by Brianna Crandall — July 11, 2016 — During the NeoCon 2016 contract furnishings show in June, global furniture and technology provider Steelcase demonstrated how the spaces where people work, learn and heal can help drive engagement. The company’s Gold and Innovation awards from the Best of NeoCon Competition [see FMLink article] were described in a previous story on FMLink, and the Silver-winning Steelcase Workplace Advisor space usage software is highlighted below.
Steelcase Workplace Advisor
Silver award winner in the Workplace Technologies category, Steelcase Workplace Advisor is an integrated system of embedded intelligence that, over time, provides information on space usage trends in collaborative spaces. Building owners, facilities managers and their design partners can use the information to make data-driven decisions about how they use their valuable real estate.
Steelcase Workplace Advisor is an integrated system of embedded intelligence that provides usage trends over time in collaborative spaces. It includes an occupancy sensor network, a cloud platform to store data, and a Web site that provides visualizations and insights.
Workplace Advisor includes an occupancy sensor network, a cloud platform to store and analyze data, and a Web site that provides visualizations and insights. Space usage trends offer key space managers the quantitative data they need to understand when and how their spaces are used. Overlaying the utilization against the intended application of a room can lead to more effective space configurations for workers, and increase employee satisfaction and engagement with the workplace.
The Steelcase Workplace Advisor sensor can be installed in conference and meetings rooms to track occupancy and usage data of high-value real estate. The custom sensors communicate data to a software cloud, and results are made easily accessible to real estate and facilities managers through a simple Web platform that shows space usage data visualizations and shares insights.
Workplaces are dynamic — changing over time as the ways people work change, notes Steelcase. Workplace Advisor provides FMs with the data they need to support changes in the workplace, enabling the ultimate flexibility and making each space work harder. Quantifiable data on room use informs smart changes to the space as usage and needs change over time.
The subtle Workplace Advisor sensors blend seamlessly into any meeting or conference room, tracking occupancy without cluttering the space or distracting workers, notes the company.
Steelcase Workplace Advisor includes occupancy sensors, cloud-based monitoring services and monthly access to the analytics dashboard platform, and is priced competitively.
Steelcase’s new and updated products are described on its NeoCon 2016 launch page.
