UEM Edgenta Bhd is poised to capitalise on the growth of green buildings across the region with its cutting-edge technology-based solutions and wide range of building management services. According to its managing director and CEO Syahrunizam Samsudin, buildings managed by the region’s leading asset management and infrastructure solutions company have reduced their carbon footprints and consumption of resources. 

“We are committed to leading the way in generating green building energy-efficiencies and will continue to adopt Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) elements in our solutions and services. Our advanced solutions and services can optimise the performance of our clients’ assets, workplaces and communities,” says Syahrunizam.

UEM Edgenta’s asset management division provides healthcare support and property and facility solutions while its infrastructure solutions division consists of infrastructure services such as network management and highways as well as state roads maintenance and consultancy, via a subsidiary that offers project management and engineering, technical and asset management services. With a presence in six countries, its long list of clients, from the public and private sectors, includes some of the region’s biggest companies and government entities. 

“Property and Facility Solutions (PFS) division deliver sustainability-centric results. Furthermore, the experience that we have garnered from managing over 300 buildings in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates allows us to improve the energy-efficiencies of older buildings. Older buildings can definitely go ‘green’ by implementing and benefitting from advanced solutions such as our smart building technology,” says Syahrunizam. 

To manage buildings efficiently, UEM Edgenta’s smart facilities technology system leverages the Internet of Things and data analysis. These technology platforms enable its clients to monitor their facilities remotely and carry out preventive maintenance. Benefits of preventive maintenance include preventing equipment failures and lengthening the lifespan of a building’s assets. 

“UEM Edgenta’s SmartConnect solution, which is part of our smart facilities technology system, focuses on long-term [facilities] maintenance and asset lifecycle management. This allows our clients to optimise workplace productivity and minimise the negative environmental impact of their buildings,” says Syahrunizam. 

SmartConnect, a technology platform, is the essence of the energy management programme offered by UEM Edgenta’s PFS division. 

“SmartConnect platform is about bringing a building and all of its systems online. It collects real-time information from the building and sends it to a cloud system for data analysis to optimise maintenance services,” he says. 

Real-time information that SmartConnect collects includes data from the building’s air-conditioning system, lights, electrical consumption, lifts, fire-fighting systems and automatic doors. 

“Remote real-time monitoring enables our clients to proactively manage their buildings and assets. This brings about greater efficiencies, lower energy consumption and a corresponding lower energy spend, and reduces the building’s carbon footprint. These results are consistent with what is expected of a commercial building’s ESG framework. We are currently enhancing SmartConnect for the hospitality industry by adding the human touch to this platform,” he says. 

For 2021, as a tactical program, PFS is focusing on Health and Hygiene Management with specifics to Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) solutions. This is to help clients mitigate COVID-19 aerosol spread. This program is complemented with Disinfection and Sanitisation solutions as well as Thermal scanning at clients’ business buildings.

Syahrunizam points to UEM Edgenta’s Command & Contact Centre (CnC) as another competitive advantage for the company. CnC is the main contact point for communications and data collection. Monitored by a team of data analysts and scientists, it connects all the buildings, facilities, roads and other infrastructure managed by the company. 

Here, data is streamed into a central data repository and analysed using cloud computing algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Predictive analytics detects anomalies, recommends predictive maintenance activities and provides insights to UEM Edgenta’s team on the ground for strategic building management planning. 

UEM Edgenta recently launched its first digital ecosystem platform, Edgenta NXT, which is a key enabler to propel businesses towards digital transformation as they become a future-ready entity and provide end-to-end cloud infrastructure services under Edgenta NXT Cloud.

The digital platform leverages the expertise of UEM Edgenta’s systemic innovation with the three main offerings under the platform, namely Edgenta NXT Cloud, Edgenta NXT Marketplace and Edgenta NXT Procure. These solutions give customers access to a selection of proprietary cloud-based management solutions.

Edgenta NXT Cloud provides access to a suite of proprietary cloud-based management solutions, powering Malaysia’s healthcare, infrastructure and smart building industries through a single efficient and convenient digital ecosystem. 

Edgenta NXT Marketplace offers integrated connectivity of multiple digital platforms under one roof. Clients will be able to gain access to a host of solutions developed in collaboration with and supported by Edgenta NXT. Meanwhile, Edgenta NXT Procure is designed to streamline the entire procurement process, allowing users to find, secure quotes and procure faster.

With Alibaba Cloud as its technology partner, Edgenta NXT enables the conversion of UEM Edgenta’s readily available solutions into tech intellectual property, venturing into cloud-enabled and Software as a Service (SaaS) model solutions to develop a full suite of ready solutions, one of which is SmartConnect, under Smart Building.

“Edgenta NXT is UEM Edgenta’s foray into the technology business as part of our ‘Edgenta of the Future 2025’ vision in our next phase of growth through new products and market expansion. With technology being a key enabler to sustain business resilience for the future, this platform exists to promote sustainable growth and create value for our clients’ businesses. I expect this to benefit us as well as our clients, as any efficient benefits that we reap will translate into better value and services for them,” says Syahrunizam.

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