1,000 Meters. 100 Buildings. One Campus Platform.
The University of Utah runs one of the largest campus metering operations in the region. From research labs to student housing, every building's energy data flows through VITALITY.
The Challenge
A major research university is not a single building — it's a small city. The University of Utah operates labs that run 24/7, lecture halls with erratic schedules, student housing with seasonal occupancy, and administrative buildings with standard business hours. Every building type has different energy patterns, different metering needs, and different stakeholders.
With 1,000 meters across 100 buildings, the university needed a platform that could handle the volume and variety of campus energy data while supporting sustainability commitments, budget allocation across departments, and student billing for housing utilities.
The Solution
Campus-Wide Metering
1,000 meters covering electric, water, gas, steam, and chilled water across every building type on campus.
Building-Level Analytics
Consumption dashboards for each building, department, and utility type. Compare buildings, track baselines, and identify waste.
Student Housing Billing
Utility charges allocated to student housing units. Fair billing that encourages conservation and funds sustainability programs.
The Results
Sustainability Progress
Real meter data powers the university's sustainability reports. Progress against carbon reduction targets is measurable and verifiable, not estimated.
Budget Accountability
Departments see their actual energy consumption. When the data is visible, conversations about efficiency happen naturally and budget allocation is based on facts.
Anomaly Detection
With 1,000 meters generating data around the clock, automated alerts catch equipment failures, leaks, and billing anomalies that manual monitoring would miss.
Compliance Reporting
Automated compliance reports for local and state energy benchmarking mandates. The university meets reporting deadlines without manual data compilation.
A campus is a small city. It needs a platform that thinks like one.
The University of Utah proves that VITALITY handles the diversity and scale of campus operations — from research labs to residence halls — with a single deployment.
Managing a Campus or Institutional Portfolio?
Sustainability tracking, department billing, and real-time energy data across every building. Let's talk about your campus.
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