FTE Calculation

Sriram Gopal

TCS

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July 8, 2014

Hi, I have a slight confusion in calculating FTE to monitor energy consumption. Example. Totally 500 people. 200 people are working in two projects general shift of 8 hrs. The remaining 300 are working in a same project but a 24*7 project.So each 100 works for 8 hrs. How do I arrive at FTE when I know only the total value as "500" also I have hourwise maximum head count value for a day for the entire facility . Kindly seeking your support.

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Scott Adams

Principal

Sustainable Integration LLC

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Mon, 07/14/2014 - 17:59

You add all the hours each person works during a peak day then divide by 8 so if each person is working an 8 hr shift each day then the FTE would be 500. If say 100 of those people were part time and working 4 hour shifts then the FTE would be ((400*8)+(100*4))/8 for an FTE of 450.

Sriram Gopal

TCS

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Thu, 07/17/2014 - 05:49

Thanks for your answer sir, But Sir, I cited a small example. But the actual scenario is that, My total building capacity is 25000. It has 6 big blocks approximately 4000 capacity each. I have the consumption for the entire 6 buildings added up. We are trying to find out kWh/FTE. What do i use for the FTE. I have no clue of finding how many people work in each shift because its practically impossible for the administration guys to calculate. We are assuming to use the unique id count for a day to find kWh/FTE which would give energy consumed by a single person for a day. Second important doubt. While we are trying to find kWh/FTE, is the sum of kWh/FTE for 24 hours will equal to kWh/FTE for a day?? We take the number of people in each hour as FTE in this case. Are we going in the right direction??

Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Sat, 07/26/2014 - 15:27

Sriram, since this is not a calculation that is required for LEED, but for your own objectives, you have discretion to set up the calculation as you wish. At some point you will have to make some assumptions, and if you want to track this over time, just keep those assumptions consistent.