I am working with a client to identify which spaces in their building to audit and am curious if anyone has handled open workstations (i.e. cubes) differently than closed offices? What I would like to do is treat closed offices as one space category and open workstations as another space category. For open area workspaces, we would break the area into quadrants per floor. We would have the auditor(s) review at least 10% of the quadrants (by both area and number).
As an example, a floor has ten open areas with approximately 300 cubes on the floor (30 cubes/area). We would randomly select one of these areas and evaluate the cleanliness of the floors, horizontal & vertical services, lighting fixtures, and trash containers in that area. On the next floor, we would select an area on a different part of the floor to evaluate.
Allison Beer McKenzie
Architect, Director of SustainabilitySHP Leading Design
LEEDuser Expert
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February 16, 2011 - 2:39 pm
Katie- in the past I have always differentiated between open office and private office spaces, making sure that I audit at least 10% of each type. Your quadrant system sounds fine to me, you can also simplify even further by simply ensuring that you audit at least 10% of the open office space area.