Hi, we are working on a residential project. I would like to know how do we calculate the FTE and should we consider visitors and peak transients . Is there any guideline that we can follow ??
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Gwen Corrie
Sustainability StrategistGensler
November 19, 2015 - 1:36 pm
Per LEED ND v2009 (see pg 471 of Reference Guide), the term "Planned Occupancy" states, "The minimum planned occupancy for multiresidential buildings is 1 person for a studio unit, 1.5 persons for a one-bedroom unit, and 1.25 persons per bedroom for a two-bedroom or larger unit."
As for calculating visitors, we found this note someone posted for PIf3 on LEED User: "There's no hard-and-fast rule for estimating visitors. You could survey some building management companies, or you could just make an assumption such as 1 per 10 units."
Susan Di Giulio
Senior Project ManagerZinner Consultants
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January 24, 2018 - 6:40 pm
On the other hand, LEED-NC v2009 Ref Guide p53 (SSc4.2) and p170 (WEp1) direct that one should assume 2 people for a 1-bedroom, 3 for a 2-bedroom, 4 for a 3-bedroom unit, etc. They don;t meantion studios, so maybe 1 occupant could be used there, to referring LEED-ND.