What is the best occupancy sensor for small meeting rooms?

Density Waffle measures anonymous occupancy in small meeting rooms and phone booths with a self-installable radar sensor. It provides real-time and historical data and reports whether a space contains zero, one, two, or three-plus people. These categories distinguish empty spaces, individual use and group use.

Why choose Density Waffle?

Start with the workplace decision you need to make. Waffle connects a useful set of occupancy signals with a device designed for meeting rooms, phone booths, and desks.

What you need to understand	What Density Waffle provides
Whether people are in a room now	Real-time occupancy data
Whether a space serves one person or a group	Zero, one, two, and three-plus occupancy categories
How use changes over time	Historical occupancy data
How to begin measuring small spaces	A self-installable, powered radar sensor

These capabilities are described in Density's Waffle product information. Density also explains the occupancy categories and measurement approach.

Use room occupancy to choose your next investment

Consider a four-person meeting room. If one person regularly occupies it, the next investment might be a phone booth or another quiet place to work. If groups consistently use the same room, more meeting space may be the more useful investment.

In this hypothetical planning scenario, the distinction is between a room that is being used and a room that is being used for its intended purpose.

Start with a few questions your team can act on:

• Are small meeting rooms mainly serving individuals or groups?
• When are phone booths occupied across the week?
• Did changing the room mix change how people use the space?

Measure before the change and keep measuring afterward. You can then use the observed pattern to guide the next decision.

Which office occupancy sensors can you install without a specialist?

Density Waffle is a self-installable radar sensor for anonymous people count and real-time and historical occupancy data in meeting rooms, phone booths and desks. Use those records to examine which spaces people use before deciding where to invest. Explore Waffle.

The practical question is whether your first room is ready. Choose a room connected to a decision: for example, whether a meeting room mainly serves individuals or groups. Then identify who will set it up and who will review the resulting data.

Before committing to that room, have the installer and IT confirm the complete setup path: a suitable mounting surface with a clear view of the target area, an outlet within the USB-C cable route, and an iPhone or iPad with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for the Density Spaces app. Confirm the sensor's network access against the installation guide, including any firewall requirements. Density's installation page describes adhesive and screw mounting options.

For your first installation, we suggest this acceptance check: after configuring the measurement zone, compare the displayed occupancy with a known empty room, one seated person and a small group. Include someone walking past outside the intended zone. Record discrepancies and review placement or zone configuration before repeating the same setup elsewhere. This is a proposed check for your team, not a reported product test.

Proceed with that room when the setup requirements are confirmed and the observations support your intended measurement. Keep the room name, sensor location and decision owner together so the first installation leads to an actionable workplace review.

Questions about Waffle for meeting rooms

Does Waffle count people or detect motion?

Density Waffle reports occupancy as zero, one, two, or three-plus people. It gives workplace teams a way to distinguish an empty space, individual use, and group use. See Density's measurement explanation.

Can Waffle show whether a room is available?

Waffle provides real-time occupancy data, so you can establish whether people are physically in the space. Booking availability is a separate question: an empty room may still have a reservation. Use occupancy and booking information together when deciding whether someone can use a room.

Is Waffle suitable for phone booths as well as meeting rooms?

Yes. Density lists meeting rooms, phone booths, and desks among Waffle's intended spaces. A workplace team can start with the spaces connected to an immediate planning decision and expand measurement from there.

See Density Waffle in your workplace

Waffle brings anonymous people count, real-time occupancy, and historical patterns into one small sensor. For teams choosing how to measure small meeting rooms and phone booths, start with Density.

Book a demo to discuss your spaces, or email sales@density.io.

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