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Creating a smart, efficient, more sustainable campus

A long-term partnership with Siemens supports the University of Florida, a top-ranked public research university, in modernizing its campus infrastructure and integrating the latest smart technologies, creating an efficient, resilient campus that enhances learning and is prepared for the future.

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Partnering to deliver the campus of the future, today

The University of Florida (UF), a leading public research institution, operates a 2,000-acre campus serving over 61,000 students and 30,000 faculty and staff, continuously evolving its operations while ensuring reliability for students, faculty, and researchers.

Reimaging campus infrastructure as a catalyst for change

UF and Siemens have partnered for decades, viewing the campus as a living system and reimagining aging infrastructure as a catalyst for positive change. Working with Siemens, UF advances a smart, efficient, and more resilient campus that supports students, faculty, and researchers. UF’s Facilities Services manages more than 24 million gross square feet of building space and 10 energy plants with 47,000 tons of cooling capacity, strengthening infrastructure, research continuity, and the student experience through strategical investments.

Energy savings achieved

Infrastructure upgrades enabled the University of Florida to achieve energy savings worth six million US$.

Maintenance backlog eliminated

Working with Siemens to advance a smart, efficient, and more resilient campus, UF was able to eliminate a deferred infrastructure backlog of 60 million US$.

Additional energy savings

Advancing a smart, efficient, and more resilient campus at the University of Florida will yield additional utility savings of 36 million US$ over the next 20 years.

Seth Watts, Chimay Anumba, and Marc Craddock stand side by side in front of an architectural model of the Bruno E. and Maritza F. Ramos Collaboratory at the University of Florida.

Driving innovation in higher education

UF began working with Siemens more than 20 years ago, starting with a comprehensive assessment and a focus on understanding its primary objective: incorporating innovation and improving operational efficiency across more than 1,100 campus buildings.

From modernizing aging systems and utilities to creatively overcoming budget constraints, UF achieved a modern, vibrant campus that leverages the latest smart technology. A strong industry partnership that infuses the latest technologies into educational experience further strengthens UF’s role as a leader in tackling global and societal challenges.

It’s not just about what we’re doing today. It’s about if what we are doing today still makes sense 30 years from now, so the people who come after us can say that we really thought this through.
Mark Helms, Assistant Vice President, Facilities Services, University of Florida

Smart technology in action

UF and Siemens combine smart infrastructure, advanced technology, and AI to streamline campus operations. Desigo CC integrates Omniverse, UF’s SkySpark platform, asset data, maintenance records, and central monitoring for real-time analytics, predictive maintenance, and greater visibility.

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Bridging operations and academia to prepare the workforce of the future

UF facilities teams collaborate with faculty, researchers, and students so campus infrastructure connects operations with the academic mission. The campus itself is a platform for discovery, experimentation, and applied learning.

The Bruno E. and Maritza F. Ramos Collaboratory is a new model for interdisciplinary learning and workforce development. In the Siemens Lab for Technology and Innovation, building systems converge within a single digital platform in Siemens Building X™. Students and faculty interact with live data, exploring how building systems respond, adapt, and perform in real-time.

Chimay Anumba, Dean, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida

I’m a big proponent of academia working in partnership with industry. For our students, we don’t want them to just understand theoretical issues. We want them to have practical experience and knowledge, which industry partnerships bring. Also, industry can bring to us real, practical problems so our students will understand what is likely to come up for them in the future.

Chimay Anumba, Dean, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida

Transform your campus

With its cohesive digital ecosystem of integrated applications and solutions, Siemens paves the way to a digital, future-ready campus. Building X aggregates and unifies applications that address efficiency, comfort, energy, resilience, security, emergency response, and sustainability.

Our responsibility is to make sure the campus is resilient, innovative, and taken care of, and that we’re on the cutting edge of a lot of the technologies we’re using today. We look at how building systems operate and rely on our building automation system to understand efficiencies.
Gregg Clarke, Senior Director of Operations, Facilities Services, University of Florida
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Let’s design the future of your campus together!

This partnership demonstrates how digitalization, along with smart infrastructure and technology, can transform operations, making them more efficient and predictable, while also enhancing the overall campus experience and boosting resilience.

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