How to change building settings
Settings holds a building's basic details: floor area, building type, opening hours, property company, contacts, tenants and service partners. They look administrative, but several of them are prerequisites for the rest of Properate calculating correctly.
How to open the settings
Go to Settings in the sidebar at building level.
Floor area — the most important detail
The area is the basis for every per-square-metre key figure, and it's required to order an energy report.
- Open the building you want to work on. See How to switch building and search for a building.
- Click Edit area of use.
- Choose the Area designation: Gross building area (BTA) or Usable area (BRA).
- Enter the Area.
- Confirm with OK.
You get {area} updated. If it fails: Couldn't update area. Try again.
If you've overridden the area and want to return to what Properate calculates itself, use Reset — the message becomes {area} reset to the calculated value.
Note: Choose the area designation deliberately. BTA and BRA give different figures for the same building, and a per-square-metre key figure is only comparable between buildings using the same designation. Switch designation mid-year and it looks as though consumption per square metre has changed.
Building type and category
Building type and Building category are used to group and compare buildings — an office block shouldn't be measured against a sports hall. They also appear in the portfolio table. See How to use the portfolio view.
Opening hours
Opening hours determine what Properate counts as operation. See How to register opening hours for a building.
Property company
Property company registers the company owning the building: Add or edit the property company details for this building.
- Click Add property company.
- Fill in the Company name — required. Without it: Enter a company name.
- Fill in the optional Organization number (optional), Contact person (optional), Email (optional) and Phone number (optional).
- Click Save property company.
The organization number is validated: Enter a valid Norwegian organization number (9 digits). Email and phone are validated similarly.
To remove it, use Remove and confirm Remove this property company from the building?
Regions
Regions group buildings geographically. Add one with Add "{region}", and remove it with Delete region {region} — the confirmation is Delete region {region}?
The other lists
List | Article |
|---|---|
Contacts | |
Tenants | |
Service partners |
Frequently asked questions
Why are the per-square-metre key figures empty in the portfolio table?
The area is missing. That's the most common reason for empty cells in the KPI table.
Why can't I order an energy report?
The area has to be registered — both for the owner and for any tenants you're reporting on. See How to create an energy report.
Who can change the settings?
Anyone with write access to the building.
Is the area calculated automatically?
Properate calculates a value and you can override it. Reset takes you back to the calculated one.
Tip!
Go through Settings as the first task when a building comes into use. Floor area, building type and opening hours govern key figures, reports and the operational shading in the graphs — and if they're missing, it isn't obvious that anything is wrong: the figures simply come out empty or misleading.