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JLL Introduces Virtual Reality Tool for Real Estate Design and Build

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The virtual reality tool captures 360-degree spherical images through a series of cameras at the project site.

The virtual reality tool captures 360-degree spherical images through a series of cameras at the project site.

Real estate consultant JLL has launched VR360 Services, a new technology application that allows clients to watch their real estate projects take shape from anywhere in the world.

The virtual reality tool captures 360-degree spherical images through a series of cameras at the project site. By logging into an online application, clients can explore their building projects and look around in all directions, mimicking a real life site visit. Providing transparency from the start to finish of a project, VR360 Services enables clients to track the progress of their build closely, identify any problems, and highlight potential issues that may impact the future fit-out or design.

“VR360 Services lets our clients stay on top of their projects by bridging geographical barriers and bringing them closer to their sites. They can log in from a computer, tablet or mobile device and have a virtual walk through the spaces in their own time,” explains Martin Hinge, Managing Director, Project & Development Services, Asia Pacific, JLL.

“Another advantage that VR360 Services provides is the recording of wall, floor and ceiling construction, including electrical and mechanical plumbing systems. This will transform the way clients manage their facilities in future as they can better plan refurbishments and repairs like building in additional power points or repairing blocked pipes.”

One of the early adopters of the application, a multinational technology company with significant Asia Pacific presence, has successfully implemented VR360 Services in its latest construction projects in China and Singapore, allowing stakeholders to watch their sites at every stage of development from Malaysia, India, Singapore, Vietnam and the U.S. By creating an interactive environment where clients have first-hand insights, VR360 Services acts as a substitute for conventional site photo records.

“This exciting development demonstrates how we are making a difference to our clients’ experience. Besides offering them greater connectivity to their projects, VR360 Services also provides seamless communication so we can resolve on-site issues together,” says Ian Chadsey, Solutions Development Director, Asia Pacific, JLL. “New technology is having a profound impact on the real estate industry. VR360 Services is just one example of how, as a firm, we’re applying innovative thinking to help our clients maximise efficiency and improve processes.”

Click HERE to sign up for your free VR360 tour.

Schindler Awarded Major Project In Vietnam

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14) schindler imageVIETNAM – Developed by VietinBank, one of the largest banking groups in Vietnam, the 300,000 m2 mixed-use project will include office and commercial space. The new VietinBank headquarters is scheduled to be completed by 2017.

Designed by world-renowned British architects Foster Partners and aimed at demonstrating the emergence of Vietnam as an international financial center, the development comprises two towers connected by a seven story podium. The taller tower, rising at 363 meters with 68 stories of office space, will house VietinBank’s headquarters. The smaller tower will be 250 meters high.

Fastest double-deck elevators in Vietnam

Schindler will supply 75 elevators online slots and 46 escalators, including 6 Schindler double-deck elevators traveling at the high speed of 10 m/s, which will make them the fastest of their kind in Vietnam. The project will be equipped with 42 Schindler 7000 high-rise elevators, 23 Schindler 5500 elevators and 46 Schindler 9300AE escalators.

Schindler’s PORT technology will power the elevator group in the office tower to deliver a highly efficient, intuitive and personalized building transit experience. The PORT technology is the latest and most advanced generation of destination control systems first pioneered and introduced to the market by Schindler in the 1990s. Behind this technology is a unique advanced algorithm that calculates the optimal transport solution for each user, significantly reduces waiting and travel times and increases the transport capacity compared to conventional elevator systems by up to 30%.

In addition, Lobby Vision, a building management tool that allows single-point supervision of the elevator and escalator systems in an entire building, will equip all of the office and commercial areas.

New Johnson Controls technology turns wasted heat into clean fuel

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SINGAPORE – Johnson Controls is introducing a new technology in China to meet the growing demand for central heating that does not emit harmful pollutants. The York Dual Steam Turbine (YDST) heat pump recycles surplus heat from industrial or power plants into higher temperature hot water that can be used to operate large central heating plants. Compared to traditional boiler heating, the YDST can reduce coal consumption by up to 30 percent while supplying the same amount of heat.

“Urbanization and the government’s efforts to promote sustainable development are driving demand in China for more energy efficient technologies and solutions,” said Soren Bjerg, vice president and managing director, Johnson Controls Building Efficiency, Asia. “This is a real opportunity for us to expand our presence in an important market and use our expertise and innovation to address a growing need to reduce emissions.”

This technology is an important innovation for the Chinese market where the government has made a major commitment in its Five-Year Plan to reduce pollution from the burning of fossil fuels. The plan uses industrial surplus heat as a major source of urban heating.

The capacity and versatility of the YDST make it ideal for large-scale central heating plants.

  • It is the first centrifugal heat pump – driven by a steam turbine, not electric – that supplies over 100 megawatts of heat per heat pump system, doubling the current capacity available.
  • It can accept waste hot water as low as 50oF to 120oF and increase the temperature up to 140oF to over 200oF.

The demand for central heating is estimated to grow significantly in China over the next five years due to rapid urbanization, particularly in northern China. Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company, has successfully implemented a heat recovery solution at a large northeast Chinese municipal heating facility. It has saved more than US$1.2 million while alleviating the need to burn 9,200 tons of coal in the last heating season, the equivalent to removing 4,000 passenger vehicles from the road for a year.

Recently, the company opened a US$35 million expansion of its manufacturing and research and development center in Wuxi, China. The campus and its engineering center is now one of Johnson Controls’ largest research and development centers in the world for building solutions for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, as well as industrial refrigeration solutions. The campus will spearhead continuing innovation on heat recovery for the global market.