For the (re)design of an airport I'm looking for a way to calculate the FTE's and transients for the passenger terminal. The building has low rates of FTE and high rates of transients (visitors). The number of FTE and transients will vary over the day (peak between 12 and 13 o'clock), the week (peak at the weekend) and the year (most visitors are tourists). The terminal is designed for handling peak hours for visitors (and even peaks at specific parts of the terminal). How can I calculate the FTE and transients for PIf3?
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Summer Minchew
Managing PartnerEcoimpact Consulting
LEEDuser Expert
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December 4, 2017 - 9:44 am
Peak would be the maximum number of transients at any given moment. For daily transients, you will want to perform an annualized daily average calculation. It sounds like you have some good historic data. I would start by plugging that information in to a spreadsheet that includes the number of days the building is operational, number of days for each type of occupancy fluctuation (i.e. regular season: weekdays, weekends, high-season: weekday, weekends) then divide by daily hours of operation to get your annualized daily average. USGBC does not provide any kind of template form for this type of calculation so be sure that your methodology is clear and that your rationale is fully explained in a supplemental narrative.