The number of units of a resource in the space. There are many alternative units resources and they vary between building types. For example, in a workplace the number of desks, in a conference suite the number of meeting rooms, in a hotel the number of bedrooms, in a hospital the number of in-patient beds, and so on. This is the most commonly used method of measurement for occupancy analytics.
In some situations the Capacity and resource count approaches coincide, for example, when the size of a meeting room is measured by the maximum number people that can use it (Capacity) and the number seats it contains (Resource Count).
« Back to Glossary Index
Chris has spent 25 years in technology and over 20 years in real estate. He is passionate about enabling high-productivity and reducing costs in the work place – using rigorous, evidence-led methods to provide spaces that people love and in which they can be happy. Blending his background in mathematics (in which he holds an MA from Cambridge University), music (playing piano and guitar), tenacity (most recently tested in his marathon running) and curiosity, Chris often finds himself in unanticipated and unexplored territories, and this is where he feels alive. He is an award winning public speaker, leads Chaucer’s Global Workplace Practice and also consults independently as Serendipity29.
