I'm working on a conference center major renovation where the employees work 40 hours per week. When there is a group scheduled that has evening events, some of the staff assigned to the event move their hours to be there during the event, say, 11 - 8 for that day instead of their normal 8 - 5. Is that considered complex?
Or if some days there is just the staff there and other days there may be 2,000 people in the building for an event, is that considered complex given the use of the building?
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Summer Minchew
Managing PartnerEcoimpact Consulting
LEEDuser Expert
164 thumbs up
September 27, 2016 - 10:36 am
If the staff operating hours are the same (it is an 8 hour work day, the hours are simply shifted to later times on event days) you should be able to treat that the same as a 40/hour work week from an FTE standpoint. However, the event days will need to factored in to your daily average and peak visitor calculations.
Jeannie Rueter
Green Building AnalystAusonio Incorporated
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September 27, 2016 - 12:01 pm
Thanks Summer. Yes, we've accounted for the fluctuation of visitors in our credits. My question is really about what complex occupancy means. The template has this choice: "Actual, historical and/or projected project occupancy includes non-standard occupancy patterns such as shift work, non-8-hour work days, etc."
The other choice "does not include nonstandard occupancy patterns."
What is the "etc."? And is our occupancy considered nonstandard, therefore complex? It's standard for a conference center.
Summer Minchew
Managing PartnerEcoimpact Consulting
LEEDuser Expert
164 thumbs up
September 28, 2016 - 10:06 am
If full time employees work a typical 8 hr day/40 hr week and part-time employees work a typical 4 hr day/20 hr week, your occupancy would be considered "standard". If employees work occasional unscheduled overtime this does not need to be included. Think of this as an office building schedule.
Your occupancy would be considered "non-standard" if employees work in shifts, work non-8 hour days on a scheduled basis, work flexible schedules (i.e. work from home one day per week) on a regular basis, and if you have event day only employees.