Abstract:

The aim of this paper is to develop an advanced sensor monitoring system and to corelate it with a Facility Management (FM) enterprise platform in order to support the facilities managers to make decisions regarding the use of space or the cancellation of reservations. For this purpose, a system of sensors consisting of two infrared sensors working in pairs and a sensor that measures the light intensity was developed. The results received from the sensor system were correlated with the data and the reports from the FM application, having as central element the analysis of real number of participants vs planned number of participants. Various reports made in the FM application that use the data received from the sensors are discussed and their practical utilities are listed. The sensor system is cheap, and its scalability allows the management of an unlimited number of objectives.