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System and method for evaluating space efficiency for office users

AssigneeSpacelogik, LLC

InventorMichael Walker

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Abstract

A system and method for identifying and calculating inefficiencies in a real estate space includes determining the areas of rooms required by a user. A circulation loss is calculated. The total of the room areas and the circulation loss are added to determine a net usable space required by the user. The net usable amount of space is multiplied by the subject building's inefficiency measure to identify the amount of rentable space necessary given an efficient program, space plan and building. The user's updated, proposed space program is compared to the user's current or original space program to identify efficiency losses. The system may be configured on a network computer system or a standalone computer.

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Dependent claims

A system for comparing an original real estate space and a proposed real estate space comprising:

a. a workstation;
b. a server in communication with the workstation, said server having software and memory storage which permits a user to enter an efficiency measure directed to a loss in usable space for a building of the original real estate space, a space program for the original real estate space,
an efficiency measure directed to a loss in usable space for a building of the proposed real estate space and a space program for the proposed real estate space,
said software using the space program for the original real estate space to calculate a circulation loss for each room of the space program by:
i) for a room having an area greater than or equal to a user specified area size, calculating a corresponding circulation loss using a user specified aisle width and the area of the room:
ii) for a room having an area less than the user specified area size, calculating a corresponding circulation loss using a user specified number of individual workstations for a workstation cluster, the user specified aisle width and the area of the room;
and to calculate a total circulation loss based on a total of the circulation losses for each room of the space program for the original real estate space and the space program for the proposed real estate space to calculate a circulation loss for each room of the space program by:
i) for a room having an area greater than or equal to a user specified area size, calculating a corresponding circulation loss using a user specified aisle width and the area of the room:
ii) for a room having an area less than the user specified area size, calculating a corresponding circulation loss using a user specified number of individual workstations for a workstation cluster, the user specified aisle width and the area of the room;
and to calculate a total circulation loss based on a total of the circulation losses for each room of the space program for the proposed real estate space, and
said software calculating inefficiency measures of the original real estate space compared to the proposed real estate space based on the building efficiency measures, space programs and total circulation losses for the original and proposed real estate spaces, said inefficiency measures including a programming inefficiency, a building inefficiency and a space plan inefficiency.

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A non-transitory machine readable medium on which has been prerecorded a computer program which, when executed by a computer, performs the following steps:

a. receives an efficiency measure directed to a loss in usable space for a building of the original real estate space;
b. receives a space program for the original real estate space;
c. calculates a circulation loss for each room of the space program by:
i) for a room having an area greater than or equal to a user specified area size, calculating a corresponding circulation loss using a user specified aisle width and the area of the room:
ii) for a room having an area less than the user specified area size, calculating a corresponding circulation loss using a user specified number of individual workstations for a workstation cluster, the user specified aisle width and the area of the room;
and calculates a total circulation loss based on a total of the circulation losses for each room of the space program for the original real estate space;
d. receives an efficiency measure directed to a loss in usable space for a building of the proposed real estate space;
e. receives a space program for the proposed real estate space;
f. calculates a circulation loss for each room of the space program by:
i) for a room having an area greater than or equal to a user specified area size, calculating a corresponding circulation loss using a user specified aisle width and the area of the room:
ii) for a room having an area less than the user specified area size, calculating a corresponding circulation loss using a user specified number of individual workstations for a workstation cluster, the user specified aisle width and the area of the room;
and calculates a total circulation loss based on a total of the circulation losses for each room of the space program for the proposed real estate space;
and
g. calculates inefficiency measures of the original real estate space compared to the proposed real estate space based on the building efficiency measures, space programs and total circulation losses for the original and proposed real estate spaces, said inefficiency measures including a programming inefficiency, a building inefficiency and a space plan inefficiency.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/244,377Filed 2 Oct 2008 · continuation in part
Priority: 22 Nov 2005
Published: US 2009/0070173 A112 Mar 2009
Granted: 29 Oct 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06Q 10/043
Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem":…
G06Q 30/00
Commerce
G06Q 30/0645
Buying, selling or leasing transactions: rental transactions; Leasing transactions
G06Q 50/16
Services: real estate

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Application11/287,124Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 22 Nov 2005
Application12/012,554Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 4 Feb 2008
US 2009/0070173 A1Pre-grant publication · published 12 Mar 2009
US 2007/0113518 A1Published application
US 2008/0249795 A1Published application
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