Case Study: Auraria Higher Education Center achieves smarter, more efficient and convenient campus parking with IPS Group, Inc.'s Smart Parking meters and DMS

Auraria Higher Education Center - Customer Case Study

Auraria Higher Education Center, the 150‑acre downtown Denver campus serving nearly 50,000 students, faculty and staff, needed a modern pay‑to‑park system to better manage limited short‑term spaces, promote turnover, expand payment options, provide real‑time data, and improve enforcement. After consulting the City of Denver, AHEC selected IPS Group, Inc. and its proven single‑space parking solution, deploying IPS M3™ and M5™ credit card‑enabled smart meters and the Next‑Generation DMS.

IPS Group, Inc. installed 300 solar‑powered IPS M3 and M5 meters across short‑term campus locations and networked them to the web‑based Next‑Generation DMS. The modular, low‑maintenance meters and real‑time DMS reporting enabled faster troubleshooting, reduced meter downtime, streamlined financial reporting and citation validation, and saved technicians significant time—while expanding convenient payment options and improving turnover management campus‑wide.

Auraria Higher Education Center

Lena Price

Director of Parking & Transportation