Sensing
Occupancy and presence sensing
Understand whether rooms and workplace areas are occupied so agreed actions and reporting can be based on real conditions.
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Smart Workplace Automation & Insights
Make the workplace respond intelligently.
Provenance brings workplace technology, automation and operational insight into one coordinated plan, helping organisations create more responsive environments, improve the user experience and make better decisions about space, performance and sustainability.
Responsive environments and useful evidence
Design the workplace around outcomes, not isolated gadgets.
A smart workplace is not simply a collection of sensors and connected devices. It is an environment in which technology, agreed behaviours and useful information work together to improve how spaces operate.
Provenance helps organisations define what the workplace should do, coordinate the technology and specialist integrations behind it, and establish the information needed to guide future decisions.
- Create more responsive and dependable spaces.
- Reduce unnecessary technology and building-system operation.
- Understand how rooms and workplace areas are being used.
- Support better planning, investment and sustainability decisions.
What we coordinate
Connect workplace behaviour, automation and insight.
Every scope depends on the building, selected platforms, existing infrastructure and the outcomes the organisation wants to achieve. The technology should serve the workplace requirement, rather than becoming the requirement itself.
Automation
Room activation and standby
Use agreed occupancy or booking events to activate compatible room technology and return systems to an appropriate standby state.
Environment
Lighting and daylight response
Coordinate compatible lighting controls around occupancy, daylight conditions and the intended use of each workplace area.
Environment
Blind and climate integration
Coordinate compatible motorised blinds and environmental controls to respond to glare, room use and agreed operating conditions.
Insights
Utilisation data and reporting
Turn selected workplace data into evidence about demand, room use, capacity and patterns across the workplace.
Coordination
Platform and integration planning
Connect sensors, room technology, networks, building systems and reporting platforms through a coordinated delivery plan.
From idea to operating environment
Define the behaviour before selecting the technology.
A clear process keeps automation focused on genuine workplace needs and makes the required integrations, responsibilities and limitations visible before delivery begins.
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Define the outcome
Agree what should improve, which workplace behaviours matter and what decisions the organisation needs to make.
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Assess the environment
Review existing room technology, controls, networks, building systems, data availability and integration constraints.
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Design the behaviour
Define the triggers, responses, exceptions, reporting requirements and responsibilities behind each use case.
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Integrate and commission
Coordinate the required specialists, configure compatible systems and validate the agreed workplace behaviours.
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Measure and refine
Review the available evidence, adjust settings where appropriate and use the findings to inform later workplace decisions.
Workplace utilisation insights
Turn workplace activity into evidence for better decisions.
Selected workplace data can help organisations understand how spaces are performing and where the workplace may need to adapt. The objective is useful evidence, not data collection for its own sake.
Room demand
See which rooms are used regularly and which spaces experience low or inconsistent demand.
Capacity alignment
Compare room size and available capacity with the way spaces are actually being used.
Operating patterns
Understand when spaces are most active and where operating schedules may not reflect real workplace demand.
Portfolio planning
Use evidence from one room, floor or site to support wider planning, standards and future investment decisions.
Experience, planning and performance
Make the workplace easier to use and easier to understand.
Smart workplace systems can improve the immediate experience of a room while creating evidence for longer-term planning and investment.
A more responsive experience
Create workplace environments that are ready when needed and return to an appropriate state when they are not.
Less unnecessary operation
Reduce avoidable runtime across compatible lighting, displays and environmental systems.
Better workplace decisions
Base space planning and technology investment on selected evidence rather than assumption alone.
Stronger sustainability evidence
Connect automation and utilisation information with measurable workplace and sustainability initiatives.
Sustainability and ESG support
Connect automation with measurable sustainability outcomes.
Automation can help reduce unnecessary operation across compatible lighting, displays, room technology and environmental systems. Utilisation evidence can also help organisations make better decisions before expanding, reconfiguring or investing in additional space.
The strongest sustainability claims are supported by evidence. Actual savings will depend on the connected systems, operating settings, workplace patterns and the organisation’s measurement approach.
Frequently asked questions
Useful answers before designing a smart workplace.
What does smart workplace automation include?
It can include occupancy sensing, automated room activation, lighting controls, motorised blinds, environmental-system integration, utilisation reporting and connections between room, booking and building platforms. The final scope depends on the workplace requirement and the compatibility of the selected systems.
Can lights, blinds and air conditioning respond automatically?
Potentially, yes. Compatible systems can respond to agreed triggers such as occupancy, room bookings, time schedules or ambient-light conditions. Delivery may require coordination with electrical, mechanical, building-management and other specialist providers.
Are occupancy sensors the same as people-counting sensors?
No. Basic occupancy sensors generally identify whether a space is occupied. Accurate headcounts require sensors and analytics designed for people counting. The right technology depends on the question the organisation needs to answer.
Does workplace utilisation data identify individual employees?
It does not necessarily need to. Many workplace-planning use cases can be supported using anonymous occupancy or space-level information. The selected platform, data access, retention and privacy requirements should be agreed before implementation.
Can smart workplace technology support sustainability and ESG goals?
Yes. Automation can reduce unnecessary operation of compatible systems, while utilisation evidence can support more efficient space planning. Any claimed savings or ESG outcomes should be measured against an agreed baseline and the organisation’s reporting requirements.
Start with the workplace outcome you want to improve.
Talk to Provenance about coordinating automation, connected workplace systems and the evidence needed to make better decisions about space, performance and sustainability.
Provenance helps organisations plan, reuse, relocate, deploy and support workplace technology with less waste, lower risk and better long-term value
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Provenance Technology Group Pty Ltd
E hello@pwtg.com.au
T +61 2 9072 1234
ABN 39 698 570 731
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