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The PropTech Index™
How each technology category creates building value, in the four dimensions PropertyAlpha scores: income, efficiency, resilience, and desirability.
| Technology Category | Value Dimension | Modeled NOI Lift / Unit / Yr |
|---|---|---|
| Smart Home / IoT | Desirability | $271.70 |
| Managed Wi-Fi | Income | ~$220 |
| EV Charging | Desirability | Valued per building in your Impact Report |
| Energy Management | Efficiency | Valued per building in your Impact Report |
| Leak Detection | Resilience | Valued per building in your Impact Report |
| Smart Access | Resilience | ~$45 |
Modeled from PropertyAlpha benchmarks. NOI lift ÷ cap rate = asset value created. Not financial advice.
Hidden alpha at every stage.
Find the hidden alpha in every building — a better experience for residents, stronger returns for owners and operators.
Building new
Price the technology stack before the design is locked, while every dollar of NOI is cheapest to capture.
Upgrading what you own
Mark what's installed, what's planned, and what's missing. See the dollar gap and what closing it is worth.
Underwriting what you're buying
Add technology upside to acquisition due diligence — in the same NOI and cap-rate terms your lender uses.
Technology moves NOI four ways.
New revenue, lower utility and operating cost, lower insurance risk, and residents who stay. Every $1 of recurring NOI is worth about $19 of asset value at a 5.25% cap rate — that's why the right stack is a capital decision, not an amenity line item.
ESG benchmarks measure compliance. PropertyAlpha measures dollars.
Managed Wi-Fi, smart home, and other amenities residents pay for — recurring revenue the building doesn't earn today.
Source: PropertyAlpha benchmarkEnergy management, sub-metering, and HVAC optimization remove operating cost — and can help qualify for agency green financing.
Source: ENERGY STAR (EPA)Leak detection, access control, and connected life safety prevent the losses that drive claims and premiums.
Source: Insurance Information InstituteConnectivity and convenience residents expect — the amenities that win leases and keep residents renewing.
Source: NMHC / Grace Hill 2024Third-party figures are national averages, not projections for any one property. PropertyAlpha figures are modeled.
See a sample Property Impact ReportEnergy and insurance, working for your NOI.
Utilities and insurance are two of the largest operating costs in any building. Our Platinum partners help owners and operators bring both down — and every saving flows straight to NOI.
Research on the decisions that move NOI most.
Written with partners who bring deep data in insurance, energy, and building technology — and shaped by surveys of the developers, owners, and operators in our database, so every side of the building has a voice. Each brief is co-authored and labeled as such, with our method and sources shown.
First briefs in developmentFrom The Edge Amsterdam
to Financial Alpha
The Edge is completed in Amsterdam and earns a BREEAM score of 98.36% — among the highest ever recorded.
Bloomberg calls it the smartest building in the world: about 28,000 sensors, using 70% less electricity than a typical office.
Multifamily owners still lack one framework that proves what technology is worth to the building — in dollars their lenders underwrite.
PropertyAlpha debuts at CES, bringing The Edge's thesis to multifamily real estate.
The Edge, Amsterdam
Called the smartest building in the world by Bloomberg. A proof of concept that turned about 28,000 sensors into operational intelligence and became the benchmark for data-driven real estate.
Sources: BRE Group; Bloomberg (2015).
PropertyAlpha was built to extend The Edge's thesis to multifamily real estate at scale — giving every owner and operator the intelligence that was once reserved for landmark developments.
The buildings that generate the most intelligence generate the most returns.
Built on a nationwide database of thousands of multifamily developers, owners, and operators. See your building's hidden alpha — free.