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Continued from page 25 applications for the smart campus can make planning a meeting completely hassle-free, even for employees in buildings halfway across the country or world. An automated system can pull data from sources across a campus and beyond to plan the most economical and productive meeting. For the future systems will figure out the best time to get the necessary staff together – by pulling data from train companies, buildings across a campus, and staff’s personal information, it will decide which location is most convenient to travel to, which has availability, and which transport methods or times will be most economical for the company. Right now, systems can assess the
availability of rooms in its chosen location, align staff schedules to decide a time, select the most appropriate room for a certain meeting, and even automatically book refreshments to arrive at the best time to revitalise tiring staff. All of this saves valuable time for employees, for whom booking meetings can be a drain on resources, saving businesses money and boosting productivity. For new staff, onboarding can be drain
on resources – but in smart campuses, this can be turned on its head. Using the sensors within their buildings, those managing smart campuses can create apps to onboard new employees. Not only can these apps have all their onboarding documentation, but it can help them get on their feet quickly.
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The apps can lead them to their desk, show them the way to meeting rooms, bathrooms and kitchens, and let them see their current location relative to the resources they need. These can also be downloaded by visitors, ensuring visitors can navigate where they should be heading, which also helps with security efforts. In hot-desking scenarios for any campus
building, employees can see where free desks are located, reserve spaces at the touch of a button, navigate to their chosen desk, and even enable comfort control around their desk, all within the app. In addition, location-based systems across buildings and the campus can now optimise space planning, which allows the co-location of workgroups physically and virtually.
What does this all mean for a facilities manager?
Managing a smart campus brings myriad challenges, but also countless opportunities to create better workspaces for employees, streamline facilities management using technology, boost energy efficiency and reduce a business’ carbon footprint, and help owners, operators and occupants save money. This all comes from having integrated,
automated systems – with a multitude of sensors. While improving employee experience and increasing occupant safety and security, the biggest draw of creating connected smart campuses for facilities
managers is the energy and cost savings. While you can expect to spend more on the overall cost of a smart building and campus, you can also expect to see less building system downtime and significant lifecycle cost reductions. With the world of business ready for the
arrival of smart campuses, facilities managers ought to have the knowledge and expertise on what smart campuses can offer, so they can be ready too.
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