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What are the best ways to encourage people to return to their offices in central Sydney?
“Policymakers are trying to get Sydney’s office towers filled to restore its damaged economy...”What would make it appealing
5 April 2021 by Maria MacNama...

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The PropTech Awards
The Proptech Association Australia is holding Australia's first and only dedicated national awards for proptech.Entries will close on Friday, 19 March.There are awards for:1. Admin & Efficiency2. Design & Development3. Sales & Marketing4. Property & Facilities Management5. Smart Buildings & Cities6. Financing, Ownership & AffordabilityThe awards are open to established vendors, scale-ups and start-ups with use cases and clients in property. Entries close Friday, 19 March.https://proptechassociation.com.au/proptech-awards/
11 March 2021 by Jennifer Harr...

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Improving credit risk culture and governance in construction
Supply chain insolvency in construction has major domino effects and can bring large projects to a grinding halt.  Anility is a subscription platform that is sold to large scale construction firms to protect their projects from sub-contractor credit risk.  Sub-contractors connect their real time accounting data and Anility's proprietary risk model turns it into a dashboard with scores out of 100.  The raw data is never shared.  Builders can use the platform both as a due diligence tool prior to awarding contracts and also as an ongoing governance tool to get an early warning sign of financial distress. 
7 March 2021 by Jennifer Harr...

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Connecting property data, people and insights for action
Conexie is a property communication platform and native app that harnesses data from sensors and equipment in the built environment, and supplements it with observations from humans, to generate insights for action.  The team has recently launched a turnkey solar energy solution so every building owner can have a smart building with efficient, renewable and non-wasteful energy consumption.  Harnessing the data around us and making it universally understandable is one thing.  Partnering this pivotal information with a suite of communication capabilities that results in users being notified, informed and able to make decisions in real time, that changes the game!
1 March 2021 by Jennifer Harr...

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Student housing repurposed as social housing?
Could this accommodation be re-purposed for social housing?This gives governments immediate access to accommodation while they build new stock to which those needing social housing can be re-located. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/occupancy-has-hit-the-cliff-thousands-of-student-apartments-mothballed-20210210-p5718x.html
14 February 2021 by Maria MacNama...

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Indoor navigation for everyone who needs help getting from A to B
We all know and love GPS based maps that tell us how to get from A to B outside.  But what happens when you arrive at your destination and it's a huge unfamiliar shopping mall or office building?  Where's the indoor digital map?BindiMaps is revolutionising the way we navigate internal spaces.  With the help of Bluetooth beacons, the smart phone app provides audio directions.While BindiMaps adds a layer of convenience for most, it completely changes the way people with vision impairment access indoor spaces.  It's a great example of inclusive proptech-for-good.Get BindiMapped!Photo:  Co-Founder Anna Wrighthttps://bindimaps.com/
14 February 2021 by Jennifer Harr...