Education / K–12 districts

Edviro for K–12 districts

Edviro reads the meters, BMS and utility bills your district already has and puts the problems from every school on one list, ranked by cost and comfort. It drafts the fix, a person approves it, and Edviro checks the building data once the work is done. It suits a small team covering many sites.

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No new hardware. A named person approves every change.

What is facilities software for K–12 school districts?

K–12 facilities software lets a district maintenance and operations team see every school’s energy use, equipment and open work in one place. Edviro reads the meters, building management system and utility bills a district already has, finds waste and failing equipment, drafts fixes for a person to approve, and checks each fix against the building’s learned baseline. Palo Alto Unified School District and Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District are customers.

The district view

A district might be 10, 20 or 50 schools looked after by a director, a handful of technicians and the custodial leads. Edviro sorts open issues by dollars per month and comfort impact, and you can drill from district to school, building, system and asset. In one district of seven schools, we found one school using five times the energy of its peers. The rows below are an example.

All sites / DistrictFM

Open fixes2 need review

Boiler-2 short-cyclingSite A · 14 starts an hour · fix drafted with the reset stepsNeeds review

Weekend HVAC running as if occupiedSite B · gym HVAC in occupied mode · fix draftedNeeds review

Heating stage not firingSite A · RTU-3 · supply air 91°F, Room 214 holding 70°FVerified

What it catches in schools

At one school the gas meter read 76 therms in a day against 16.7 expected, and the likely cause was a hot-water valve stuck open. These are other things that turn up, with example figures.

Weekends and holidaysHVAC and lights left running in empty buildings over breaks.

Boiler short-cyclingA boiler starting 14 times an hour. The drafted fix lists the reset steps.

Classroom comfortA classroom that’s freezing again, or CO₂ climbing in a gym.

Summer schedulesA summer HVAC schedule left active, or a summer-break month that comes in 22% over expected.

Kitchen equipmentA walk-in freezer compressor short-cycling because its start capacitor is failing, caught early.

Equipment left in HandA gym RTU supply fan left in Hand/On, so it runs 24/7 and ignores the summer schedule.

Example: a cold classroom

A made-up morning, to show the order things happen in.

Signal

A custodian writes: “Room 214 is freezing again. Kids are in coats.”

Diagnose

The RTU-3 heating stage isn’t firing. It’s the third time in 30 days.

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Review

The facilities lead approves the drafted fix.

Dispatch

The technician replaces the igniter.

Verify

Supply air reads 91°F and the room is holding 70°F.

Keep your CMMS or use ours

The AI Crew is the subscription. Asset logging, utility tracking, project management and facilities scheduling are modules you can add free if you don’t already have a tool for them. Work orders is a paid module.

Work ordersIntake, assignment and field completion. Afterwards the fix is checked in the building data.→Asset managementOrganized as district, school, building, system and asset. Each asset’s history fills in as work is done.→Your CMMSKeep the CMMS you have and connect it. Edviro works with SchoolDude, FMX, AssetWorks and other major CMMS.→

For the business office and the board

A live high-school site cut energy use 21.4% against its weather-adjusted baseline. This is how numbers like that get measured and reported.

Verified savingsEvery fix is measured against a weather- and schedule-adjusted baseline and signed off by a named engineer or facilities director.→

Yearly goalsEnergy, budget and CO₂ targets are set per year against a baseline year and tracked from the district’s meters.

ForecastsNext month’s demand and the next 12 months of energy use, for budgeting.

Capital planRepeat failures and repair cost rank next year’s projects. Each line traces back to the work orders behind it.→

FundingVerified savings reports you can attach to grant and rebate applications.

Getting started

There’s no hardware project. It starts with data you already have.

Week 1

Bills and meters. Utility bills and interval data are enough for the first findings.

Next

BMS and work orders. Connect the BMS, then import the asset list and open work.

Then

The rest of the district. Add schools once the first few have shown results.

Common questions

Do we need new hardware or a new BMS?

No. Edviro reads the meters, BMS and utility bills the district already has.

Can Edviro replace our CMMS?

Yes, or you can keep your CMMS and connect it. Work orders is a paid module on top of the AI Crew subscription. We confirm what an integration covers system by system.

How fast does a district see results?

We connect a few schools first and show you what Edviro catches in the first week.

Does Edviro change setpoints on its own?

No. A named person approves every change before anything is sent to the BMS.

Can we start with only some schools?

Yes. Most districts start with a few sites and expand.

How do we buy it?

Edviro is a software subscription and is available through Sourcewell.

Education overviewWhat Edviro does for schools and campuses.→Universities and campusesLabs, central plants and large portfolios.→Customer resultsWhat Edviro has measured so far.→Measurement and verification methodologyHow a saving is measured and when it counts.→

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See what Edviro finds in your buildings.

Pick a 30-minute slot and we’ll walk through your sites with you.