The Challenge:

King’s College London wanted to allow its students to charge their smartphones and tablets whilst on campus, but it wanted to avoid the expensive installation of power outlets in listed buildings around its estate.

The Solution:

ChargeBox provided King’s College London with 42 ChargeBox Max stations across its estate, delivering installation and a total care support package.

ChargeBox Max stations require 1 standard 13AMP power supply per unit and six devices can be charged simultaneously.

The ChargeBox Max provides a world-class charging service which is stress free and easy to use and it also offers unrivalled safety and security to its users.

Business Benefits:

ChargeBox charging stations alleviate ‘low battery anxiety’ as students can stay connected whilst on campus, which leads to increased student satisfaction, positively impacting the National Student Survey results.

The solution also increases staff productivity as they no longer have to deal with charging requests and provides a secure and safe environment for students to charge their devices. This in turn, reduces the uncontrolled use of sockets which can result in health and safety risks on campus.

Finally, the stations facilitate online engagement and provide an opportunity for the University to promote its brand via the vinyl wrap and the LCD display panel, whilst being very quick and easy to install.

Nick Leake, CIO, King's College London, commented: "I am delighted we have been able to have ChargeBox provide on-campus charging facilities for our students. The telemetries are excellent, and we see high levels of usage as students recharge devices throughout the day. The team at ChargeBox have been a pleasure to work with and their products have enabled us to avoid expensive installation of power outlets in listed buildings around our estate."

Since installation in July 2015 to the end of November 2019 722,639 charges have been completed, with an average connection time of 33 minutes. This equates to 394,850 hours of charging.