What Occupancy Analytics Actually Measures
Plain description of what the sensors report, what has to be inferred from it, and where the inference usually goes wrong.
Basics
What it measures
Everything above the raw detection is inference, and the inference is where the decisions get made.
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Presence Is Not Value
The central error in this field: treating a count of bodies as a measure of whether space is worth having.
The Questions Worth Asking First
Programmes usually start with a supplier demonstration. Starting with the question produces a smaller system that answers something.
Utilisation, Occupancy, Capacity: Three Different Numbers
Three terms used interchangeably in dashboards and meaning quite different things. Confusing them is the commonest source of wrong conclusions.
What a Good Measurement Programme Looks Like
The shape of a programme that produces decisions rather than dashboards, described so you can compare yours against it.
When Not to Measure At All
Situations where an occupancy programme costs more than it returns, or where the answer is already known.