Open Space Network: Building sustainable distributed working spaces for autonomous teams.

开放空间网络：为自治团队构建可持续的分布式工作空间。

• 批准号: 79089
• 金额: $ 20.12万
• 依托单位: OPEN SPACE NETWORK LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=79089
• 关键词: Open; Space; Network; Building; sustainable

Following the outbreak of Covid-19, working practices have undeniably changed. 46% of UK employees worked from home (WFH) in April (ONS) and the accelerated digital transformation of working it necessitated will continue (LSE and British Safety Council). Changes in work location impact on productivity, well-being, the wider economy and environment.For employers, the shift in office utilisation is a challenge and an opportunity. The cost of space is significant, with the UK the most expensive in the world. New standards for being "Covid-Secure" compound this, with de-densification of space limiting capacity and making facility management more complicated/expensive.Alongside this, a homeworker uses 80% more energy than an office based one (WSP and British Safety Council reports), versus the alternative impact of commuting: there is no single easy solution.Clearly, WFH versus the office need not be binary. Models blending centralised 'HQ' working, local offices and WFH are required. This offers sustainable recovery, addresses work/life balance, transport pollution and productivity. Alternative local office space is required to reduce density and this must be convenient and safe for workers to encourage utilisation.Open Space Network will develop an innovative technology and business model to facilitate this. Using the connected capability of internet of things (IoT) devices and machine learning alongside a digital platform that coordinates safe occupancy, facilitates collaboration and access, we will create a network of Covid Secure distribute 'co-working' office spaces, flexibly available via a subscription model, across previously unfeasible locations.Taking a network approach to offer a high number of locations at low-cost, our focus will be on the 'market towns' and brown-field properties ignored by developers as too small to be profitable. By minimising travel distances and utilising market town 'rural' hub locations we will enable people to commute by public transport or walking/cycling.We will include an expansion of Cardiff University's MyCompanion behavioural IoT system which will achieve 2 linked functions:i) environmental accommodation monitoring, (e.g. humidity, temperature, air quality/movement) for Covid-security and a pleasant workspace.ii) social accommodation assistance, both physical (cluster points and space utilisation) alongside communicable/social characteristics/requirements (DND, open to networking, sit with friends, disability etc.)Our existing collaboration platform will be expanded to link these systems' and its own data and through our AI capability will support underpinning functions (desk allocation, cleaning etc.) and identify environmental improvements for users and space optimisation to benefit productivity and wellbeing.We will establish a populated demonstrator office, furnished with IoT equipment to conduct assessment of social and commercial validation of our proposition as well as an initial sustainability assessment and framework going forward for organisations and at an individual level - this analysis will be delivered by subcontracted experts.We will explore the market potential of supporting organisations to develop distributed workforces by providing a network of highly suited space. By utilising a network approach with multiple sites augmented by modern, adaptable, booking systems that can integrate with for example an organisation's shift/rotation strategies, we will offer space-as-a-service on a subscription basis.

新型冠状病毒疫情爆发后，工作常规已无可避免地改变。4月份，46%的英国员工在家工作（WFH）（ONS），而这一数字化转型的加速将继续（LSE和英国安全理事会）。工作地点的变化会影响生产力、福祉、更广泛的经济和环境。对于雇主来说，办公室利用率的变化是一个挑战，也是一个机遇。空间的成本很高，英国是世界上最昂贵的。“Covid-Secure”的新标准加剧了这一点，空间的去密集化限制了容量，使设施管理更加复杂/昂贵。除此之外，家庭工作者比办公室工作者多使用80%的能源（WSP和英国安全理事会报告），而通勤的替代影响：没有单一的简单解决方案。显然，WFH与办公室不一定是二元的。需要混合集中式“总部”工作、当地办事处和WFH的模式。这提供了可持续的恢复，解决了工作/生活的平衡，运输污染和生产力。为了降低密度，需要替代性的本地办公空间，这必须对工人来说是方便和安全的，以鼓励使用。开放空间网络将开发一种创新的技术和商业模式来促进这一点。利用物联网（IoT）设备和机器学习的连接能力，以及协调安全占用、促进协作和访问的数字平台，我们将创建一个Covid Secure分布式“共同工作”办公空间网络，通过订阅模式灵活地在以前不可行的地点提供服务。采用网络方法以低成本提供大量地点，我们的重点将放在“集镇”和被开发商忽视的棕地物业上，因为它们太小而无法盈利。通过最大限度地减少旅行距离和利用集镇“农村”枢纽位置，我们将使人们能够乘坐公共交通工具或步行/骑自行车上下班。我们将包括卡迪夫大学的MyCompanion行为物联网系统的扩展，该系统将实现2个相关功能：i）环境适应监测，（例如湿度、温度、空气质量/流动），以确保Covid的安全和舒适的工作场所。ii）社会住宿援助，包括物理（集群点和空间利用）以及可沟通/社交特征/要求（DND，开放网络，与朋友坐在一起，残疾等）我们现有的协作平台将被扩展，以连接这些系统及其自身的数据，并通过我们的人工智能功能支持基础功能（办公桌分配、清洁等）。并为用户确定环境改善和空间优化，以提高生产力和福祉。我们将建立一个人口稠密的示范办公室，配备物联网设备，对我们的主张进行社会和商业验证评估，以及为组织和个人层面进行初步的可持续发展评估和框架-这项分析将由分包专家提供。2我们将通过提供高度适合的空间网络，探索支持组织发展分布式劳动力的市场潜力。通过利用网络方法与多个站点，并通过现代化的、适应性强的预订系统（可以与组织的轮班/轮换策略等集成）进行增强，我们将在订阅的基础上提供空间即服务。