Community College Of Allegheny County: Community College Of Allegheny County's COVID Mitigation Effort Makes Strides To Modernize ...

Press release from the Community College of Allegheny County:

February 8, 2022

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC)
announced it is modernizing buildings across its four campuses and the West Hills
Center, as well as its building automation system, with occupancy sensing, improved
LED lighting control systems, and Internet of Things (IoT) platform as part of a COVID-19
mitigation initiative and infrastructure upgrade from Enlighted, a part of Building
Robotics Inc., a Siemens company. Funded by the Higher Education Emergency Relief
Fund (HEERF) and accelerated by the need to help minimize COVID-19 exposure, the implementation
will help increase the health and safety for students, faculty, staff and the community
while shaping a smart, connected campus prepared for the future. 

The initiative will retrofit indoor spaces spanning more than 1.8 million square feet
with an LED lighting and controls system consisting of 17,000 Enlighted IoT sensors
across four campuses, one center located across the city, and thirteen buildings.
The IoT sensors, positioned in the lighting fixtures, will connect to Enlighted’s
Data as a Service (DaaS) offering, Space, which will provide occupancy and utilization
insights to lower energy usage and costs and make strides in furthering CCAC’s sustainability
initiatives. 

Benefits that CCAC will obtain by modernizing all building spaces include:

"Our goal is to reinvent and transform our campus into the most innovative, safe and
sustainable campus of the future to create new research and innovation opportunities
for our faculty and students,” said Carlo Vazquez, Vice President and Chief Facilities
Officer at CCAC. “We recognized the importance of a strategic partner in supporting
our COVID mitigation efforts while meeting ambitious sustainability goals. Enlighted
delivers a level of data insights and analytics, as well as platform agnostic integration,
that is unmatched in the industry. Having access to Siemens Empower and workforce
development programs was also compelling as we sought the ideal partner for this critical
initiative.” 

“We are proud to partner with CCAC in shaping a safe, healthy and energy efficient
environment for its students, faculty and the larger Pittsburgh community,” said Stefan
Schwab, Chief Executive Officer at Enlighted. “By deploying the latest IoT sensors
and lighting control technologies, CCAC will succeed in optimizing its energy infrastructure
and providing a template for other higher education institutions striving to create
energy efficient, sustainable and smart campuses.”

This press release was produced by the Community College of Allegheny County. The views expressed here are the author’s own.