Opening of Takenaka Central Building South, a model case for office building stock revitalizationRefurbished into an ever-growing smart building with Building Communication System（BCS）Plus

Takenaka Corporation (President: Masato Sasaki) and Asahi Facilities (President: Toshiki Okazaki), a building management company in the Takenaka Corporation Group, opened Takenaka Central Building South on October 3, consolidating the offices of seven group companies.
In this project, an existing 23 year-old office building was converted into a smart building to meet the changing needs of tenants in response to social demands for decarbonization and the diversification of work styles in recent years. During the renovation, the companies incorporated decarbonization and building operations management solution technologies, centered around Takenaka’s proprietary Building Communication System（BCS）Plus.(hereinafter referred to as the “BCS Plus”) Takenaka Corporation and Asahi Facilities have positioned Takenaka Central Building South as a smart building that will grow and evolve together with advanced technologies. The companies will continue to develop and implement related technologies and propose it as a model case for office building stock revitalization.

BCS Plus is a solution package technology for smart buildings that consists of the cloud-based building data platform BCS, an IoT sensor network that responds quickly to changes in the environment and technological changes, a facility menu that is scalable and provides optionality, and an app menu designed for user convenience. Operational performance of building and equipment systems can be improved simply by updating software without updating building equipment.

As a model case for office building stock renovation, this project focused on the following three areas.