Planon Workplace Insights : Concepts : Dashboards and Analytics : Utilization
Utilization
Net utilization
This set of graphs shows the net utilization (occupant count versus room capacity) during occupancy for a selected set of workplace locations in a time series.
Calculation examples
Example for room ‘SIM01’
Office calendar from 9:00 – 18:00, that makes 540 minutes of ‘workplace service’.
SIM01 has a capacity for 8 occupants.
On Wednesday 01-12-2021 the following occupant count cumulative values were measured for SIM01:
Office hours
Cum. Occupant count
Cum. Capacity
Mins occupied
Net utilization per period
9:00 – 9:59
0
0
0 mins
0%
10:00 – 10:59
40
80
10 mins
40/80*100.0 = 50.0%
11:00 – 11:59
205
480
60 mins
205/480*100.0 = 42.7%
12:00 – 12:59
120
200
25 mins
120/200*100.0 = 60.0%
13:00 – 13:59
300
440
55 mins
300/440*100.0 = 68.2%
14:00 – 14:59
60
240
30 mins
60/240*100.0 = 25.0%
15:00 – 15:59
200
400
50 mins
200/400*100.0 = 50.0%
16:00 – 16:59
60
480
60 mins
60/480*100.0 = 12.5%
17:00 – 17:59
5
40
5 mins
5/40*100.0 = 12.5%
Day total:
990
2360
 295 mins
990/2360*100.0 = 41.9%
Average net utilization for SIM01 for this day: 41.9%
Average peak value for SIM01 for this day is 68.2.% (13:00 - 13:59)
On Wednesday 01-12-2021 the following max occupant count values were measured for SIM01:
Office hours
Cum. Occupant count
Cum. Capacity
Mins occupied
Net utilization per period based on max number of occupants
9:00 – 9:59
0
0
0 mins
n.a.
10:00 – 10:59
60
80
10 mins
60/80*100.0 = 75.0%
11:00 – 11:59
420
480
60 mins
420/480*100.0 = 87.5%
12:00 – 12:59
125
200
25 mins
125/200*100.0 = 62.5%
13:00 – 13:59
440
440
55 mins
440/440*100.0 = 100.0%
14:00 – 14:59
60
240
30 mins
60/240*100.0 = 25.0%
15:00 – 15:59
200
400
50 mins
200/400*100.0 = 50.0%
16:00 – 16:59
60
480
60 mins
60/480*100.0 = 12.5%
17:00 – 17:59
5
40
5 mins
5/40*100.0 = 12.5%
Absolute peak value for SIM01 for this day is 100% (13:00 - 13:59)
Example for room ‘SIM01’ and ‘SIM02’ combined
SIM01
Office calendar from 9:00 – 18:00, that makes 540 minutes of ‘workplace service’.
SIM01 has a capacity for 8 occupants.
SIM02
Office calendar from 8:00 – 19:00, that makes 660 minutes of ‘workplace service’.
SIM02 has a capacity for 4 occupants.
On Wednesday 01-12-2021 the following occupant count cumulative values were measured for SIM01 and SIM02:
Room
Office hours
Cum. Occupant count
Cum. Capacity
Mins occupied
Net utilization per period
SIM01
9:00 – 9:59
0
0
0 mins
0%
10:00 – 10:59
40
80
10 mins
40/80*100.0 = 50.0%
11:00 – 11:59
205
480
60 mins
205/480*100.0 = 42.7%
12:00 – 12:59
120
200
25 mins
120/200*100.0 = 60.0%
13:00 – 13:59
300
440
55 mins
300/440*100.0 = 68.2%
14:00 – 14:59
60
240
30 mins
60/240*100.0 = 25.0%
15:00 – 15:59
200
400
50 mins
200/400*100.0 = 50.0%
16:00 – 16:59
60
480
60 mins
60/480*100.0 = 12.5%
17:00 – 17:59
5
40
5 mins
5/40*100.0 = 12.5%
Day total:
990
2360
 295 mins
SIM02
8:00 – 8:59
40
40
10 mins
40/80*100.0 = 50.0%
9:00 – 9:59
0
0
0 mins
0%
10:00 – 10:59
240
240
60 mins
240/240*100.0 = 50.0%
11:00 – 11:59
50
200
50 mins
50/200*100.0 = 25.0%
12:00 – 12:59
5
20
5 mins
5/20*100.0 = 25.0%
13:00 – 13:59
50
60
15 mins
50/60*100.0 = 83.3%
14:00 – 14:59
60
120
30 mins
60/120*100.0 = 50.0%
15:00 – 15:59
200
240
60 mins
200/240*100.0 = 83.3%
16:00 – 16:59
40
40
10 mins
40/40*100.0 = 100.0%
17:00 – 17:59
40
40
10 mins
40/80*100.0 = 100.0%
18:00 – 18:59
0
0
0 mins
0%
Day total SIM02
725
1000
250 mins
Combined total
1715
3360
545 mins
1715/3360*100.0 = 51.0%
Average net utilization for SIM01 and SIM02 combined for this day: 51.0%