78620Smart Occupancy Monitoring System (SOMS)ClosedSmall Business Research InitiativeInnovate UKTo stop the spread of coronavirus, people around the world are practicing social distancing and should avoid close contact with anyone they do not live with. In order to maximise the number of people who can return to work safely, employers must make the workplace as safe as possible for staff, customers and anyone else who visits. This raises a need for a smart system to analyse how occupants use and move around building. DIREK is developing and testing the Smart Occupancy Management System (SOMS), which enables building operators and occupants to monitor real-time movement within building and send any relevant notification regarding the presence of occupants. Existing tracking technologies rely on mobile apps or wearing other smart devices, whilst SOMS rely on smart sensors which are sensitive to people's presence and activity and are low-energy, low-cost, and easy to deploy. The advantage of using SOMS compared to conventional sensors, thermal and infrared cameras is that it does not require any user device involvement and at the same time does not capture sensitive information. In addition to social distancing, SOMS can be integrated with the Building Management System (BMS) in smart buildings to optimise energy consumption and reduce carbon footprint. BMS is a computer-based control system installed in buildings that controls and monitors the building's mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power, fire and security systems. One of the significant variables which can lead to under or over prediction is usage profiles. Having increased understanding of occupational densities and when people enter and leave a building is crucial to helping to improve the design and operation and ultimately help meet the UK's zero carbon agenda. To achieve the above, we need to address three challenges: 1) accurate estimation of propagation characteristics of signals 2) correlate propagation characteristics to activity and occupancy level 3) Feed the BMS system with the appropriate command. SOMS proof of concept (PoC) will be developed as a module for DIREK cloud-based platform. We consider scalability measures that give us time saving in future developments for market-ready production. The baseline will be implemented the for validation and test the technology with at least 3 different sites at our customers' offices in the UK. The accuracy of the model will be assessed through controlled tests and energy consumption impact will be measured through simulations.