Bike Racks and FTE

Interesting question. One the one hand, if you count each patrol officer as a full FTE, that implies they are in the building all day and so would increase your water use numbers in WEp1 and WEc3. On the other hand, if you count each patrol officer as a visitor, then they are not included in the number of people being enticed into riding a bike with the presence of showers... and it doesn't reflect their car being parked all day. One solution might be to count each patrol officer as a full FTE, but create a separate fixture group for them in the WE credits with fewer toilet visits per day. Or, you could define each patrol officer as a part-time FTE in PI Form 3, with a limited number of hours in the building, but this might under-represent them for shower and parking stall counts. If you do count each patrol officer as a full FTE, make sure your energy model, water calcs, daylight and views calcs, and controllability of systems calcs don't end up with a higher occupant number than is appropriate. Include a narrative explaining how you came up with your FTE numbers.