Occupancy intelligence is the practice of collecting, unifying, and analyzing data about how workplace spaces are actually being used to make confident real estate and workplace decisions. It goes beyond simple headcounts by incorporating person count, active occupancy, and passive occupancy into a single platform, giving leaders the insights needed to optimize portfolios, redesign spaces, and automate operations.

Occupancy measures whether a space is in use and how many people are present at a given time. Utilization measures how effectively a space is being used relative to its capacity and intended purpose over time. For example, a 10-person conference room used by 2 people is occupied, but poorly utilized. VergeSense captures both to give you a complete picture of space performance.

Active occupancy is when a person is physically present in a space. Passive occupancy is when a space is claimed by personal objects, like a laptop, bag, or jacket, but the person has temporarily left. VergeSense is the only platform that detects passive occupancy. Without passive occupancy data, you're making decisions based on half the picture.

Badge data tells you who entered a building. It does not tell you what they used once they were inside. Badge swipes measure attendance at the entry point, so they cannot show which floors filled up, which meeting rooms sat empty, or which desks were claimed by belongings and never actually used. A team relying on badge data alone typically knows its buildings are underused but cannot say which spaces to give back. VergeSense resolves what badge data cannot see.

Occupancy Intelligence in the Meridian platform measures space use directly, at the desk, room, and floor level. It captures person count, active occupancy, and passive occupancy, the space people claim without booking it. It also ingests badge data alongside WiFi, room booking, video conferencing, and sensor signals, so attendance and space use reconcile into one number rather than two competing ones.

Infinity is VergeSense's most advanced area sensor, featuring a 10-year battery life, wire-free installation with magnetic snap-on mounting, and a carbon footprint 25x lower than competing solutions. It measures occupancy with 95% accuracy and uses advanced AI to detect both people and objects like monitors, chairs, and laptops. Infinity receives over-the-air AI updates so it gets smarter over time, and its data feeds directly into the Meridian Platform.

The Meridian Platform provides dashboards and analytics that show peak person count, capacity usage, and occupancy trends over time at the portfolio, building, floor, and individual space levels. You can view data by space type, day of week, and time period. Floor plan visualizations let you see neighborhood-level usage patterns, and the platform highlights space shortages, availability trends, and efficiency metrics at a glance.

Yes. Workplace Assistant is VergeSense's AI-powered tool that lets you ask questions about your occupancy data in plain language and receive instant, data-driven answers. Instead of weeks of manual analysis, you can get insights about space trends, optimization opportunities, and portfolio performance within minutes. Workplace Assistant operates with enterprise-grade security, accessing only data you explicitly provide in each session.

The Meridian Platform offers built-in analytics dashboards covering occupancy trends, capacity usage, space shortages, and efficiency metrics. Workplace Assistant can generate AI-powered analysis and personalized recommendations. The platform integrates with over 50 workplace applications, and Predictive Planning produces CFO-ready reports with cost savings, payback timelines, and ROI quantification for scenario comparisons.

Occupancy Intelligence tells you what happened: a single, trusted picture of how every space has actually been used, from portfolio down to the individual desk. Predictive Planning tells you what's next. Powered by the Large Spatial Model, trained on 250M+ sq ft of real workplace behavior, it takes those historical and current occupancy signals and forecasts forward, so you can model scenarios like lease exits, headcount changes, or restacks and see the financial and experience impact in hours, not months, before you commit budget.