What can Artificial Intelligence (AI) offer the built environment in our age of climate emergency? At the heart of Deep Reinforcement Learning is an agent and an environment. Just as we are starting to learn that our actions within our environment have consequences on an immense, planetary scale, innovative AI is learning too – and faster than us.
By using Deep Reinforcement Learning to optimise the energy efficiency of HVAC systems in the built environment, we can minimise the negative impact of our own actions without sacrificing occupant comfort. As businesses all over the world attempt to transition to Net Zero, this technology has a pivotal role to play.
But why is Deep Reinforcement Learning the best way to optimise HVAC performance?
Knight Frank – Asia-Pacific Warehouse Review H2 2021
Take-up in the region’s warehouse markets remained robust in the second half of 2021, lifted by resurgent trade flows from the recovery in global demand. As a result, rents for logistics warehouses across Asia-Pacific rose by a marginal 0.5% year-on-year in the same period. Despite close to 9 million sqm of new supply expected to be delivered in the region in 2022, vacancies are likely to remain tight on strong demand and active pre-commitments.
シティ・デベロップメンツ・リミテッド(CDL)のESG戦略は、1995年に確立された企業理念「建設と環境保護」に根ざしています。CDLの価値創造ビジネスモデルは、統合、イノベーション、投資、そしてインパクトという4つの主要な柱を基盤としており、CDLは「脱炭素化」、「デジタル化とイノベーション」、「情報開示とコミュニケーション」という3つの主要な成果目標の達成を目指しています。2017年に策定されたサステナビリティ・ブループリント「CDL Future Value 2030」は、CDLの事業戦略と事業運営全体にわたる明確な戦略目標とESG目標を定めています。.
シティ・デベロップメンツ・リミテッド(CDL)のESG戦略は、1995年に確立された企業理念「建設と環境保護」に根ざしています。CDLの価値創造ビジネスモデルは、統合、イノベーション、投資、そしてインパクトという4つの主要な柱を基盤としており、CDLは「脱炭素化」、「デジタル化とイノベーション」、「情報開示とコミュニケーション」という3つの主要な成果目標の達成を目指しています。2017年に策定されたサステナビリティ・ブループリント「CDL Future Value 2030」は、CDLの事業戦略と事業運営全体にわたる明確な戦略目標とESG目標を定めています。.
Asia-Pacific prime office rents rise for first time since pandemic
Knight Frank’s Asia-Pacific Prime Office Rental Index saw a 0.3% quarter-on-quarter increase, the first uptick since Q3 2019, before the start of the pandemic. Overall vacancy remains elevated at 12.8%, but office rents are likely to have bottomed out, thanks to improving business sentiments and a gradual and more sustainable return to workplaces, especially among big tech occupiers taking advantage of lower rents to move into high-quality CBD office spaces.
While conditions remain tentative due to the Omicron variant, we expect rents to continue stabilising into 2022 with more markets in the region reaching an inflexion point in the rental downcycle. As occupiers continually evolve their space strategies on the adoption of hybrid working styles, 2022 will be a year of reset and experimentation. However, this does not mean less demand for office spaces. We expect leasing activity to strengthen into 2022, with demand underpinned by the integration of flexible space solutions and a pivot to quality spaces that emphasises wellness and employee experience.