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Your WiFi Is Now a Sensor: Announcing Occuspace’s Latest Sensing Capability

We’re excited to unveil Occuspace’s newest sensing capability: native support for WiFi access point data.

Clean Smarter, Not Harder: How to Cut Custodial Costs by 20%+ with Data

Custodial services are expensive - especially using outdated, static processes. See how one company cut costs by 20% using space utilization data.

Choosing the Right Path to Occupancy Intelligence: WiFi Access Points or Sensors?

Use existing WiFi access points for broad insights, choose AI sensors for precision, or combine both—delivering the granularity you need, scalable savings, and 100% privacy.

Utilization Data Driving Facilities Savings: How Occuspace Delivers 2-3x ROI in Year One

Smarter buildings start with smarter data. This isn't magic; it's the power of precise space utilization data.

Smart Incentives to Drive Employee Buy-In for Shared Office Seating

The vision of a dynamic, efficient, and optimized office space is highly appealing...

The RTO Mirage: Are Your Metrics Misleading You?

Return-to-office (RTO) mandates were intended to mark a new chapter in how we work...

Smarter Efficiency: Reducing Energy Waste Through Real-Time Space Utilization Data

Why Facilities Managers Should Prioritize Adaptive Energy Management

Navigating the Headwinds: How Data-Driven Space Utilization Can Be Higher Ed's Lifeline

The headlines are increasingly stark...

Beyond Badge Data: How Utilization Sensors Are Reshaping Portfolio Optimization for Cost Savings & Avoidance

The way work gets done has undergone a fundamental shift...

GSA Aims for 80% Office Occupancy and They're Getting Serious About It

Back in January of this year, right before President Trump’s inauguration and the rise of DOGE, I published a piece titled...

The Meeting Room Dichotomy And How To Solve It

In a typical office, meeting rooms are some of the most popular and yet some of the worst utilized spaces. How is that possible?

The New Metrics of Workplace Efficiency in a Hybrid Era

The shift to hybrid work has transformed how organizations measure and manage workplace...

Relying on Third-Party Data for Occupancy Measurement is Risky Business

In today’s fast-paced business environment, the demand for effective occupancy measurement...

Unpacking the Dual Utility of Space Sensors in Workplace Management: Strategic vs. Tactical Decisions

As workplaces continue to evolve, optimizing space utilization is becoming increasingly...

Unlocking Hidden Insights: How Comprehensive Data Maximizes Office Efficiency

In today's rapidly shifting work environment, understanding office space utilization is...

Maximizing Efficiency: The Strategic Advantage of Neighborhood-Level Space Utilization Data

Corporate Real Estate (CRE) stakeholders and strategists face strategic challenges,...

Becoming the Most Hated & Most Valuable Person on Campus.

In Q1 ‘24, Occuspace measured office space utilization for nearly 100 universities and...

Seven Surprising Space Usage Trends for Colleges and Universities

How are library, fitness, dining, and office spaces used in higher education? How does...

The Journey Forward - What Our $3.6M Seed Round Funding Means for the Future of Occuspace

A LETTER FROM THE CEO

Survey Data vs. Behavior Data for Space Management - Which Do You Trust?

In today's data-driven world, gathering insights about physical spaces has become...

What We Learned From The Chronicle of Higher Education's "In Defense of Libraries" Webinar

Occuspace partnered with The Chronicle for "In Defense of Libraries” webinar on March 21...

Making Offices Agile With Real-time Space Utilization Data

Not that long ago, many companies relied on a 1:1 employee-to-desk ratio to allocate...

5 Ways Universities Are Using Occupancy Data to Their Benefit

Data has become critical to the decision-making process of higher education leaders. In...

What We Learned From The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “The Future of Academic Libraries” Webinar

Occuspace partnered with The Chronicle for “The Future of Academic Libraries” webinar on...

The Cost of Being Crowded - Infographic

Being busy is a good thing, right? You may want to think again. In fact, 86% of people...

Recent Articles

Office Occupancy Monitoring: Clear Data for Smarter Space

See how mid-week peaks shape hours, layouts, and costs. Get plain definitions, privacy tips, quick wins, dashboards, and fixes for bad counts. Save money.

Occupancy Tracking: Easy Peak, Average, Dwell KPIs

Learn how occupancy tracking gives you real-time metrics on high points, typical usage, and stay length. Get clear steps for setup, privacy, and fast insight.

Real-Time Hospital Occupancy Monitoring for Safer Care

Learn how hospital Occupancy Monitoring gives capacity data, eases staff load, trims wait times, and keeps patients safe - without capturing personal details.

Smart Lab Tech: How Dynamic Space Allocation Works

Smart lab systems track occupancy, cut waste, and reshape rooms fast. Sensors, IoT, and energy tools give you hard data for better scheduling and savings.

Occupancy Data: Smarter Space Choices for Each Sector

Use occupancy data to cut your costs and plan space in real estate, offices, hospitals, schools. See terms, sensor options, dashboards, pitfalls, quick wins.

Hybrid Work Policy Experiments You Can Measure Today

Learn how to set up nine testable changes, track occupancy and meeting data, and share clear results with leaders. Build your hybrid work policy on facts.

WiFi Occupancy Intelligence Guide

Learn to pull live space use from Wi-Fi signals, sensors and Central cloud data. Get privacy-first tips, data flows and checks for occupancy intelligence.

Fix Meeting Room Data Gaps Fast - One Week with Occuspace

See how macro and micro sensors close the booth and pod gap. In seven days you can cut no-shows, queues, and wasted space. Occuspace proves it right now.

Workplace Metrics That Matter With Occupancy Detectors

See how occupancy detectors expose use patterns, from Tuesday peaks to ghost meetings, and help you plan space, staffing, HVAC, and budgets with confidence.

Workplace Management Software: Step-by-Step Success Guide

Get simple steps to select workplace management software, link sensors, train staff, and track space use. Cut costs and raise employee comfort each day.

Campus Space Planning for Tech-Ready Hybrid Learning

Learn how campus space planning weaves Wi-Fi 6, PoE++ and visitor data into flexible classrooms, mixed lecture setups, and building controls to save money.

Office Utilization Metrics with Occupancy Sensors Guide

Learn how hybrid attendance data from occupancy sensors informs capacity planning, trims energy costs, and supports privacy-safe ventilation controls.

Cut Energy Bills with Real-Time Lab Occupancy Insights

See how lab occupancy metrics trim ventilation demand, reduce fume hood exhaust, and free underused benches. Get tips on sensors, safety and analytics.

Workplace Technology: Unify Sensors, Bookings, Badge Data

See how an integrated workplace technology stack untangles sensor, booking, and badge silos. Get clear steps to build one source of truth for space use and cost.

Office Space Optimization: Five Fast Wins With Occupancy Data

Learn how office space optimization trims costs and lifts efficiency through sensor data, hybrid patterns, and five quick actions your team can apply now.

Fix Occupancy Gaps with Macro + Micro Occupancy Sensors

Learn how occupancy sensors cover data gaps in booths and huddle rooms. One-week install cuts ghost meetings, trims noise spill, and guides precise space plans.

Campus Intelligence: Live Attendance and Building Load Data

See campus intelligence in action: track real-time counts, spot busy spots, adjust staffing, energy and cleaning fast - all with privacy-safe sensors today.

Building Automation Systems: Smarter Control for Labs

Learn how building automation systems cut energy use, keep occupants safe, and turn ventilation data into cost savings without risking privacy. Get steps now.

Location Analytics for Privacy-Safe Office Heatmaps

See how location analytics turns anonymous sensor data into clear heatmaps. Plan staffing, layouts, and energy cuts while keeping employee privacy intact.

Office Space Optimization: Tech Tools for Hybrid Work

Learn how data, sensors, and smart building systems drive office space optimization. Get metrics, layout tips, privacy safeguards, and cost guides across many sites.

Office Cleaning Schedules Guided by Real-Time Occupancy Data

See how occupancy sensors and visitor analytics redefine office cleaning. Cut effort, align staffing with foot traffic, and raise hygiene without added cost.

Visitor Management: Measure Foot Traffic and Protect Offices

Learn Visitor Management metrics for CRE: passersby, dwell time. Use real-time counts, privacy-first analytics, and weekly trends to run smoother buildings.

Building Automation Systems for Corporate Real Estate Guide

Learn how open, secure BAS cut energy use, improve comfort, and steer data-led choices in corporate real estate. Sensors, analytics, and OT security covered.

Visitor Analytics: Prove Weekly Demand, Protect Your Budget

Learn how visitor analytics links occupancy counts with staffing, funding, and hours. Get clear metrics to back your campus requests and plan resources wisely.

Smart Office Cleaning with Occupancy Sensors Data Insights

Learn how occupancy sensors send live counts to janitorial schedules, streamline building automation, and guide restroom staffing while keeping privacy safe.

Occupancy Detectors: Security, Facility, Energy Uses

Learn how occupancy detectors feed real-time data to cut HVAC run time, guide cleaning crews, and curb utility bills while keeping privacy front and center.

Space Planning Tactics for Campuses with Enrollment Dips

Learn how to use space planning data to shrink costs, cut carbon, and match facilities to lower enrollment. See metrics, timetable fixes, and smart controls.

Classroom Occupancy Sensors Beat Registrar Data

See how Classroom occupancy sensors pair with registrar schedules to show real use, cut no-shows, free seats, and trim energy use with smart HVAC and lighting.

Smart Building Tech: Connected Systems, Data, Security

Learn what makes a smart building tick. See how sensors, IP networks, and privacy-first data drive energy savings, comfort, and real-time workplace insight.

Classroom Occupancy Sensors to Right-Size Registrar Rooms

Classroom occupancy sensors show how often seats fill, feeding numbers into planning tools so you match teaching needs, cut energy, and open space for students.

Occupancy Sensors for CRE: Wi-Fi vs Badge vs Sensors

Occupancy Sensors for CRE give you room-level counts fast. Learn when they beat device data or access logs, what they miss, and how to merge all sources.

Building Automation Systems for Lab Safety and Energy Cuts

See how building automation systems manage airflow, track occupancy, and guard data in research spaces. You gain clear steps for safer rooms and lower bills.

Measure Office Occupancy Using Accurate Occupancy Sensors

Learn why office occupancy rate drives cost and comfort. See how occupancy sensors, booking data, and visitor analytics give you numbers and next steps today.

Office Space Optimization: Flexible Hybrid Work Strategies

You learn how to use data, sensors, and smart systems for office space optimization that supports remote and in-office staff, cuts energy, and keeps privacy.

Hybrid Work Cuts Carbon - Smart Ways to Use Less Energy

See how hybrid work slashes travel emissions, trims office power draw, and guides right sizing through occupancy data. Learn tactics you can apply now.

Campus Occupancy: Fix No-Shows and Fill Every Seat

A clear guide to Campus Occupancy metrics, privacy-first sensors, and schedule tweaks that cut empty rooms, slash energy use, and free budget for teams.

Office Space Planning: Design Productive Hybrid Offices

Office space planning lets you set flexible layouts that suit mixed schedules, reduce empty desks, and raise comfort through data-led, privacy-safe tools.

Predictive Hybrid Workplace Analytics and Smart Sensors

Explore how hybrid workplace analytics pairs predictive models with multi-sensor data. Learn to plan cleaning, HVAC, and space use daily while keeping privacy intact.

Demand-Based Cleaning with Building Automation Systems Data

Learn how building automation systems link occupancy sensors to cleaning routes. Cut waste, track vendor KPIs, and guard privacy with data-led workflows.

Occupancy Sensors vs Wi-Fi and Badge Data: Accuracy, Privacy

Learn how occupancy sensors, Wi-Fi analytics, and badge data compare for real-time counts, data integrity, and anonymity. Find clear use cases for each tool.

Why Building Automation Systems Matter for Your Facility

Learn how building automation systems centralize HVAC, lighting, occupancy data and security, making operations efficient. Get tips on energy savings and planning.

Coffee Badging Metrics - Fair Attendance Without Tracking

Learn how to measure coffee badging trends in hybrid offices with privacy-first sensors, bookings and network data. Get clear insights and practical KPIs.

Campus Space Planning - Forecast Demand, Match Classrooms

Learn how campus space planning uses real-time occupancy, schedules, and Wi-Fi data to size rooms, cut energy costs, and give you clearer insights each term.

Vacancy Sensor Guide: Codes, Safety, Smart Lighting

See how a vacancy sensor helps you meet IECC, ASHRAE 90.1, Title 24, NFPA 101, cut energy costs, raise comfort, and link data to BAS while protecting privacy.

Use Workplace Management Software for Occupancy Data

Workplace Management Software merges sensor, booking, and badge feeds in one view. Slash rent and energy, lift comfort, and pick the right space for your team.

Build Employee Trust and Save Space with Occupancy Detectors

Learn how occupancy detectors give you data without tracking people. Set retention, align with HR, Legal, IT, and act on insights to cut space and energy use.

Workplace Technology Stack for Efficient Hybrid Offices

Learn how occupancy data, bookings, and automation fit into a workplace technology framework that cuts wasted space, trims energy costs, and supports RTO plans.

Occupancy Sensor Uses: Offices, Hospitals, and Beyond

Learn how privacy-first occupancy sensor data drives safe spaces, lean staffing, lower energy bills, and smart planning for offices, hospitals, schools and plants.

Smart Building Technology for Data-Driven Campus Success

Learn how smart building technology lets you cut energy costs, track space use in real time, and raise student comfort. Get a simple, privacy-safe rollout plan.

Campus Space Planning - Forecast Demand With Occupancy Data

Use campus space planning data to match rooms, staff, and energy to real student traffic. See how sensors, Wi-Fi logs, and bookings guide your planning.

Occupancy Sensor Tech - AI Trends Shaping Smart Buildings

Learn how an occupancy sensor links live data to energy savings, better space planning, and privacy. Get clear steps for choosing, installing, and scaling.

Workplace Technology - Privacy-Centric Occupancy Methods

Learn how to use workplace technology to track space use without spying. Compare cameras, WiFi, badges, and anonymous sensors, then link data safely for plans.

Cost-Effective Workplace Design for Today’s Offices

Learn workplace design tactics that cut costs, align spaces with hybrid work, respect privacy, and tie occupancy data to energy savings and real estate ROI.

Hospital Occupancy Monitoring - Sensors for Smooth Flow

Learn how occupancy monitoring trims patient waiting time, aligns staff, and links real-time counts with cleaning, security, and energy systems. Get steps to start fast.

Smart Building Technology For Campuses - Scale With Privacy

Learn how smart building technology merges anonymous occupancy metrics with existing Wi-Fi and BAS data to cut energy use, manage space, and protect privacy.

Smart Building Benefits: Wellness, Focus, Better Days

See how a smart building uses occupancy data to tune air, light, sound, and space so you feel healthier, think faster, and get work done with less stress.

Smart Building Tech: Sensors, IoT, and Real Results

Learn how a smart building uses secure data streams and open APIs to cut energy use, sharpen space planning, and raise occupant comfort each day.

Occupancy Sensor Guide: How It Works and Why It Matters

Occupancy sensor guide, how it works and which tech to buy. Camera free options, privacy, cost, ROI, plus integrations with BAS and IWMS.

Building Automation Systems For Long-Term Sustainability

Learn how building automation systems link occupancy data with HVAC, lighting and plug loads to cut energy, carbon and costs while improving comfort.

Smart Building Technology for Hybrid Workspaces

Explore smart building technology using live occupancy insights to cut costs, guide cleaning, and improve comfort.

Occupancy Sensors - Privacy First by Design

Learn how occupancy sensors count people without cameras, meet rules, cut noise errors, and build trust across offices, schools, and hospitals right now.

Smart Building Technology: Simple Guide to IoT and Sensors

Explore smart building technology in practice. See how occupancy data, integrated systems, and privacy-first analytics cut energy use and sharpen security.

Occupancy Sensors: Practical Applications and Benefits

Occupancy sensor delivers live data for desk allocation, movement flow, production efficiency and class scheduling to cut space and energy costs.

Hybrid Work: What Is Coffee Badging And How To Track It

Learn what coffee badging is and why staff badge in, then leave. See how Occuspace sensors deliver live and historical occupancy data to plan space and policies.

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