Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated and Hitachi Asia Ltd. have announced an agreement to conduct collaborative studies applying Hitachi technology to enhance the real estate services that JLL provides to its clients in Asia Pacific. Beginning in December 2016, the three companies started the first proofs of concept by installing sensors in the Hitachi Asia headquarters in Singapore, collecting a wide range of data to analyse usage of its office space. Following this, a series of studies will be conducted to look at advanced facilities management and the efficient use of corporate real estate. By using Hitachi's Internet of Things (IoT) platform 'Lumada', the companies are focused on developing new solutions that will improve the quality of the real estate services that JLL provides. Lumada is designed to drive digital business transformation through the integration of various kinds of devices, machines and systems in a wide range of business fields. It uses advanced data analytics to gain deep insights into how a business can be made more efficient.