Education

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The education campus is the ultimate property challenge: how to provide flexible, efficient and integrated campus management with adequate safety and security, across disparate property types and functions, whilst maintaining costs.

Every campus contains multiple building types, such as lecture theatres, libraries, laboratories, sports facilities, restaurants, entertainment venues and residential accommodation – each with unique requirements for climate control, security, fire, safety and access. In addition, today’s teaching establishments need to exploit the communication and flexible-learning opportunities provided by IP networks and Internet technologies.

CDC is uniquely experienced in providing intelligent solutions, powered by Integra™, for education campuses where the building fabric, spaces, services and information systems can be integrated and managed in a single control centre.

CDC’s Intelligent Education Management Solution

Hardware-independent, open-centralised monitoring system, designed to control and inter-connect disparate and proprietary sub-systems found in campus operational control environments, from a single control centre.
Rules-based, centralised management system enabling ‘management by exception’, with ability to group separate sub-systems together for optimum performance management.
Can be extended to manage multiple campuses.
Response plans and event management guidance for campus operators eg Major Incident Management and low carbon energy plans.
Complete audit trail of sub-system performance for management reporting, service level monitoring and performance analysis.

Download a detailed brochure on CDC’s Intelligent Education Management Solution

Benefits

Major operational cost savings through centralised monitoring and management, eliminating need for multiple control rooms or individual sub-system monitoring stations.
Existing legacy sub-systems inter-connected with new developments, extending operational life span and eliminating major costs associated with sub-system replacement.
New sub-systems eg enhanced CCTV or digital video recording, easily integrated into existing management solution.
Ability to operate across geographically dispersed locations, nationally and internationally.
Incorporates all communication systems eg IP telephony, cell, wireless networks, SMS, email messaging etc.
Access to campus operational information in real time with all relevant information available from single source.
Audit trail for powerful, unbiased ‘forensic’ analysis. Contributes to future planning design and supports corporate governance and best practice methods.
Flexibility to respond to changing demands of the campus and its population.

CDC reference sites include:

Birmingham (BSF), UK
Eton College, UK
Qatar Education City, Qatar
University of Plymouth, UK
University of Sussex, UK