◂ Pain Point▸
Seat Ghosting: Students reserve seats with personal items, leading to unfair and inefficient use of limited study spaces.
Space Shortage: Growing student population increases demand, making equitable access difficult.
Lack of Real-Time Visibility: No digital monitoring to track actual seat usage or identify underutilized areas.
Manual Management Burden: Reliance on manual inspections causes delays, inconsistent data, and limited optimization capacity.
◂ Solution▸
Deploy a scalable Milesight LoRaWAN® IoT solution for library space and environmental management:
- Campus LoRaWAN® Network: UG65 indoor gateways form a low-power, scalable backbone covering 200+ study spaces across multiple floors.
- Precise Occupancy Monitoring:
VS341 sensors at each desk/cubicle detect active seat usage.
VS121/VS13x/VS351 sensors in public areas provide real-time people counting and crowd density data.
ML algorithms distinguish "active occupancy" from "passive seat hogging".
- 3D Visualization: Real-time seat status displayed on a public 3D floor plan with color-coded indicators (red/yellow/green).
- Comprehensive Environmental Monitoring:
AM308/AM103 sensors track temperature, humidity, CO₂, and VOCs for healthy indoor air quality.
EM300-ZLD/MLD leak sensors protect archives from water damage.
WS301 magnetic switches monitor emergency exit security.
- Unified Platform: All sensor data integrates into Sharp Peak’s Optimus IoT platform, enabling unified visualization, automated alerts, and intelligent reporting alongside existing facility management systems.
Result: Eliminates seat ghosting and optimizes space utilization; provides real-time visibility into occupancy and environmental conditions; reduces manual management workload; ensures a safe, healthy study environment; and enables data-driven operational improvements for equitable access to study resources.
