Patent ID: 8719175

Claim:
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 predefined 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 predefined 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.