Estate IQ

Smart Estate Insights for Schools, Public Sector and Commercial Buildings

EstateIQ is a smart estate management solution built to help organisations understand how their buildings are used.

Overview

Using wireless IoT sensors and secure connectivity technology from EnOcean, EstateIQ collects real-time environmental and occupancy data across your estate and turns it into actionable insights.

This enables estates, facilities and sustainability teams to:

  • Understand room and desk utilisation
  • Monitor air quality in classrooms and workplaces
  • Track electricity and water usage
  • Detect water leaks and inefficiencies
  • Support energy reduction and sustainability targets

EstateIQ works across single buildings, campuses or multi-site estates.

Key Features

Why Organisations Use EstateIQ

Improve Space Utilisation

Understand how classrooms, offices and meeting spaces are actually used.

EstateIQ provides real-time and historical data on:

  • Room occupancy
  • Desk usage
  • Footfall through people counters
  • Building utilisation trends

This helps organisations optimise space planning, timetabling and estate strategy.

Benefits

Improve Space Utilisation

EstateIQ provides real-time and historical data on: • Room occupancy • Desk usage • Footfall through people counters • Building utilisation trends This helps organisations optimise space planning, timetabling and estate strategy.

Improve Indoor Air Quality

Indoor air quality has become a major priority for schools, workplaces and care environments. EstateIQ sensors monitor: • CO₂ levels • Temperature • Humidity • Particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) • TVOCs This enables facilities teams to quickly identify ventilation issues and maintain healthier indoor environments.

Reduce Energy Waste

Energy consumption often does not match how buildings are actually used. EstateIQ allows organisations to combine occupancy and energy data to identify: • Heated empty rooms • Inefficient circuits • HVAC inefficiencies • Under-used spaces consuming power This supports energy optimisation and sustainability initiatives.

Detect Water Leaks and Abnormal Usage

Water sensors can detect leaks, escape of water and abnormal consumption patterns. This helps estates teams reduce: • Flood damage • Maintenance costs • Legionella risk • Water waste

How it works

How EstateIQ Works

EstateIQ is designed to be simple to deploy without complex building infrastructure changes.

Wireless IoT Sensors

Sensors can monitor a wide range of environmental and usage data across your estate, including:

• Room occupancy sensors
• Desk occupancy sensors
• People counters
• CO₂ sensors
• Temperature and humidity sensors
• Noise monitoring sensors
• Light (lux) sensors
• Energy monitoring (CT clamps)
• Water flow monitoring
• Leak detection sensors
• Door and window sensors

Many devices use energy-harvesting technology, removing the need for frequent battery replacements.

EstateIQ Gateways

Sensor data is transmitted through secure gateways which can include:

• USB access point dongles compatible with Aruba or Cisco infrastructure
• Dedicated gateway devices
• Optional 4G / 5G connectivity for remote sites

EstateIQ operates on sub-GHz wireless frequencies, keeping IoT traffic separate from Wi-Fi networks.

Secure Data Processing

Sensor data is encrypted and securely transmitted to the EstateIQ cloud platform where it is enriched and aggregated.

Organisations can then view insights via:

• Real-time dashboards
• Data exports
• API integrations

EstateIQ Platform

The EstateIQ platform provides a central view of estate performance.

Users can:

  • Monitor buildings and rooms in real time
    • Analyse historical trends
    • Compare utilisation across sites
    • Export data for reporting and analytics
    • Integrate insights into other systems

Designed for Modern Estates

EstateIQ is used across a range of sectors where building insight and operational efficiency are critical.

Education

Schools, colleges and universities use EstateIQ to monitor classroom air quality, understand room utilisation, support smart campus initiatives, reduce energy waste across estates.

Public Sector

Local authorities and government organisations use EstateIQ to improve estate visibility across multiple buildings and departments.

Commercial Buildings

Offices, retail and manufacturing facilities use EstateIQ to understand how space is used and optimise operational efficiency.

Care Environments

Care homes and healthcare environments use environmental monitoring to support safer, healthier spaces.

Flexible Deployment Options

Organisations can adopt EstateIQ in two ways.

CapEx Model

  • Hardware purchased upfront
    • Ongoing platform licence
    • Full hardware ownership

Subscription Model

  • Hardware leased
    • Monthly platform subscription
    • Hardware and platform bundled

This flexible approach allows organisations to align procurement with their budgets.

EstateIQ and OccuFi

EstateIQ can also complement the Wi-Fi analytics platform OccuFi.

OccuFi provides network-based occupancy insights, while EstateIQ provides sensor-level environmental and utilisation data. Together they provide a more complete picture of building usage.

Future Platform Capabilities

The EstateIQ platform continues to evolve, with additional functionality planned including:

• Smart alerts for environmental thresholds
• Map-based data overlays for estates
• Classroom display dashboards
• Advanced occupancy analytics

Getting Started with EstateIQ

Switchshop can support organisations through the full deployment lifecycle:

• Estate surveys
• Sensor deployment
• Platform configuration
• Integration with existing systems
• Ongoing support

This ensures organisations can quickly begin benefiting from real-time estate insights.

 

 

Explore EstateIQ for Smarter Estate Management

If you want to understand how your buildings are used and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, EstateIQ can help. Speak with the team at Switchshop to explore how EstateIQ could support your estate strategy.
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