Hello, the existing threads about calculating FTEs and peak occupants for fire stations do not seem to arrive at the same solution, and I haven't found any specific to v4, so I appreciate any guidance from the hive. We have 24 employees working a 24-hour shift, with an assumed one-hour overlap of the next shift's 24 employees, plus 3 employees working a standard 40-hour week/5 days per week. For FTE this would appear to be 24 people x 3 eight-hour shifts = 72 FTE plus 3 people working 1 eight-hour shift each for a total FTE of 75. However, the peak occupants would only be 51: 24 people clocking out while the next 24 people clock in (48 for the shift change overlap), plus the 3 people working 9 am - 5 pm, assuming the shift change happens at some point during their work day. One extra wrinkle: we have a training center that holds 20 visitors, we are assuming occasional half-day training sessions so we are calculating 20 at the peak moment and 10 for FTE [(20 x 4)/8]. Does this approach sound accurate?
For LTc6 we will use the employee peak occupancy (including shift change overlap) for the long term bike rack count, and we will use the visitors for the short term. Either way we have the minimum racks required so that credit isn't a big concern, I'm more interested to know if this is the correct calculation for the indoor water credits.
David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
LEEDuser Expert
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July 23, 2019 - 8:20 pm
That sounds reasonable for the shift workers and full-time staff. For the training center, those people would just be visitors, so I don't think they should be added to your FTE count, especially since you say that's occasional. It's quite possible the training session attendance would be "up to" 20 people, rather than the max of 20 every time. But since schedules and usage can change over time for the life of a buildings, you'd be safe to assign a maximum peak visitor count of 20 (since they all arrive at once), and an average visitor count of 10 (or fewer) since you anticipate half-day sessions, and they don't happen every day.
Grace Rink
President and CEOQuercus Consulting
July 24, 2019 - 8:22 am
Thanks very much!