I've been in several campus facilities like this. When they make ridiculous decisions, the person with the power to override is three ticketing systems away. In one case we even managed to get the right person on the phone, but it was a weekend and her VPN client wasn't working. Something to be said for a window you can open by putting your hands on it.
Yes, educational organizations tend not to buy the air quality sensors (CO, CO2, humidity, people load) and use timer control instead. They think they can just put the system on a fixed schedule. Convention hotels are in a competitive business. They don't want to hear "the Textile CEO Association cancelled for next year because their meeting room was too hot this year." If they don't have full automation, there's probably someone in a control room.
