Coworking and offices
The meeting room opens for whoever booked it, during the hour they booked. So does the locker. And somebody coming in at seven in the morning does not need anyone to let them in.
The same old problem
A shared space runs on small conflicts. Two people wanting the same room at the same hour. Somebody overrunning by twenty minutes and wrecking the next meeting. The locker key that never comes back. And the opening hours, which decide who gets to work early and who does not.
The calendar on the wall and the notebook at the desk held up while there were few spaces. With thirty people coming and going, they do not.
What sells by the hour
Meeting rooms
A calendar in time slots: book ten to twelve and you get in from ten to twelve. Bookings made on Roraima cannot overlap.
Lockers
Bought by the day or by the month and opened from a phone. No key to hand out, none to chase.
Desks and offices
By the day, the week or the month, with building entry switching on for the period paid for.
Printers and machines
Sold by the go: buy a bundle of prints and you have those, to use within the stated period, then you buy more.
Who comes in, and when
Building access opens for the period that has been paid for, whether a day, a week or a month, and closes by itself when the period ends.
Every entry leaves a trace. Less for watching people and more for answering practical questions: who was on site when something broke, who used the room last.
At the end of the slot
When the booked hour ends the closing routine runs: lights, projector and air conditioning can all go off without anyone thinking about it. That is the difference between a room that draws power when it is used and one that stays lit until evening.
What you need
An electronic lock on the room door, a relay on the main entrance, and the lockers you already have if they take an electrical command. Start with one room and widen it when the numbers work.
Worth reading too
- Bookings and calendar: how time slots work.
- Automations: switching off at the end of a slot, on at opening.
- Your online shop: selling spaces and services from your own address.
- Selling by time and tokens: printers and other equipment by time or with tokens.
Start with the room people fight over
The most contested one is the first worth putting on a calendar.
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