FTE/Residence number for CHILDREN at a hospital project
0Vote up!In the FTE calculation for our Hospital project we do not address the numbers of children that are visiting the hospital.
All inpatients are considered Residential and the all outpatients are calculated as visitors.
Should we consider the number of children visiting the hospital in some way and in some calculations (e.g. water calculations?) ?
Any input would be great,
Thanks /Veronika
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
1296 thumbs up
June 13, 2011 - 8:59 am
All visitors should be accounted for, especially in the water calculations, and this would include children. I think the key in complex project occupancies is to break it down further and upload your spreadsheet with your credit documentation. You may find that separate fixture groups for inpatients and outpatients the better way to go. We breakdown each inpatient unit and every outpatient clinic or department in a spreadsheet. Then we can discuss the visitors each area gets with the user group to get the best information regarding visitors. For example, visitors to pediatric units are much higher than for adult med/surg.
Veronika Sundberg
Environmental Engineer - CertificationSkanska Sverige AB
120 thumbs up
June 13, 2011 - 9:52 am
Thank you, I totally agree.
We have created an excel-spreadsheet, including all information from the Credit template on LEED-online, where we will do our calculations like you wrote. Do you mean we could upload this on LEED-online instead of transferring it in to the Credit template?
/Veronika
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
1296 thumbs up
June 13, 2011 - 10:30 am
No, you'll have to transfer your numbers to the credit template but you'll upload this as back up. Usually, the numbers look a little strange to a reviewer and the back up will clear things up for them. Add a short narrative about your general assumptions.
Veronika Sundberg
Environmental Engineer - CertificationSkanska Sverige AB
120 thumbs up
June 14, 2011 - 2:55 am
ok, thank you!