Prepare your sensor plan (comfort sensors)

Laura CARBO

13 October 2026 08:32

Difficulty: novice

After reading this article, you’ll be able to:

Gather all information needed to create a sensor plan for comfort sensors
Identify obstructions for installing hardware
Create a sensor plan which indicates hardware installation location to all stakeholders

Make sure you first check out Prepare your sensor plan for an introduction on Sensor Plans and why we create them.

Requirements for Comfort Sensor Plan

Following information is required to set up a good sensor plan for comfort sensors:

Latest floor plan with latest furniture drawings
Materials of the walls (glass, fabric)
if possible: videos or pictures that show the materials of the walls (glass, fabric), information on ceiling fabric, big obstructions like chandeliers or other

Possible version control (version, date, contributor, changes made)
Project context (any possible on-site information that is relevant to any of the stakeholders; for example a hospital context, trading floors with limited access etc)
Workplace Hardware Scope: Number of sensors, hardware touch points
Comments
Sensor placement
- (Needs to be based on latest floor plans! Ideally including latest furniture drawings)
- Sensor plans of different floors, incl
  - Numbers of different sensors for each floor
  - For comfort sensors: indicate the “zone covered per sensor”
  - For Occupancy and Headcount sensors, see https://onespacewell.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/edit-v2/4357488664#Parts-of-a-good-sensor-plan

Zone covered per sensor:

1 per closed space
Group together groups of desks where comfort data like temperature and humidity are likely to be the same.

Info

Remember that a sensor only tracks the comfort in the spot of installation, so you shouldn’t make the "covered zone" too large.

Best practice is not to group workplaces of which some are facing the sun in the morning with workplaces that get the afternoon sun.

It is recommended to install at least 1.5 m high from floor level (this is where end-users will experience the comfort data)
Do not mount the device where the temperature is below/above operating range and
temperature varies greatly.
Stay far away from any heat source or cold source like oven or sunlight, refrigerators or other cold sources, liquids and extreme temperature change.
Do not mount the device close to where airflow varies greatly like windows, vent, fan and air
conditioner.
Do not place the device right next to the window or open door (as there might be an airflow that messes up the data).

For more information, see Milesight CO2 Sensor

Comfort sensor plan of our own offices in the Netherlands

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