Our project is a University educational facility aiming for LEED-Canada 2009 (v3) certification.
LEED stipulates that students are to be considered temporary occupants, however we anticipate that higher level students (Graduate and Doctorate) will be using the facilities for 75-90% of the day as they need access to specialized laboratories to conduct their research.
Are we to count these students as temporary visitors AND part-time occupants, or as full-time occupants, or simply as temporary visitors?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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January 17, 2017 - 6:47 pm
It sounds to me like they are really more like part-time occupants than temporary visitors. I think LEED envisions students coming and going from classes for just a couple hours at a time.
Kim Lombard
Sustainability Leader and ArchitectAECOM
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August 9, 2017 - 9:45 am
Nadia - We are in the same situation for a LEEDv4 project. My approach is that the graduate students are FTEs at 10 hour shifts a day and the undergrad students are in the visitor category. My best guess is that the undergrad students will be in the building anywhere from 2-4 hours a day. This seems the best approach as I think through how the students (both grad and undergrad) will actually be using the building.