generated: '2026-08-02'
method: searched
source: https://rzerosystems.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408423267991-General-Definitions
sources:
- https://rzerosystems.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408423267991-General-Definitions
- https://rzerosystems.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408402928407-Analytics-Definitions
- https://rzerosystems.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408423921303-API-Definitions
note: >-
  R-Zero publishes a real definitions surface in its help center - General Definitions
  (devices and platform objects), Analytics Definitions (the occupancy metrics R-Zero
  Connect computes) and API Definitions (the object model the REST and Stream APIs
  expose). Captured here verbatim in substance; the entity/attribute detail lives in
  data-model/r-zero-data-model.yml.
terms:
- term: WorkPoint Sensor
  category: device
  definition: A mesh-network, low-energy occupancy sensor detecting occupancy from
    passive infrared readings. Matchbook-sized, ultra-low-power circuit, 2.4 GHz wireless,
    5+ year lifetime on a lithium coin cell. Requires an authenticated Hub to reach
    the CoWorkr cloud.
- term: WorkSpace Counter
  category: device
  definition: A mesh-network people-counting device using infrared sensing and a lightweight
    deep-learning model with a low-power thermal sensor for anonymous occupant counting.
- term: Hub / WorkHub
  category: device
  definition: The internet-enabled device that reads WorkPoint data and pushes it to
    CoWorkr's servers over LAN, WiFi or a cellular dongle.
- term: WorkPlace
  category: platform-object
  definition: A physical location from which WorkPoints and WorkHubs stream, generally
    a single building at a geographic address; contains one or more FloorPlans.
- term: FloorPlan
  category: platform-object
  definition: An image (usually a CAD 2D drawing exported to raster) used as the background
    of the floorplan view, onto which devices are placed by X/Y coordinate.
- term: Group
  category: platform-object
  definition: A grouping of users with specific access permissions, generally created
    per customer, sometimes for a third party overseeing multiple customers.
- term: Tag
  category: platform-object
  definition: A key/value attribute assigned to devices to contextualise location -
    department, resource, furniture type, room type, space type. Tags must never contain
    personally identifiable information; doing so violates the CoWorkr EULA.
- term: Space Type
  category: analytics
  definition: The tag associated with each device on a floorplan, used to group utilization
    and vacancy comparisons (e.g. large / medium / small conference rooms).
- term: Utilization
  category: analytics
  definition: Also referred to as sensor "activity"; R-Zero Connect's primary metric
    for measuring spaces.
- term: Average Utilization
  category: analytics
  definition: The average percentage of seats occupied in a space - total seats occupied
    across the space, averaged over the selected time frame in 30-minute buckets.
- term: Peak Utilization
  category: analytics
  definition: The highest percentage and number of seats occupied within a given time
    period, computed in 30-minute buckets.
- term: Average Daily Vacancies
  category: analytics
  definition: The average percentage and number of seats or spaces completely vacant
    each day - seats with 0% utilization, averaged over the time frame.
- term: Utilization Trend
  category: analytics
  definition: A chart over the selected date range with two lines - daily peak and
    daily average.
- term: Utilization by Hour
  category: analytics
  definition: Average percentage of seats or spaces used per hour.
- term: Utilization by Day
  category: analytics
  definition: Average percentage of seats or spaces used for each day of the week,
    averaging like days across the full time frame.
- term: Utilization by Space Type
  category: analytics
  definition: Utilization measured as the percentage of TIME each space type is occupied
    - deliberately different from the seat-percentage definition used by the other
    utilization metrics.
- term: Vacancy by Space Type
  category: analytics
  definition: The average number of vacant seats in each space type.
- term: Group Size by Occupancy
  category: analytics
  definition: The percentage of time each group size spends utilizing the spaces; an
    "Exclude Unoccupied" option filters out group size 0.
- term: REST API
  category: api
  definition: CoWorkr's standard API for pulling workplace analytical data - all workplace
    utilization data from one location, feeding historical data into BI tools.
- term: STREAM API
  category: api
  definition: A Node.js/DDP feed pushing utilization sensor updates in real time; a
    raw feed giving real-time integration with the CoWorkr platform.
- term: ODCV
  category: product
  definition: Occupancy-Driven Ventilation - modulating HVAC ventilation from real-time
    occupancy rather than fixed schedules, the mechanism behind R-Zero's claimed 20-40%
    HVAC energy savings.
  source: https://rzero.com/offers/odcv-whitepaper-ungated/