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

How to classify Hotel FTE's

Matt Wolfe

Job Captain

Gensler

LEEDuser Basic Member

2 thumbs up

April 11, 2011

For Hotel project types, has anyone recently classified hotel guests as residents within the WEc1 plumbing template ? I understand the distinction between treating the guests as an FTE vs. Resident and the reality is a hotel guest will be in their room + 8 hrs per day, possibly up to 10-12 hrs/day. In addition, the building code classifies our hotel space as Residential use, so i'm thinking we follow suit with our LEED calcs. Any input would be greatly appreciated!

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Karen Blust

Green Building Consultant

The Cadmus Group

LEEDuser Basic Member

83 thumbs up

Thu, 05/26/2011 - 21:56

Matt, it is acceptable for hotel guests to be classified as residential occupants in the WEp1 Water Use Reduction template.

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