SustainMatrix for Education
Which buildings stay conditioned when campus is empty?
Measure energy, water and commuting across the campus, separate term time from holidays, and compare buildings per student and per m².
Explore the platformThe challenge
Campus performance that follows the academic year.
Campuses mix teaching, research and residential buildings, all following the academic calendar. Annual totals hide buildings that stay heated or cooled while empty.
- Campus-level energy and water
- Per-student and per-m² indicators
- Term-time and seasonal patterns
- Student and staff commuting emissions
- Multi-campus reporting
- Sustainability targets and progress
Indicators that matter
How education performance is measured.
Three numbers that matter most, each with what it measures and what it is read against.
1,860kWh
Campus energy use per full-time-equivalent student.
118kWh/m²
Building energy use per square metre of floor area.
2,350tCO₂e a year
Estimated emissions from student and staff travel to campus.
- Read against
- Read with per m² intensity, because research and residential buildings differ from teaching space.
- Read against
- Compared between buildings of similar use, and between term-time and vacation periods.
- Read against
- Based on travel surveys or other agreed data, with the method stated.
Performance intelligence
Separate the academic calendar from performance.
Campus use follows terms, exams and holidays. Allowing for those patterns and the weather shows which buildings use energy when nobody is there.
ReadShaded columns are term time. The solid line is what the campus used; the dashed line is what weather and the calendar explain.
See which months use energy when nobody is there.
Monthly campus energy per student against a baseline adjusted for weather and the academic calendar, with term and holiday periods marked.
Holiday waste shows up as a gap you can act on, not as a seasonal dip.
Calendars differ by campus. The baseline uses each campus’s own term dates.
Relevant capabilities
The platform, applied to your operations.
The same governed engine across sectors, configured with the indicators and comparisons you need.
Energy and water management
Use and intensity by campus and building.
Adjusted performance
Baselines that account for term patterns and weather.
Carbon accounting
Institutional Scope 1, 2 and 3, including commuting.
Portfolio benchmarking
Buildings and campuses compared like for like.
Targets and reporting
Progress against institutional commitments.
What changes
Outcomes your teams will notice.
Lower vacation consumption
Buildings conditioned while empty are easy to find.
Fair building comparison
Teaching, research and residential space are compared with their peers.
Complete institutional footprint
Commuting sits beside estate emissions.
Visible progress
Targets are tracked through the year, not only at year end.
Questions
Common questions from education teams.
How are term-time patterns handled?
Periods can be compared by term and vacation, and baselines can include calendar and weather drivers where enough data exists.
How are commuting emissions estimated?
From travel surveys or other agreed data on mode and distance, with the method and assumptions recorded.
Can several campuses be reported together?
Yes. Results roll up from buildings to campuses to the institution.