Tools and processes to build consensus for campus space initiatives

Purdue University was confronted with a big challenge that most institutions are now facing: How to build consensus for improving real estate utilization on campus across a myriad of stakeholders. In this session, Rob Wynkoop and Sue Wohlford-Bork demonstrate how Purdue leveraged the university Wi-Fi network and Lambent Spaces technology to reveal building occupancy and utilization over time – an initiative that resonates with the needs of IT, networking, and security to cultivate buy-in from the start. They identify how the data was leveraged to address underutilized office space associated with new hybrid work schedules, and increase utilization of classrooms and labs spaces across campus.