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Important of Occupancy Monitoring for Businesses,
Super Markets & Retailers

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March, 2021

Occupancy Monitoring System, these words are enough to understand what it can be especially during COVID era. Occupancy monitoring is designed to lets you know the presence and count of people in indoor places like room, office spaces, shopping mall , retail shop etc in real time. Sensors can be positioned at entry and exit doorways to allow you to see 24/7 usage and real time monitor footfall count in space.

Blog on why people counting technology is important to retail stores and shopping malls by SmartIAM

Occupancy Control System is one of the best example of the Internet of Things (IoT) based technologies. Thanks to the arrival of super-affordable and the ubiquity of wireless networks, it's possible to track physical walking in premises to real time data. Connecting up all different location footfall statistics and adding occupancy sensors to them adds a level of digital intelligence to devices, enabling them to communicate real-time data without involving a human being. This IOT based system is making the fabric of the world around us smarter and more responsive, merging the digital and physical universes

It’s been several years this technology is in existence, over the time it evolved. The sensor technology has enhanced resulting in an accuracy-level that makes occupancy monitoring a viable solution. This technology has multilevel applications. Several example of Occupancy Monitoring are:

  • Checking for office occupancy
  • Parking occupancy status – parking lot
  • Vehicle cabinet occupancy in automobile industry
  • Room occupancy sensor to control electricity usage
  • Tracking attendance of an event
  • Shopping premises occupancy control and so on..

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In India, until the start of year 2020 utilisation of these techniques were limited in retail, corporate sector and considered as premium, cost appealing but the COVID-19 pandemic has pretty much made it a necessity. After government’s social distancing regulation many businesses & retailers are now required to control the number of visitors entering their facility or building. Several have returned by assigning physical personnel to control the customer traffic at their entrances, many started using automated Occupancy Control System though.

After April 2020, Google search for the topic ‘occupancy monitoring’ clearly uprising in following chart.

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Now let’s talk about it how it works?

Based on simple fundamental it design to counting the number of people enter and exit in your building. There are many ways to do this, one of the best way to integrate it with CCTV People Counting Device (check - RealCount). The real-time occupancy counts are shown on screens, on web browsers, smart phone apps and can be integrated into IOT networks. Generated report interface can be customised as per requirement.

  • Count real-time occupancy in your building, office, shop.
  • Programmed display at your entrance to control incoming traffic.
  • STOP signal run on display at threshold level.
  • Alert indication if capacity limit is breached.
  • Live occupancy report interface on website, mobile app.
  • Automated system knock error free and easy implementation.
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Importance at office premises - Getting employees back to the workplace safely
Importance at office premises - getting employees back to the workplace safely

In office social distancing is necessary. It’s therefore unavoidable that involved safe social distancing in the office will continue and it is going to be vital to ensure that employees remain at safe distance. Real-time occupancy monitoring can permit businesses to keep their headcount lower than a certain threshold, giving staff the ability to maintain social distancing. Occupancy analytics can identify places which become particularly busy, such as canteen, conference or surfaces that employees regularly come into contact with, such as door knobs. It may become apparent that it is necessary to clean these areas several times throughout the day in order to prevent the risk of transmission and keep employees safe.

Importance at shopping mall, super market
Importance at shopping mall, super market

As shopping malls, retailers’ reopening again wirh COVID –social distancing norm, tend to attract numbers of visitor traffic, many malls are looking to utilize the technology of traffic and people counting for the safety of their customers and employees. The need for a smart occupancy solution for shopping malls has become important to provide a safe environment for concerned customers and comply with social distancing regulations imposed by most governments worldwide. Using a real-time occupancy counter sensor that can ensure that visitors, tenants, and staff have the space they need to remain safe. Live occupancy tracking system can accurately measure people’s flow, which makes it easy to track and manage incoming visitor traffic to ensure optimum security. Cutting-edge settings also allow staff members to be excluded from the occupancy count whenever required.

About IAM

Integrated Active Monitoring Pvt. Ltd. (IAM ) is an innovative IoT services company which provides unique solutions for the need of today’s business to make them safe, secure and efficient. We use unique IoT based integrated solution with 24×7 Monitoring platform. We are excited to begin the next chapter of occupancy monitoring at IAM - with new challenges to solve. If you’d like more information: contact us for demo & consultation.

Predictive maintenance is essentially a technique of gathering data through tools to “predict” possible defects in a device/equipment before it fails. Occupancy Monitoring, IoT based applications are currently redefining the status quo in the sensor industry. As the Internet of Things technology matures further, it is certain that there will be a complete transformation in the way we use occupancy tracking.