OFFICE BUILDING INEFFICIENCY FACTOR AND SPACE PLANNING CIRCULATION FACTOR CALCULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
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.
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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.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A system for calculating a usable space required for a tenant in a building comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for calculating a rentable space required for a tenant in a building comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine-readable medium on which has been prerecorded a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the following steps:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A machine-readable medium on which has been prerecorded a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the following steps:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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