Involve schedulers

Growth or shrinkage of an institution can affect both frequency and occupancy rates. As an Estates manager, collaborating with scheduling specialists to determine the right interventions for your portfolio will help you to gradually become more efficient in your space usage.

Monitor the effects of interventions

It is better to determine the (annual) effect of all interventions on space usage than to measure the effect of a single intervention. A practical case shows a 20% efficiency gain on an entire program.

Increasing space efficiency through adaptive scheduling

With adaptive scheduling, higher education institutions can adjust their schedules based on real-time data, creating a feedback loop that did not exist before. By adjusting schedules based on the performance of the past academic year and adjusting existing bookings based on falling attendance rates, space use can be increased significantly over time.

Using teaching spaces for studying

By opening up teaching spaces for studying when rooms are not in use, you can further increase your space use. Certainly in central teaching facilities, this will help more students to find available study places!

As PLEQ, we support higher education in their smart campus journeys, by optimizing their space use through real-time occupancy data.

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