Dear all,

I am currently estimating the occupancy of a mall building. I have determined the occupancy following Appendix 2 default occupancies from LEED.

However, I am confused about how to estimate the daily averages and peak totals for bicycle facilities and indoor water use calculations.

According to the LEED reference guide, regular building occupants and peak visitors are required for bicycle facilities calculation.

In this case, regular building occupants are equivalent to FTE according to the reference guide definition.

Therefore, if I want to estimate the number of long-term bicycle storage I will use the FTE number.

For this exercise retail occupancy ratio applies, 51 m2/employee (0.02 employees/m2 approx) according to Appendix 2. I assume this is a daily average value. Since the mall will have 2x6h shifts on a daily average, and the daily average accounts for all the occupants of a given type for a typical 24-hour day of operation, therefore 0.02 employees/m2 -> 12h, to convert to FTE = 0.02*8/12 = 0.013 FTE/m2.

Am I interpreting something wrongly? how would you recommend doing it? is this approach acceptable?

Thanks