Time Averaged Occupancy

Use equation 6-9a to determine the duration of your averaging time. Calculate the average population during that time period and apply it as your Zone Population. For a dining facility, if the time period comes out to less than a typical meal duration or typical "full house" duration then you need to use the peak population. I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.

You should talk to the building owner/occupant and get a feel for how many people they think will be in there at once. For a restaurant, lets assume that T = 3 hours. If the manager says that they have a staff of 25 people for 8 hours a day plus they have 100 seats then the maximum population would be 125. Now, lets say that the manager indicates that even at the highest occupancy only 80% of the seats are filled (parties of 2 or 3 at a four person table), now the max is 105. If the max only lasts 2 hours and you estimate that the half hour before and after have a 60% occupancy rate then the average would be: (2*(25+0.8*100) + 25+0.6*100)/3 = 98 people. This is all based on your own assumptions that you make for the occupancy of the facility.