Education infrastructure as smart as your students

Transform learning environments with building automation that helps schools operate smarter and more efficiently.

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Transform learning environments with building automation that helps schools operate smarter and more efficiently.

More Successful Students with Smarter Education Infrastructure

Modernized school buildings are linked to better academic performance. Our building automation solutions help educational institutions optimize operations, enhance safety and reduce costs—so educators can focus on what matters most: student achievement.

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Enhanced Campus Safety and Security

Create safer learning environments with integrated fire, life safety and security technologies. From advanced detection to AI-enabled access control, our systems and services help protect students, faculty and staff across schools and higher education campuses of all sizes.

 

  • Touchless access control and visitor management
  • Integrated surveillance and emergency response
  • Campus-wide security coordination
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Reduced Operating Costs Through Automated Education Operations Management

Optimize energy use while improving comfort and learning conditions. Our education infrastructure offerings include outlet-level monitoring, autonomous building controls and comprehensive energy management that can help make facility upgrades more approachable through future energy savings.

 

  • Total energy management with plug-level control
  • Automated HVAC and lighting optimization
  • Real-time monitoring and predictive maintenance
  • Performance-based facility upgrade financing
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Improved Learning Environments and Academic Outcomes

Building automation for educational environments helps maintain optimal temperatures, lighting and indoor air quality—factors research shows are linked to improved academic performance and reduced absenteeism.

 

  • Indoor air quality assessment and improvement
  • Comfortable temperature and lighting control
  • Help achieve healthy building certifications
  • Integrated building management platforms
  • 53%

    Number of school districts nationwide that need to update or replace multiple building systems1

  • 206 gigawatt-hours

    Amount of electricity savings in 2022 across government and educational facilities with Honeywell solutions2

     

  • Approximately 146,000 tons

    Amount of CO2 emissions avoided in 2022 in government and educational facilities3

     

Frequently Asked Questions About Education Infrastructure and Operations

When education infrastructure functions optimally, students and teachers can dedicate more attention to learning rather than dealing with uncomfortable or unsafe conditions:

 

  • Improved HVAC systems allow comfortable temperatures that help students focus
  • Improved indoor air quality can help reduce illness and absenteeism
  • Enhanced lighting supports visibility and reduces eye strain

When modernizing education infrastructure, institutions should focus on three key areas: safety and security, operational efficiency and learning environment quality. Modern education operations may benefit from integrated systems that help protect students and staff through advanced fire detection and access control, reduce energy consumption through intelligent building automation and create healthier learning spaces with proper ventilation and air quality management. Facility upgrades can take a comprehensive approach, integrating technology across systems to help deliver measurable improvements in both cost savings and educational outcomes.

School districts and universities partner with Honeywell to fund needed facility upgrades through future energy savings. Our education infrastructure service includes performance-based contracts where energy consumption reductions help pay for infrastructure modernization. We also help schools navigate available federal funding opportunities, including those for indoor air quality improvements, safety upgrades, and building automation projects that enhance education operations.

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