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Offices and Public Buildings, Measured Floor by Floor

Hybrid work left most offices half full and fully conditioned. Corporate real estate teams and public facility managers are being asked to justify every square foot, and they're doing it without data. Gostly shows how every floor and room is really used, what it costs to run, and where it's failing.

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The Challenge

Paying for Space Nobody Can Measure

Offices are usually the biggest line in the real estate budget, and one of the least measured.

Occupancy Is a Guess
Badge swipes show who entered, not which floors, rooms, and desks they used. Meeting rooms sit booked and empty. Whole floors go quiet on Mondays and Fridays.
Conditioning Empty Floors
HVAC and lighting run on fixed schedules written for a full office, whether ten people come in or a thousand.
Aging Public Buildings
City halls, courthouses, and agency offices are often decades old, with deferred maintenance backlogs and thin facility staff covering many sites.
Reporting Without Records
Boards, councils, auditors, and the public want energy, space, and emissions numbers. Most of them are pulled together by hand once a year.

How Gostly Helps

How Gostly Helps

One platform for the corporate portfolio or the public building inventory, from headquarters down to the smallest field office.

Space Utilization
Floor, Room & Desk Occupancy
AI counts on existing lobby and floor cameras, plus presence sensors in meeting rooms and at desks. You see real use by floor, room, and hour.
Space Utilization
Right-Size the Portfolio
Months of utilization data behind every consolidation, sublease, lease renewal, or disposal decision. You're no longer relying on a one-week study.
Meters
HVAC Matched to Occupancy
Energy use next to real occupancy shows which floors are conditioned while empty. That's the evidence to change schedules, zone by zone.
Sensors
Indoor Air Quality
CO₂, temperature, and humidity room by room, so you can find stuffy meeting rooms and show returning staff the air is healthy.
Meters
Tenant & Agency Submetering
Electricity and water by floor, tenant, or department, for cost recovery in multi-tenant buildings and chargeback between agencies.
Sensors
Leak & Equipment Alerts
Leaks in risers, restrooms, and mechanical rooms, overheating IT closets, and power loss. It covers every site without adding staff.

What We Watch, Building by Building

Most teams start with space utilization at headquarters, then add energy and alerts across the rest of the portfolio.

Corporate Offices & HQs
  • Floor and meeting-room occupancy by hour
  • Desk utilization for hybrid seating plans
  • Lobby and entrance traffic by day of week
  • Meeting-room air quality
  • Energy by floor against occupancy
Government & Public Buildings
  • City halls, courthouses, and agency offices
  • Public counter and waiting-area traffic
  • Building-by-building energy, gas, and water
  • Leak and freeze alerts in older facilities
  • Occupancy data for consolidation planning
Building Systems & Common Areas
  • Mechanical rooms and risers: leaks and temperature
  • IT and telecom closets: heat and power loss
  • Restrooms: use-based cleaning and leaks
  • Cafés, gyms, and amenity occupancy
  • Parking entrance counts

Why Now

Why Offices and Agencies Are Measuring Now

Hybrid work, performance laws, and public accountability all ask the same question: what is this building actually doing?

Hybrid-Era Portfolio Decisions
Leases are expiring into a hybrid workforce. Utilization data is how corporate real estate teams decide what to keep, consolidate, or give back.
Underused Public Space
Government auditors, including the GAO for federal headquarters, have reported many public office buildings used at a fraction of capacity. Measured occupancy is the starting point for consolidation.
Building Performance Standards
Energy benchmarking and performance laws in cities like New York, Washington, DC, and Boston cover large offices. Public buildings are often among the first required to comply.
ESG & Public Reporting
Corporate sustainability reports and public energy disclosures need defensible numbers. Continuous metering replaces once-a-year estimates.

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The Features Behind This Solution

Find Out How Your Offices Are Really Used

Tell us about your headquarters, your field offices, or your public building inventory. We'll suggest a pilot that measures a few floors first, using cameras you already have where possible.

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