Each room is equipped with several room automation operator units. The building’s sustainability concept has earned it LEED silver certification. With Desigo CC, all systems are interconnected – fire safety, lighting, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning – and are managed centrally. But of course any user can also adjust the blinds independently, for example if they need to darken the room for a presentation. Light meters on the roof of the building make sure the blinds are optimally adjusted depending on the angle of the sun and cloud cover.
The degree of digitalization and building automation is impressive: The platform encompasses a fire alarm system with 1,500 fire detectors, an access control system with 40 Siport readers, an intrusion detection system with 50 elements, a video surveillance system, 560 Desigo room automation operator units, and Dali lighting control. In order to ensure the perfect indoor climate, the company opted for a Siemens solution tailored to its needs: the building management platform Desigo CC. Now 19,000 square meters provide space for 900 employees. From this location, the group manages its global base of 700,000 customers.ĭB Schenker has united its employees from the previous seven locations distributed all over Essen in this building. “Since we run our global logistics network from here, I think this is a very fitting name for DB Schenker,” says Jochen Thewes, the company’s chairman. The company called their new headquarters “The Grid”. With its eight stories, it is downright modest compared to the tall neighboring buildings of RWE, ThyssenKrupp and Evonik. Opened just a few months ago, the X-shaped, delicate building lies only a couple of steps from Essen’s main railway station. The logistics company DB Schenker, which has recently moved into its new headquarters, contributes to this green renaissance. Today, Essen is a particularly livable city with its many parks and green areas – and an example of successful structural change. Who would have thought it? The former industrial town of Essen located right at the heart of the Ruhr region, famed in former times for its coal mines and smoking factory chimneys, has been named the European Green Capital of 2017 by the European Commission.
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