Typical Days of Operation for a Combo Research & Classroom bldg.

Joyce Kelly

Architect - Cx Provider - Building Performance Specialist

GLHN Architects & Engineers

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June 4, 2015

Typical days of operation for the students, professors & educational staff is 206 and typical days of operation for the researchers and associated staff is 260. The former group occupies 4/5 of the building. To simplify, shall I just add (206 + 260) divide by 2 and call it 233 typical days of operation? Or should I use the largest number of days even though it represents the smallest subset of occupants?

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Andrew Carman

Sustainability Consultant

ApolloBBC

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Thu, 06/04/2015 - 19:01

I would think go with the larger figure. The idea behind the days of operation number is simply to show how many days the building is being used in general. The level of usage (in terms of people) is shown by Full Time Equivalent (FTE)Occupants number.