Real Estate Optimization
Real Estate Optimization: The Cornerstone of Sustainability
The future of healthcare is sustainable, and it starts with sustainable real estate solutions. Traditional medical facilities are energy and utility gluttons that strain budgets and our natural resources.
How Real Estate Optimization Works
Yesterday’s buildings, especially hospitals, struggled with inefficient resource usage, high operating costs, a significant environmental footprint, and missed opportunities to create better health outcomes for patients.
Oakwell’s approach to sustainable real estate solutions tackles these challenges directly. It can include plans to keep, tear down, buy, construct, re-engineer, and repurpose buildings — as well as how to pay for it all.
Real estate optimization goes beyond simply identifying problems with your current infrastructure. It’s a comprehensive, action-oriented approach that tackles these challenges head-on through:
Comprehensive Analysis
We begin by analyzing your existing facilities and evaluating energy consumption, space utilization efficiency, and overall functionality.
Strategic Planning
Based on this analysis, we develop a customized plan that may include:
- Energy Conservation Measures and Upgrades — Implementing energy-efficient upgrades like occupancy control, HVAC system control optimization, central plant upgrades, heat recovery, and, where appropriate, electrification to significantly reduce operating costs.
- Space Optimization — Optimizing space allocation and workflow patterns to improve efficiency and potentially free up underutilized areas.
- Right-Sizing Facilities — Exploring options like selling or repurposing buildings that are too large or inefficient and potentially acquiring or constructing strategically located facilities that better serve the needs of your healthcare system.
- Financial Strategies — We help you identify potential funding sources like grants, rebates, and partnerships to support your real estate optimization initiatives.
Implementation and Beyond
We do more than create a plan; we help you execute it. Our team can manage the entire process, including project management and implementation oversight.
Sustainable Real Estate Solutions
Healthcare organizations face unique challenges in optimizing their real estate for sustainability benefits.
Oakwell works with you to achieve ambitious goals through:
Integrated Expertise
Our team combines specialists in engineering, finance, real estate, sustainability, technology, and hospital operations. This ensures a holistic strategy that addresses every aspect of your sustainability goals.
Streamlined Solutions
Unlike healthcare systems that often rely on multiple service providers, Oakwell eliminates the need for juggling multiple vendors. We have the tools, resources, and expertise you need with one team, saving you time, costs, and resources.
Direct Support and Achievable Guidance
We don’t offer mere theoretical solutions. Oakwell works closely with you to develop actionable plans for your specific needs and budget, delivering tangible results.
Financial Strategies and Implementation
Securing capital for sustainability projects can be a hurdle to doing the right thing. Oakwell’s expertise in project financing helps source or supply the funding you need to make your vision a reality.
Oakwell: Your Partner in Health System Sustainability
Our team includes seasoned professionals with backgrounds managing billion-dollar projects, leading real estate portfolios, and integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals into corporate strategies.
Real estate optimization is a strategic investment in the future of your healthcare organization, the environment, and the communities you serve.
