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What is space management?
Space management aims to make effective and efficient use of the University's buildings resource.
The process
Within Edinburgh University each college / support group / school / business unit records its space usage on an annual basis. Nominated contacts submit their space return online by 1st of October each year. Submissions from units are loaded onto EBIS by space managers within Estates and Buildings.
The results of the annual updates allow us to track and manage the space appropriately for - budget allocations for colleges and support groups under NPRAS, finance for the full economic costing reports, utilities and maintenance costs, rentable space i.e. estates and buildings let property, embedded National Health Service space within Uinversity of Edinburgh properties. The records also provide a robust baseline, for the strategic planning of the estate.
Effective space management in universities and colleges can provide measurable benefits not only to institutional finances but also to the academic experience of students and staff.
Space management project, November 2008
This article was published on Feb 2, 2011