Center for Digital Building & Real Estate
Do you want to develop the built environment in a sustainable, digital and economically viable way? Real estate management is an interdisciplinary management discipline. The Center for Digital Building & Real Estate at HWZ combines scientifically grounded expertise with real-world challenges. Our practice-oriented executive education programmes focus on data-driven decision-making, digital processes, sustainability and new business models across the entire lifecycle, enabling real estate to deliver measurable impact and create long-term value.
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Objectives and Responsibilities
The Center strengthens professional and leadership capabilities for the transformation of real estate and construction. We empower professionals to integrate existing requirements and emerging ESG expectations with technology and value creation, and to translate them into actionable strategies, standards and solutions. Our programmes are designed for professionals who manage real estate, evaluate investments and are responsible for strategic real estate decisions within organisational or market contexts.
Key focus areas / Our offering
Sustainability, ESG and decarbonisation in strategy, portfolios and operations
Data, digital twins and AI for transparency, performance and risk management
Digital processes and standards (e.g. BIM, IoT, data models, governance, smart buildings)
Value-oriented real estate and investment decisions (business case, KPIs, lifecycle)
Transformation, organisation and change in the real estate and construction sector
Our degree programmes
Find out more about our diverse range of degree programmes:
Research & Knowledge Transfer
Applied research and collaboration with businesses and public organisations are central to our approach. We develop and test solutions through projects, studies and pilot applications. The transfer of knowledge into practice, and back into teaching and continuing education, is an integral part of our mission.
