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NC-2009 SSc4.2:Alternative Transportation—Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms

shower requirement - total FTE vs peak FTE

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Erin Holdenried
Sustainable Design Director
Bell Architects
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Has anybody used peak FTE (as opposed to total FTE) to calculate the required number of showers? And was it accepted by the GBCI reviewer? For a facility that has shift work, it makes more sense to base the shower requirement on the peak FTE. For example if a project has three 8-hour shifts over a 24-hour day with 200 people each shift, the total FTE is 600. And the project would need 3 showers. However, the project is not accommodating 600 people at one time. It would make more sense to calculate the require showers based on the overlapping time between two of the shifts, which would be the peak FTE: 400 people. Thus the required showers would be 2.

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Marilyn Specht
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Tue, 11/29/2016 - 22:23

Hi Erin, Great question. This sounds reasonable to me since it more accurately represents your project and the occupancy pattern anticipated. I would provide a narrative explaining the case and your reasoning, focusing on how you still meet the credit intent. You can also contact GBCI and speak with someone directly prior to your review for more confirmation.

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