My project building has a number of leased spaces that will not be included in our final LEED application, however each of these spaces has full time employees who use the public restrooms and facilities.
Can I include these employees as full time occupants, or should I exclude all data for the spaces that are not going to be included in the final LEED application?
Jenny Carney
Vice PresidentWSP
LEEDuser Expert
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May 12, 2011 - 9:22 pm
Paul,
I think you could justify inclusion of these folks if you can demonstrate a good rationale for doing so. But, that kind of special circumstance always opens the door for confusion during the review, and many times the % reduction doesn't change if you add or take away people because of how the calcs work (this is not always true, as in cases where the fixtures aren't uniform throughout the building).
Maybe test both scenarios of including and excluding those FTE, and if it doesn't really change the results go ahead and keep them excluded for simplicity.