#Space Planning

There’s a perception that colleges and universities are out of space. Classroom and facilities bookings suggest there’s never any open space on campus, but in today’s hybrid world, there’s a widening gap between scheduled attendance and in-person attendance. Paired with shifting work and learning...

In the dynamic landscape of higher education, managing campus space has become an intricate dance between tradition and innovation, necessity and aspiration. Lambent recently hosted a Higher Education Round Table in Harvard Square that provided a platform for diverse voices from various...

Commercial real estate is experiencing a period of drastic change that is causing property managers and space planners to more closely scrutinize office space utilization. In many cases, they’re looking at mothballing floors, wings, and even entire buildings to reduce operational costs and...

This March during Women’s History Month, Julie Roberts, Lambent Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, hosted a panel discussion with four women leading space planning teams at their organization. The panel offered insights into trends hitting campuses and workplaces across the US as well as key...

Sometimes to solve for big-picture problems like Corporate or Higher Education Real Estate leases that have 3-6 year life cycles, looking at too fine an aperture can actually distract from your ability to notice patterns and trends in office utilization over quarters, semesters, or years. When...

Managing office space utilization has always been a challenge for businesses for several reasons. Workforce needs and workstyles are constantly evolving while organizational priorities change practically every quarter. Add to that the challenge of managing employee headcounts that are always in...

As Real Estate services and investments leaders rely more and more on occupancy analytics and utilization rates to inform crucial building lease decisions, the allure of streamlining operations and cost savings by bundling occupancy analytics through your Wi-Fi provider becomes tempting. But...

# The Workplace Transformation As a result of post-pandemic norms, the typical use of the workplace has shifted. As workplace leaders have reported in a 2023 CBRE study, the move to a hybrid environment is well under way, steadily increasing to almost ⅓ of the entire corporate workforce. For...

As businesses and employees continue to adopt new and dynamic working models, the ability to plan and manage office space is crucial. Proper office space planning is a way for businesses to optimize resources, foster collaboration, and support flexible work arrangements. With the rise of remote...

When organizations learn that Lambent Spaces uses existing Wi-Fi data as the primary data source for space utilization, they may wonder if their existing team could build it themselves. An in-house team may be able to access device data in network management tools, but it takes more than a list of...

Office space planning has traditionally meant the intentional configuration of a workspace that carefully considers layout, furniture, and workflow to optimize employee productivity and safety. Since the COVID-19 upended traditional workspace layouts and working models, offices have evolved into...

_East Tennessee State University relied on unbiased data from Lambent Spaces to identify significant savings related to building utilization._ _Mason Bowen, ETSU’s Director of Emergency Operations, presented at Tradeline’s Space Strategies 2023 in October._ _Occupancy analytics data helped...