Education

Higher education institutions face many challenges, from environmentally healthy classrooms for the wellbeing of staff and students to achieving their sustainability targets, whist at the same time ensuring their buildings or campus remains cybersecure.

We know that the education sector is finding energy and other utility costs having a progressively greater impact on their expenditure. Indeed, the utility bills of UK universities have risen much faster than any of their other operating costs, and maintenance costs have also grown.

As a result, the installation of a Trend Building Energy Management System (BEMS) has proved a cost-effective way for colleges and universities to manage energy consumption and maintenance expenditure.

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Looking after the learning environment

Trend systems help keep facilities safer for occupants, in part by cleaning the air automatically as people come and go. To do that, your building needs accurate data about the air quality – and that starts with our versatile range of sensors for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ).

Studies show that comfort levels inside your building can impact occupant health, satisfaction, and productivity. This is influenced by factors such as CO2, temperature and humidity; as well as air that is free of irritants, allergens and unwelcome odour.

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Helping educators meet Net Zero targets

One of the main ways that a Trend BEMS helps to save energy is by operating a building’s Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC) and lighting in strict accordance with demand. This is particularly so in universities and colleges, where lecture theatres and other areas are not in continuous use.

Find out how your BEMS can be your extra pair of hands.

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Taking serious responsibility for our future generations

We all have a duty of care to protect our planet for tomorrow and to provide the right learning environment for our children today.

At the same time we should educate our future generations on how to support sustainability and protect it themselves.

You can use your BEMS as part of your educational curriculum too… whether displaying data to encourage active participation or benchmarking best practice across buildings in your educational estate.

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