How APs are showing the value of WiredScore and SmartScore to their clients

I decided to become an Accredited Professional because of the value that the WiredScore and SmartScore certification can add to the market and my projects. On the one hand, it’s fun that as an AP I can get involved in new projects and gain insight into all areas of a building I’m unfamiliar with through the multi-layered criteria. On the other hand, as a WiredScore AP, I can also support my existing clients in projects that are already underway in terms of certification. This is particularly exciting, because although I already know every detail of these projects in advance, the certification gives me a different perspective on the building in question.

The training is a good preparation for the execution of the certifications of a real building. The fact that the training is underpinned with best-practice examples from real projects means that practical relevance is established at an early stage.

The training confirmed my belief that to future-proof real estate and achieve an excellent experience for occupiers, it is particularly important to act with foresight to optimize the building’s operating processes. I found that WiredScore certification places a particular emphasis on the concepts and structural requirements of a building, which are agreed years before completion and yet have an ongoing and major impact on the operation and safety of the building.

As a consultant for Customized Smart Buildings at Drees & Sommer, I design and manage innovative construction and real estate projects for which certification brings great added value.

In addition to digitization, sustainability and future readiness are becoming increasingly relevant in my area of responsibility. This sustainable approach is also reflected in the two certifications WiredScore and SmartScore, which suits my role as AP in the certification processes.

The market is undergoing a real transformation with many innovations that no one could have thought of just a few years ago. PropTech startups are springing up everywhere, revolutionizing the previously rather rigid construction and real estate industry and, above all, developing it with an eye to the future. I find the innovations that streamline, automate and optimize the processes in the operation of a building particularly exciting, because the long operating phase of a building offers very great leverage for the implementation of innovations.

The WiredScore Accredited Professional Program and the certifications have given me many insights and new views that help me in my day-to-day project business. In addition, they offer me the opportunity to transfer new ideas and approaches to ongoing projects.