The purpose of this poster is to present an analysis of St. Lawrence University academic building classroom utility each semester over the past ten years. Data was collected between the years 2013 and 2023 on classroom use via the EMS registration system and analyzed using ESRI ArcGIS Applications. The data was then imported into ArcGIS Pro to utilize the ArcGIS Space-Time Cube geoprocessing tool in order to visualize change in mapped academic classroom location use in the second dimension over time as the third spatial dimension. Based on the generated Space-Time Cube, patterns of classroom use were detected, with a higher percentage recorded during the fall semesters when compared to the spring semesters, and a shift in primary use over the ten years of study data collected. This preliminary research demonstrates that classroom use is widespread across campus, with a few classrooms being used a lot or many classrooms being used very little in varied buildings. Because of the multiple reservation systems used by St. Lawrence, unofficial room use, varied semester dates, and a lack of transparency in what goes into the utilization calculations, there is a degree of error in the data represented numerically when looking at the entirety of campus. This analysis of classroom use is important as it can be used to restructure building utility in order to create a more energy-efficient campus, ease the workload of maintenance workers, and cut back on fuel during the months where heating is required.
