London – 10 November 2022 – VTS, the commercial real estate industry’s leading technology platform that transforms how strategic decisions are made and executed across the asset lifecycle, has become one of the first companies recognised as an Accredited Solution by WiredScore, the company setting the global standard for technology in the built world.
Developed in response to a lack of clarity around how to implement technological solutions into buildings to create smart-enabled assets, Accredited Solutions are technology providers whose systems and solutions have been benchmarked against WiredScore’s certification standards, empowering them to work with landlords globally.
By being named an Accredited Solution, VTS can be further leveraged by landlords and developers. The accreditation allows VTS to partner with WiredScore’s global client base of building owners and landlords as they transition on a journey toward smarter and more innovative assets by becoming SmartScore certified.
SmartScore is the global smart building certification that evaluates, improves, benchmarks and promotes cutting-edge smart technology in the built world and was designed and developed by leading landlords, occupiers, and advisors. SmartScore assesses buildings for the outcomes and benefits of a smart building, with actionable targets that help building owners save money and resources along the way
Charlie Wade, EMEA Managing Director of VTS, said:
“We’re thrilled to be recognised as one of WiredScore’s Accredited Solutions, which is testament to our expertise and innovation in providing technology that delivers a modern, portfolio-driven experience across all asset types.
“Over the past few years, VTS has seen significant traction in the real estate industry at the same time as undergoing a transformative evolution to create a multi-product platform that provides a solution to all stakeholders in the industry, whether that be real estate landlords, agents and tenants. We look forward to continuing partnering with the real estate industry as it navigates its smart building journey.”
Arie Barendrecht, Founder and CEO of WiredScore, said:
“We are really excited to be launching our Accredited Solutions offering to the market, to build a bridge between real estate and technology, enabling landlords and the technology solutions that serve them to connect seamlessly.
“Since launching SmartScore - our smart building certification - in 2021, we’ve noticed that ‘smart’ continues to be an opaque subject for the real estate industry. Many continue to seek guidance on how to implement smart buildings, what solution providers to work with, and even what ‘smart’ itself means. We are confident that our Accredited Solutions offering will help to demystify how to successfully deliver a smart building.”
The VTS Platform is now used by 19 of the 20 largest global asset managers, and over 300,000 tenant companies are managed throughout the platform, making it the most widely utilised software in commercial real estate. In 2021, the VTS Platform executed over $31 billion of leases, with over 2 billion square feet of assets added.
VTS has been certified as a Great Place to Work® two years in a row and was recently recognised on Fortune’s Best Workplaces in New York, Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Real Estate, and Glassdoor’s Highest Rated Cloud-Computing Companies.
