Educational institutions today face a unique combination of operational pressures. Campuses are growing more complex to manage, students and faculty expect safer and more responsive environments, and administrators are under increasing pressure to reduce energy consumption and meet sustainability targets. As these needs expand, campuses must look for tools that provide better visibility, faster decision making, and long-term resiliency.
Akila supports this transformation by bringing campus operations, energy management, maintenance, and video intelligence together into a single, unified platform. For schools, universities, and research facilities, this creates a clearer, more actionable understanding of how their campuses are performing in real time.
Modern challenges across campus operations
Most educational environments face a similar set of hurdles. Large campuses often rely on aging or inconsistent infrastructure, with HVAC, utilities, and equipment spread across many different building types. Energy consumption is high, especially in spaces such as labs, dormitories, and lecture halls. Maintenance teams struggle with limited visibility and reactive workflows. On top of this, institutions need faster ways to understand what’s happening across campus – whether an incident needs review, a crowded area needs attention, or a room’s usage patterns suggest a better scheduling or energy strategy.
These challenges create inefficiencies that impact sustainability, campus experience, operational continuity, and planning.
A unified digital foundation for smarter campuses
Akila addresses these challenges through a holistic approach that connects building systems, equipment data, IoT devices, and video sources into a single platform. This gives administrators, facility teams, and safety staff a shared operational picture of the entire campus.
Optimized energy and HVAC performance
AI-driven analytics help institutions better understand how their buildings consume energy, alert teams to anomalies, and automatically adjust HVAC systems according to occupancy and usage patterns. Whether for classrooms, research spaces, or residential buildings, Akila delivers more efficient performance while still maintaining comfort and reliability. Clear energy baselining and carbon tracking also help institutions align to sustainability commitments and regulatory requirements.
Predictive maintenance and digital twin visualization
A campus-scale digital twin brings every asset and building into a clear 3D view, allowing teams to quickly locate equipment, understand system relationships, and respond faster. Condition-based maintenance ensures that faults are detected early and repairs are scheduled before they disrupt classes or operations. As campuses expand, this digital foundation becomes a critical tool for planning and long-term lifecycle management.
Video analytics for faster insights
As campus environments grow more dynamic, the ability to quickly understand what happened in a specific area or timeframe becomes increasingly important.
Akila integrates Video Search and Summarization (VSS) to make video data more accessible and efficient to use. Instead of manually reviewing long footage, teams can use AI to instantly search for relevant moments or generate concise summaries around an event window or location. This supports faster incident verification, better coordination, and a clearer understanding of activity patterns across the campus.
VSS is not positioned as surveillance technology – it is an operational intelligence tool that helps education institutions gain insights quickly, improve response times, and make more informed decisions about space utilization and campus planning.
Creating better learning environments
When energy management, maintenance, and video intelligence operate through a unified platform, campuses experience tangible improvements.
- Learning spaces stay more comfortable and consistent.
- Maintenance issues are addressed proactively rather than reactively.
- Activity patterns reveal how buildings are truly used, supporting smarter scheduling and resource allocation.
- Campus teams gain faster access to critical information during incidents or peak activity periods.
- Sustainability strategies align more closely with real operational data.
These outcomes directly support the core mission of education institutions: providing safe, healthy, and empowering environments for students and staff.
Designed to scale across diverse campus environments
Akila is designed to scale seamlessly from single buildings to multi-campus portfolios. Institutions can standardize energy reporting, maintenance workflows, and operational practices across all locations while maintaining the flexibility needed for different building types and usage patterns.
This approach provides administrators with long-term digital governance and ensures consistency even as campuses expand, renovate, or adapt to new operational demands.
Building the future of digital education infrastructure
The future of campus operations will rely on integrated digital systems that combine energy intelligence, predictive maintenance, real-time visualization, and rapid video-based insights. By bringing these capabilities together, Akila helps educational institutions move toward safer, more efficient, and more sustainable campuses — all while empowering teams to make better decisions every day.
