We have a campus college project with the majority of the college housed in one building. There are three different departments of this college in the building, so defining the staff and doing a survey is not a problem there.
However, the students would comprise over 80% of the building, and the majority of their classes are in this same building. It there a exclusion for students specifically? If a survey is done, could they be counted? The majority would walk or take campus transportation, even if they have apartments in town.
Thanks for any guildance or clarification.
Dan Ackerstein
PrincipalAckerstein Sustainability, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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December 29, 2010 - 1:29 pm
Scott, as I understand it, you've got students coming to/from the building to attend classes during the day - From an EBOM perspective, these are effectively the same as folks commuting to and from work and should therefore be included. Rather than asking how students reached 'the building' that day, you may want to ask how they reached 'campus', as that is more likely to capture their relevant transportation use (and reduce multiple counts from students who leave the building and return during the school day), but otherwise, its not dissimilar to a conventional commercial office building in most regards. Hope that helps.