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EBOM-2009 WEc2:Additional Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency

How to account for telecommuters

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Maria Unruh
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Antella Consulting Engineers
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This might not be the most appropriate credit category to ask this question but it does affect the calculations for this credit. Our project has 21 full time telecommuters. To account for this I put 21 part time employees that worked 0 hours a week in Plf3. This gave the appropriate FTE number, however the LEED reviewers did not like this solution. I didn't explain in the original submission that I was accounting for the telecommuters with my "0" and that may have been the problem. It created a problem with this credit since now the FTE is considered wrong. Any ideas on how to go about calculating FTE to include telecommuters? Thanks.

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Tristan Roberts
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Fri, 04/01/2011 - 21:21

Ben, perhaps this question has an obvious answer that I am not thinking of (SSc4?), but why do you feel you need to include telecommuters in the occupant figures for the building? Are they ever there? If they only show up occasionally, would they be better represented as transients/guests?
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David Hubka
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Sun, 04/03/2011 - 22:55

I agree with Tristan. Telecommuters who don't go to the building should not be classified as part time employees. Determine how many weekly hours each individual will plan to be in the building. A person in the building 10 hours per week counts as .25 FTE (10 hours / 40 hours). Add everyone up. If you don't get to a total of 1 FTE you are not allowed to achieve optional IEQ credits - per the LEED MPR Supplemental guidance. Hope this helps.
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Maria Unruh
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Antella Consulting Engineers
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Tue, 04/05/2011 - 16:19

Ah, yes that is a rather painfully obvious answer. Thanks for the help!

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