresh money, Parquery wants to strengthen its platform on the one hand in the area of intelligent parking. On the other hand, it is to be further developed for new solutions in the field of intelligent cities.
Parquery has also been working with Hyrde , a subsidiary of VolkerWessels, for a number of years. Hyrde uses the Parquery solution, for example, for security applications at airports and for intelligent mobility projects in cities.
As mentioned in our last article, a variety of virtualviewing solutions offer a welcome alternative to physical on-site appointments, especially in times of pandemic. These range from static 3D tours, video tours and virtually realistic representations, which users can put themselves into with the help of VR glasses (virtual reality), to live broadcasts that are available at all times. We want to take a closer look at the latter in this article.
In the case of live broadcasts , the objects to be viewed are displayed in real time compared to static videos, photos or 360 ° recordings. The greatest advantage of this is that, apart from a viewing appointment, there are no pre- or Post-processing is required. A fully autonomous, 24/7 available variant is the tour with a robot stationed in the property to be visited . This specially developed machine can be conveniently controlled through the object from anywhere in the world, including from home, using a standard Internet browser with the arrow keys on the keyboard. The visit can take place at your own discretion and regardless of the tours and perspectives that have been created. An integrated video conference solution also offers the opportunity to establish a dialogue between the parties during the tour.
Another variant does not completely do without on-site personnel . While one party (marketer, landlord, owner, facility manager, etc.) is on site and ensures the live transmission via a mobile device (e.g. smartphone, tablet), interested parties can participate in the tour via web browser and with the Interact with the person on site. Due to the high degree of personalization, the automatic documentation of the transmission as well as the possible data exchange, this solution offers far more application possibilities than pure property inspections.
Even with the current state of the art, digital viewing solutions offer a useful alternative to physical appointments on site. In some points, such as higher efficiency, lower costs and lower environmental impact, the advantages over physical tours even outweigh the advantages. Nevertheless, the solutions presented here do not “yet” succeed in transferring the sensation of a physical encounter with people in digital space. Accordingly, we come to the conclusion that there are valid arguments for tours with man and machine that need to be weighed up according to the situation. In our next article you can read how startups are working on virtual reality to make the aforementioned lack of sensation tangible in the digital world.
The following table compares the advantages and disadvantages of the two survey approaches described.
Source: Own illustration, PropTechMarket 2021
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