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NC-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reduction

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We are working on a bank branch with toilet facilities only available for FTEs, not for visitors. Therefore, is it possible to base the calculations only on the number of FTEs, or do we have to include the average daily visitors and categorize them as retail visitors? Thanks for any insight!

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Tue, 02/04/2014 - 03:20

If the visitors will not have access to the restrooms then it is reasonable to exclude them. In the form Table WEp1-2 Fixture Groups Definition, only list the FTE employees as a fixture group. Include a narrative explaining why the visitors have not been included.
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Valerie Molinski
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Wed, 02/12/2014 - 20:13

I've had the same thing come up while doing branch banks. The short answer is that you have to include the visitors in the calcs, even though they technically do not have access to the restrooms, which are usually behind secure doors and only for the employees. I've tried this line of reasoning on a dozen branches and I only got the three early ones through. The review teams would not let me exclude the visitors from the calcs as they are classified as 'public restrooms.' According to the credit, you can only classify 'private bathrooms' as those that are in hotel, dorm or hospital rooms. So....At that point you must include the visitor count. Sorry.

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