We will create a smart estate in collaboration with our newly engaged integrated infrastructure partners. This will connect our students and staff to our buildings and services, and ensure that our estates strategy objectives are fully integrated. To do this, we will:
- create learning spaces that support the Education for Social Justice Framework blended learning approaches – data derived from occupancy sensors and other sources will enable a right-sized configuration of teaching spaces which enhance the learning experience. In addition to this, implementing a range of high-impact collaboration technologies and applications will create a more dynamic, personalised learning experience in both the classroom and remotely.
- target estates maintenance and investment to bring the greatest benefit to our students and staff – data on building usage and systems performance will enable a proactive demand-led maintenance and investment regime. Maintenance and investment in building systems, services and improvements can be pinpointed to the areas which give the greatest benefit, and equivalent savings can be made by avoiding unnecessary maintenance costs.
- deliver on carbon savings targets – control of building systems such as lighting, heating and AV systems will be increasingly linked to real-time usage data. Greater automation will lead to efficient on-demand use of energy and enhance strategies for energy procurement and production.
- enhance the welcome and navigation experience – we will digitally map the campus environment and make wayfinding technologies and applications available to all users. We will optimise and integrate the digital touchpoints of students, staff and visitors when they arrive at the University. This will enable a frictionless, personalised user experience, from being invited to campus, to signing in, booking rooms, meeting people and accessing facilities to optimising journey times and simplifying campus navigation.
- enhance the internal environment – internal environmental factors such as CO2 levels have been shown to affect learning outcomes. We will measure internal environmental factors and develop strategies that will enable our spaces to achieve recognised wellbeing standards.
- embed the digital strategy in all new building developments and improvements – we will ensure that all future building developments
and improvements incorporate and support the requirements of this digital strategy.
