The estate that teaches itself.
UMA Vision is the estate partner for air quality, space, energy and safeguarding across schools, colleges and university estates. Built on the Cisco network you already own. Twelve months to verifiable ROI.
The estate is no longer invisible.
- 01 Funding under strain
Capital budgets are flat. Utility bills, insurance and staffing have risen. Estates teams are asked to deliver more with less.
- 02 Attainment is measured
Parents, governors and Ofsted ask harder questions about environment, attendance and wellbeing. The building is part of the answer.
- 03 Net Zero is policy
The DfE Net Zero strategy and the HE sector's own targets mean every Trust and university needs verifiable energy data, not estimates.
Eight problems, one estate.
- 01 Poor space use
Rooms booked and empty, corridors full. Timetables don't match what actually happens on the floor.
- 02 Thin data
Decisions made from timetables, not evidence. No live picture of how the estate is actually used.
- 03 Security gaps
Unknown visitors, propped doors, no audit trail. Safeguarding evidence reconstructed after the fact.
- 04 Energy waste
Lights and heating on in empty blocks. BMS and HVAC running to timetables, not occupancy.
- 05 Environment blind spots
No one knows the CO₂ in Room 204. Ventilation set by assumption. Teachers as the first line of reporting.
- 06 Deferred maintenance
Failures found by users, not systems. Reactive callouts instead of preventative cycles.
- 07 Scale pain
New builds on modern BMS. Old sites on no BMS. No common data model across the estate.
- 08 Rigidity
Each system speaks its own language. Point solutions fill one box and leave the others blind.
Four layers. One partner.
- 01
Resource scheduling
Rooms, desks, labs and lockers. Live availability, auto-release on no-show, occupancy-tied bookings.
- 02
Visitor and access
Pre-registration, DBS verification, badge printing. Door integrity, RFID/BLE access, lone worker cover.
- 03
IoT and BMS
EnOcean, BACnet, LoRaWAN, Modbus and MQTT. Any sensor, any BMS, any API the estate already owns.
- 04
AI and analytics
Dashboards, reports and predictions on the data above. Energy, environment, utilisation and safeguarding in one view.
UMA runs on your network.
- 01 Data flow
Sensors → Cisco AP → MQTT → AWS. Dashboards, mobile app and scheduled reports.
- 02 Reuse your Wi-Fi
EnOcean rides over existing Cisco access points. No separate IoT estate to operate.
- 03 Secure by design
ISO 27001 certified. AWS-hosted. SSO via Microsoft or Google. SCIM for user lifecycle.
- 04 Open standards
EnOcean, BACnet, LoRaWAN, Modbus, MQTT. Any sensor, any BMS, any API.
Three patterns, three wins.
- 01 Air quality & vape
Safer classrooms. Safer toilets.
UMA surfaces the air data the estate has always needed.
DeployUMA 9-in-1 IAQ sensor in classrooms, covering CO₂, TVOC, PM2.5, PM10, HCHO/O₃, temperature, humidity, light and PIR. Cisco Meraki MT15 in toilets for vape fume and noise detection.
SeeLive heatmaps across every block and floor. Alerts when CO₂ crosses threshold. Vape incident alerts routed to safeguarding leads with timestamp and camera cross-reference.
ChangeVentilation strategies based on data, not assumption. Safeguarding evidence captured and audit-ready. Teachers no longer the first line of reporting.
- 02 Space utilisation
Rooms that earn their timetable.
Space utilisation tied to live occupancy recovers hours and removes conflicts.
DeployPIR and time-of-flight sensors, line-count counters, MT20 contact sensors on labs and specialist rooms.
SeeLive occupancy vs capacity. Auto-release of empty rooms. Termly utilisation reports tied to your timetable.
ChangeReclaim rooms without building. Resolve clashes with evidence. Model rebuilds before capital commits.
- 03 Access & lone worker
Visitors tracked. Staff covered.
UMA replaces paper sign-in and radio check-ins with a single audit trail.
DeployVisitor management with NDA / safeguarding sign and badge printing. Door trip sensors, RFID/BLE access, LoRaWAN lone worker buttons.
SeeLive visitor list. Out-of-hours door alerts to duty managers. Lone worker dashboard with missed-check-in escalation. Optional facial recognition.
ChangeSafeguarding evidence is continuous, not episodic. Reception load drops. Investigations start with a timeline, not a paper file.
Eight outcomes, one partnership.
- 01 Operational efficiency
Optimised space and streamlined processes across the estate.
- 02 Cost and energy savings
Data-driven control of utilities. Verified kWh against baseline.
- 03 Smart decisions
Live analytics and reporting tools for SLT and governors.
- 04 Scale that fits
Platform grows with the estate: primary, secondary, FE, HE.
- 05 Security and compliance
Access control, safeguarding evidence, audit-ready monitoring.
- 06 User comfort
Air, light and booking managed together, for staff and students alike.
- 07 Visitor and access
Pre-approved entry, full audit trail, DBS-aware.
- 08 Sustainability and ESG
Green-target tracking. SECR- and ESG-ready reporting.
Twelve months to ROI.
- 01 Months 0–3Install and baseline
Deploy sensors, integrations and data feeds. Set performance baselines. Capture occupancy, energy and environmental data.
- 02 Months 3–6Analyse and cross-reference
Correlate datasets, highlight inefficiencies. Build ROI models. Share findings through dashboards and reports.
- 03 Months 6–9Automate and act
Activate rule-based and AI-driven automations. Refine through feedback loops. Turn insights into operational change.
- 04 Month 12Measure and prove ROI
Deliver measurable cost, energy and experience ROI. By month twelve the estate shifts from reactive to proactive.
Evidence, not claims.
- ISO 27001 certified
- Cyber Essentials Plus
- AWS UK-region hosting
- SSO via Microsoft or Google
- SCIM for user lifecycle
- Encryption in transit and at rest