How iquest supports Fabege with data-driven property management

Fabege is one of Sweden’s leading publicly traded real estate companies, with a strong focus on sustainability and energy efficiency. The company employs an in-house technical property management approach based on agile principles, where rotating teams take turns managing preventive maintenance and addressing operational issues. Using visual boards and digital indicators, the teams prioritize and plan their work efficiently.

As part of a strategic decision, Fabege chose to manage its technical property operations with the help of data-driven insights. To achieve this, high-quality data streams were required from a variety of sources, including:

• Primary and sub-meters for energy and water

• Key data points from building management systems

• Operational alarms from various systems, aggregated into a central alarm dashboard.

Fabege's system landscape consisted of various solutions that did not communicate effectively. Manually collecting data was both time-consuming and costly, and previous digital metering solutions lacked scalability. At the same time, it was crucial to avoid vendor lock-in with proprietary systems and to ensure flexibility and future development opportunities.

The market offered solutions that were either specialized in IMD (Individual Metering and Billing) and meter reading or focused on building automation, but none could fully meet Fabege's needs. Additionally, many providers lacked industry-specific expertise to develop a sustainable, long-term solution.

Fabege required:

• A robust and scalable solution for collecting and storing high-resolution data from meters and other building systems.

• A flexible alarm management solution capable of categorizing and forwarding information to existing technical systems.

• An independent provider that could integrate with Fabege’s existing systems without requiring major investments.

Together with Fabege, iquest developed a solution based on Orbiq and Miner, starting with a pilot project. After a successful implementation, the solution was scaled up to cover Fabege’s entire property portfolio.

The solution includes Fabege’s proprietary device hub, F-Gate, which serves as a central node for data collection. Using Miner, we now enable approximately 2.7 million data readings per hour from over 560 data sources. The collected data is used for analysis, optimization, and to feed other technical systems with valuable insights.

Orbiq complements the solution by managing and forwarding operational alarms to Fabege’s technical dashboard, enabling efficient monitoring and rapid response when needed.

Fabege’s collaboration with iQuest has accelerated its journey toward digitalized property management. With iQuest’s support, Fabege has not only optimized its processes but also strengthened its position as a leader in sustainability and digital transformation.

Over time, the partnership between Fabege and iQuest has deepened, and today the companies are working together to develop the next generation of Fabege’s digitalization platform, with Miner playing a central role in system integration and data transmission.

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