What is AOS?
Asset Optimization Services (AOS) is a team within Facilities Management that helps keep campus buildings and equipment running efficiently and reliably. By bringing together experts from maintenance, construction, and utilities, AOS focuses on reducing costs and improving the long-term performance of buildings, ranging from individual pieces of equipment to entire building systems.
The AOS team leverages experts from across Facilities Management, integrating people and processes from Building Operations and Maintenance, Design and Construction, and Utilities, strengthening Facilities Management's dedication to providing integrated stewardship through total cost of ownership practices.
AOS core services
The AOS team performs four core services:
a total cost of ownership resource
UI Design Standards and Procedures support
energy rate fund project prioritization
building performance optimization
"Our team is dedicated to enhancing energy efficiency and the reliability of our building systems. Through collaboration across campus, we drive innovation and operational excellence, benefiting the entire university community."
How can AOS improve energy efficiency and asset management in my building?
Through its four main services, AOS can help deliver more efficient and reliable building systems in all areas of campus, including General Education Fund buildings and auxiliary units like University Housing and Dining, Athletics, and UI Health Care. This could include diagnosing an ongoing maintenance problem in your building or completing an energy fund project in your area.
AOS in action: building maintenance blitzes
A maintenance blitz is a comprehensive evaluation of equipment and/or systems in a particular building to improve building system reliability and efficiency. An AOS-led maintenance blitz conducted by a cross-collaborative team in the Chemistry Building inspected 248 fume hoods, resulting in improved fume hood functionality, restored proper building pressure, reduced redundant exhaust fan usage, and enhanced overall HVAC efficiency.
See more examples of how AOS has made improvements across campus below. Want to learn more about how AOS can help your facility? Contact AOS through the blue button on the FM@YourService portal.
AOS Core Services
Overview of services
AOS has four core services related to delivering the most efficient and reliable building systems for the University of Iowa. See examples of how these services have been utilized across campus below.
AOS Core Services
Contact Us
Have an idea for an energy project in your building? Have a building issue you'd like investigated? Or just want to know how AOS can help you? Contact AOS through the blue button on the FM@YourService portal.