Our Building Technologies platform is a building automation and control system (BACS/GACS) designed to comply with the European EPBD directive. It connects technical installations, monitors energy consumption and provides data-driven insights to support efficient building operations.
Building Technologies is our integrated platform for monitoring and managing the technical systems in our logistics buildings. The system connects to the key technical installations, continuously captures operational data and makes this data accessible through clear dashboards and visualisations.
Direct integration with HVAC systems, lighting, water leak detection, fire suppression pumps and other key building systems.
Energy consumption, temperatures and system status are recorded at defined intervals, enabling accurate analysis over time.
Data is visualised through dashboards, allowing us to analyse performance, identify inefficiencies and provide concrete improvement proposals.
Certain systems, such as HVAC installations, can be manually operated and adjusted directly from the platform when needed.
We meter all utilities at building level and install additional sub-meters to map the largest consumers in detail. This provides accurate insight into where energy is being used and where optimisation is possible.
Electricity meters are read on a quarter-hourly basis and other meters at a minimum hourly frequency, in line with BACS requirements. All data is stored for a minimum of 5 years.
Building Technologies captures an extensive amount of data from every connected system in the building. This continuous stream of information allows us to truly understand what a building does: how it consumes energy, how installations behave under different conditions and where inefficiencies occur.
All this data is visualised and made accessible, giving everyone involved the opportunity to actively review building performance, discover improvement opportunities and make clear, data-driven analyses. This is the foundation for taking targeted energy saving measures that are based on facts rather than assumptions.
The system is designed to be extensible. Additional sensors, meters or integrations can be connected as needed. We actively think along in solutions tailored to specific building or tenant requirements.
We believe data only has value when it is actively used. That is why every tenant receives full access to the Building Technologies platform to view and analyse all relevant data for their building. We make the tools and dashboards available so that tenants can take ownership of their energy performance and act on the insights the data provides.
Our focus extends beyond consumption data. Where solar panel installations are present, these are made digitally transparent by reading out the AMR meters. This enables us to accurately monitor consumption, production and local self-consumption in a single overview, providing a complete picture of the building’s energy balance.
The Building Technologies system is future-proof by design. The architecture is dimensioned to allow integration with Energy Management Systems (EMS), making it possible to align consumption and production in real time. This opens the door to smart load balancing, peak shaving and maximising self-consumption of locally generated energy.
The technical foundation is in place and we are actively working towards full integration, enabling our buildings to not only monitor but also intelligently coordinate energy flows in the near future.
BACS (Building Automation and Control Systems), in Dutch known as GACS (Gebouwautomatiserings- en Controlesysteem), is a mandatory requirement under the European EPBD directive aimed at making non-residential buildings more energy efficient. From 31 December 2025, buildings with a heating or air conditioning capacity above a defined kW threshold must be equipped with automated energy management systems.
In short, this compliance requires buildings to have systems in place that continuously monitor energy consumption, visualise and analyse performance data, detect inefficiencies, enable alarm management and support central control of technical installations such as HVAC, lighting and metering.
From the development phase, we equip our buildings with the necessary systems and connections to meet BACS/GACS requirements. Concretely, this includes:
All utility connections are metered: water connections including leak detection on water circuits, gas connections and electricity connections at multiple levels (main meter, sub-meters per zone and major consumers).
We monitor the status and energy consumption of the lighting installation. Outdoor lighting is controlled automatically via a weather station integrated into the platform.
We read out all available signals from the HVAC installation, providing 24/7 remote access to setpoints and room temperatures. These can also be adjusted directly from the platform when needed. Fault alerts are read out so that swift action can be taken.
Temperature monitoring of the transformer ensures the most critical component of the warehouse continues to operate safely and reliably at all times.
The platform also provides the ability to configure thresholds and alarms. This ensures that the responsible person receives a notification as quickly as possible when something is not functioning correctly, enabling fast intervention.
Our Building Technologies platform meets the technical requirements of the BACS obligation as defined in the European EPBD directive and transposed into Flemish regulation. This positions our buildings for current and future compliance as these requirements continue to expand across Europe.
Building Technologies directly supports both BREEAM In-Use certification and ESG reporting. Continuous monitoring and structured data collection make sustainability performance not only achievable, but measurable and demonstrable.
Lower energy consumption through data-driven insights. Optimisation of building performance. Support for decarbonisation targets.
Monitoring of indoor climate (temperature, humidity, CO₂). Contribution to a healthy and comfortable working environment.
Transparent data and reporting. Support for audits and compliance. Data-driven decision making for building operations.
Direct contribution to energy, health & wellbeing and management credits within the BREEAM In-Use assessment framework.
Building Technologies is the backbone of intelligent building management. It ensures that installations do not operate in isolation, but are monitored, analysed and where possible coordinated from one central platform. Our system is designed to grow with your building’s needs: additional connections, sensors and integrations can be added at any time.