The business problem
Many buildings, one thinly stretched team
Campus estates run buildings from several decades with different systems, while demand swings between full occupancy in term and near-empty in recess. Requests come from academics, students and residence staff through informal channels, and the limited between-term window is often planned too late to use well.
The IntelliGrid approach
One estate view with term-aware planning
All buildings sit in one location hierarchy with a shared asset register, so the estate can be seen and compared as a whole. Requests are captured through app and messaging channels, and planned work is scheduled explicitly against the academic calendar.
AI use cases
Building comparison
Consumption and fault rates compared to identify the worst-performing buildings.
Seasonal load anomalies
Consumption during recess inconsistent with low occupancy.
Lab ventilation performance
Airflow and pressure monitored where safety depends on it.
Sustainability opportunities
Recess setback
Conditioning and lighting reduced during low-occupancy periods.
Building retrofit priority
Retrofit targeted at buildings with measured worst intensity.
Campus-wide reporting
Estate consumption and emissions reported for institutional disclosure.
Challenges
What makes this environment demanding
Multiple buildings
Estates spanning decades of construction and system generations.
Classrooms
Teaching spaces where a fault interrupts scheduled classes.
Laboratories
Specialist ventilation, gases and equipment with safety obligations.
Residential blocks
Student accommodation with resident request volumes and duty-of-care obligations.
Term schedules
Occupancy and demand varying sharply through the academic year.
Work order volume
High volumes of small requests across a wide area.
Energy
Significant consumption across buildings with varying efficiency.
Security
Open campuses with access control and out-of-hours protection.
Workflow
Campus request handling
STEP 1
Report
Staff, student or residence team reports an issue.
STEP 2
Locate
Building, room and asset identified from the hierarchy.
STEP 3
Schedule
Urgency assessed against teaching and occupancy schedules.
STEP 4
Dispatch
Assigned to the technician covering that zone.
STEP 5
Review
Recurrence and building condition tracked across the estate.
Campus estate KPIs
Metrics reported by the platform. Values depend on your operation.
Request response time
Across teaching and residential buildings
PPM completion
Routines completed in window
Building intensity
Consumption per square metre by building
Backlog
Open work by building
Business benefits
Connects with
Run the estate as one operation
We will look at your building mix, request channels and term-based planning.