Tenants in 22 Bishopsgate, the 62-storey skyscraper that is set to become the second‑highest building in London when it completes this year, will be moving into a workplace claimed to have the highest smart building standards in Europe.

The scheme has a digital building services system that is designed to deliver an extremely efficient building, and sets high targets for sustainability, comfort and the wellbeing of occupants. The built-in flexibility of the space means it can be adapted to any facilities or office layouts that future tenants might require, while enabling different software systems to plug into it.

Central to this is 22 Bishopsgate’s smart building technology platform. Matt Marson, head of smart places at WSP, which was the engineering consultant on the project, explains how the system was developed:

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