OFFICE BUILDING INEFFICIENCY FACTOR AND SPACE PLANNING CIRCULATION FACTOR CALCULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20110208661A1
• Filed: 05/06/2011
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SpaceLogik, LLC
• Original Assignee: SpaceLogik, LLC
• Inventors: Walker, Michael J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,719,175 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/314
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/163 Real estate management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/00 Systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not involving significant data processing

Abstract

A system and method for calculating a space required for a tenant in a building includes determining the areas of rooms required by the tenant. A circulation factor for each of the rooms based on the area of each room is calculated. The total of the room areas and the circulation factors are added to determine a pure space required by the tenant. The losses in actual usable space are determined for a building and an inefficiency factor is calculated based on these losses. The pure space is multiplied by the inefficiency factor to obtain a building efficiency loss. The building efficiency loss is added to the pure space to obtain the space required for the tenant in the building. The system may be configured on a network computer system or a standalone computer.

Claims

1. A system for calculating a usable space required for a tenant in a building comprising:

a. memory storage having software which permits a user to input areas of rooms required by the tenant;

b. a processor in communication with the memory storage and using the software to;

i) calculate a circulation loss for each of the rooms by;

A. 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;

B. 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;

ii) add a total of the room areas and the circulation losses to determine a usable space required by the tenant;

c. a display in communication with the memory and the processor, said display presenting to a user the usable space required for the tenant in the building.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor and memory storage are

included in a server and the display is included in a user workstation that communicates with the server through a network.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor, memory storage and display are included in a standalone computer.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the calculation of the circulation loss in b.i) B. also uses a user specified secondary aisle width for aisles needed to access interior workstations.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein b.i)B. includes dividing the user specified aisle width by two if the user specified number of individual workstations is four and dividing the user specified aisle width by three if the user specified number of individual workstations is six.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the user specified aisle width is five feet.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein step b.i) includes the step of assuming that a room is a closet requiring no circulation loss if at least one dimension of the room area is less than of equal to approximately three feet and assuming that the room is not a closet if at least one dimension of the room area is not less than or equal to approximately three feet.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein step b.i) includes the step of assuming that a room is a filing cabinet requiring no circulation loss if at least one dimension of the room area is less than or equal to approximately three feet and assuming that the room is not a filing cabinet if at least one dimension of the room area is not less than or equal to approximately three feet.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the calculation of b.i) includes area for an additional exit aisle in accordance with fire codes.

10. A system for calculating a rentable space required for a tenant in a building comprising:

a. memory storage having software which permits a user to input areas of rooms required by the tenant, a building single tenant loss factor, a building multi-tenant loss factor, a landlord'"'"'s stated rentable square feet for a space in the building and data relating to losses in actual usable space in the building;

b. a processor in communication with the memory storage and using the software to;

i) determine areas of rooms required by the tenant;

ii) add a total of the room areas to determine a usable space required by the tenant;

iii) calculate an inefficiency factor for the building based on the data relating to losses in actual usable space in the building by;

A. calculating an inaccurate measurement loss using a difference between the landlord'"'"'s stated rentable square feet for a space in the building and a rentable square feet for the space in the building calculated using standards;

B. calculating a column loss using areas of columns encumbering the space in the building if a column is present in the space of the building;

C. calculating an unusual building shape loss if a side of the building is not flat or is at an angle other than approximately 90°

with respect to an adjacent wall;

D. calculating a window line encumbrance loss using a perimeter of the building if an encumbrance is positioned at the perimeter in the space of the building;

E. calculating an unusual loss that does not fit into steps A. through D. if such an unusual loss is present in the space of the building;

F. adding the losses of steps A. through E.;

G. dividing, the added losses of step F. by the landlord'"'"'s stated rentable square footage for a space in the building to calculate a net inefficiency;

H. calculating the inefficiency factor based on the net inefficiency and the building single tenant loss factor or the building multi-tenant loss factor;

iv) multiply the usable space by the inefficiency factor to obtain a building efficiency loss;

v) add the building efficiency loss to the usable space to obtain the rentable space required for the tenant in the building;

c. a display in communication with the memory and the processor, said display presenting to a user the rentable space required for the tenant in the building.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the processor and memory storage are included in a server and the display is included in a user workstation that communicates with the server through a network.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the processor, memory storage and display are included in a standalone computer.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the building side of b.iii)C. that is not flat is angled.

14. The system of claim 10 wherein the building side of b.iii)C. that is not flat is curved.

15. The system of claim 10 wherein b.iii)C. includes taking into account a 50/50 mix of offices and workstations if the building side that is not flat is angled.

16. The system of claim 10 wherein b.iii)C. includes taking into account a number of offices and workstations that would fit between upper and lower arcs if the building side that is not flat is curved.

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

a. receives areas of rooms required by a tenant;

b. calculates a circulation loss for each of the rooms 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;

c. adds a total of the room areas and the circulation losses to determine a usable space required by the tenant.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17 wherein the calculation of the circulation loss in b.ii) also uses a user specified secondary aisle width for aisles needed to access interior workstations.

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

a. receives areas of rooms required by a tenant, a building single tenant loss factor, a building multi-tenant loss factor, a landlord'"'"'s stated rentable square feet for a space in the building and data relating to losses in actual usable space in a building;

b. adds a total of the room areas to determine a usable space required by the tenant;

c. calculates an inefficiency factor for the building based oh the data relating to losses in actual usable space in the building by;

i) calculating an inaccurate measurement joss using a difference between the landlord'"'"'s stated rentable square feet for a space in the building and a rentable square feet for the space in the building calculated using standards;

ii) calculating a column loss using areas of columns encumbering the space in the building if a column is present in the space of the building;

iii) calculating an unusual building shape loss if a side of the building is not flat or is at an angle other than approximately 90°

with respect to an adjacent wall;

iv) calculating a window line encumbrance loss using a perimeter of the building if an encumbrance is positioned at the perimeter in the space of the building;

v) calculating an unusual loss that does not fit into steps i) through iv) if such an unusual loss is present in the space of the building;

vi) adding the losses of steps i) through v);

vii) dividing the added losses of step vi) by the landlord'"'"'s stated rentable square footage for a space in the building to calculate a net inefficiency;

viii) calculating the inefficiency factor based on the net inefficiency and the building single tenant loss factor or the building multi-tenant loss factor;

d. multiplies the usable space by the inefficiency factor to obtain a building efficiency loss; and

e. adds the building efficiency loss to the usable space to obtain the rentable space required for the tenant in the building.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 19 wherein c.iii) includes taking into account a number of offices and workstations that would fit between upper and lower arcs if the building side that is not flat is curved.