From risk to overview: Niels Brock's approach to climate adaptation

A system Niels Brock already knows

Niels Brock already uses Upsite for operations and maintenance. When the climate resilience module was introduced, it was a natural extension. Not as a new system, but as a new dimension of the overview they had already built. Now they can map risks, prioritize efforts, and document decisions directly within the system they already know. Read here what Claus Villumsen, Facility Manager at Niels Brock, says about their experiences.

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Overview without searching

Climate risk analysis has long been on Niels Brock's ESG agenda. What was missing was a tool to make it manageable. With Upsite, risks and bluespots are visualized, and climate adaptation proposals are linked directly to the maintenance plan.

Firstly, Upsite visualizes the problems really well. You get a consolidated overview. You don't have to go searching in all kinds of places.

Climate resilience and maintenance combined

Because the climate adaptation proposals are linked directly to the maintenance plan, Claus Villumsen can prioritize tasks within the same overview and assess what is urgent and what can wait.

Now we have a maintenance part and a climate resilience part. So we have a complete overview.

From ESG plan to concrete action

With Upsite, the strategic goal is now actionable in practice: within three years, full climate risk analyses must be in place for all buildings, so Niels Brock knows which adaptations to prioritize and when.

We want to conduct climate risk analyses. It is part of our strategic goals. We must have full climate risk analyses on all our buildings, so we know which climate adaptations we need to implement.

Postpone or advance on an informed basis

Just as Upsite helps prioritize maintenance tasks, allowing you to move and add tasks, Niels Brock now uses the climate resilience module in the same way: conscious choices instead of reactive firefighting.

We are well aware that in five years, we could face a major issue with groundwater. We can incorporate that into the maintenance plan and move tasks around if necessary. Now we just do it on an informed basis.

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What Niels Brock gets out of Upsite Climate Resilience

• One consolidated overview of climate risks and maintenance without searching through separate systems

• Climate adaptation tasks integrated directly into the existing maintenance plan

• Documented basis for decisions for the board, authorities, and partners

• Mapping of bluespots and risk zones with data-driven projections in the platform

• Ability to prioritize and plan proactively and consciously postpone or advance efforts

Read also how Niels Brock uses Upsite for Operations & Maintenance