Study on space utilization rate of teaching building

Abstract

The influx of international students has led to a huge increase in demand for university space in the UK, while the government has limited investment. Therefore, it is has become necessary to improve the utilization rate of space. This study analyzes occupancy data collected over a period of one and a half years in spaces and student support spaces, in two buildings at the University of Southampton. The results show that in the Buildings, where academics are the main users, the space utilization rate from the booking system is lower than the monitored space utilization rate, and the error range is varied from 1% ~ 20%. The overall space utilization rate is generally low. In the Building, where students are the main users, the space utilization rate is about 50%. At the end of the semesters, the space utilization rate even reached 100%, which was at a relatively high level. Building on these results, monitored occupancy data is essential to review the utilization of space. Students support spaces had much greater utilization than academic spaces.

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ORCID for Stephanie Gauthier: orcid.org/0000-0002-1720-1736

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