In today's competitive landscape, organisations are under increasing pressure to optimise their physical spaces, reduce operational costs, and enhance the occupant experience. However, the traditional approach to smart buildings often involves complex and expensive hardware installations, leading to significant disruption and a heavy initial investment.
What if you could transform your building into a smart, data-driven environment using the technology you already have?
This is the core principle behind Switchshop’s OccuFi, a powerful platform that leverages your existing HPE Aruba wireless networking infrastructure to deliver intelligent insights. By tapping into the data that your network is already generating, OccuFi provides a non-intrusive, cost-effective, and scalable solution to enable better occupancy, dwell and people movement insights across your campus(es).
The Challenge – Turning Data into Action
Your wireless network is a rich source of information, constantly monitoring for the presence of wireless devices like laptops and smartphones. Many estate owners today struggle with a lack of meaningful, actionable occupancy insights across the estate, despite the fact that the technology and infrastructure is already in place to solve many occupancy based challenges, such as leveraging under-utilised campus spaces.
Instead of deploying a separate network of expensive sensors or cameras, OccuFi connects directly to your HPE Aruba network . It then processes anonymised, encrypted data from your wireless access points, creating a comprehensive, real-time picture of each building’s occupancy and usage patterns.
Key Benefits of Using Your Existing Network
Cost-Effectiveness: Avoid the significant capital costs associated with new hardware purchases. By leveraging your current infrastructure, you get a powerful smart building solution at a fraction of the cost.
Rapid Deployment: The software-based nature of OccuFi means it can be deployed quickly and seamlessly, with no physical disruption to your operations.
Privacy by Design: OccuFi is built with privacy in mind. It uses anonymised data, adhering to GDPR, making it a secure and compliant alternative to camera-based systems.
Dual-Purpose Value: OccuFi provides valuable insights for multiple teams. Facilities managers can optimise space and resource allocation, while individual estate users/teams can build flexible zones on the estate that help them solve their own team-specific use cases.
What Insights Can You Gain?
Real-time Occupancy: Understand which buildings, floors, and custom-designed campus zones are in use at any given moment.
Footfall Trends: Analyse historical data to understand usage patterns, anticipate peak periods, and understand movement across the campus.
Space Utilisation: Identify underutilised areas to inform decisions on office layouts, room booking systems, and expansion planning.
Operational Efficiency: Use OccuFi’s insights to automate and optimise cleaning schedules, HVAC systems, and other building services based on actual usage.
