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Schools-NC-v4 WEp2:Indoor water use reduction

Students (K-12) in ocupancy table for WE calcualtions

Greetings! We area working on a NC School certification in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is anticipated the school occupancy will be 250 students per 4 hour shift. So 500 total, but only 250 Full time occupants. I was wondering if within the tab of occupancy calculations it is listed Students (K-12). Should I input full time occupants here (250)? I am unsure of what K-12 stands for. Many thanks!
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Thu, 12/12/2019 - 18:33

K-12 is how US schools are labeled; it stands for kindergarten through 12th grade, and is all the schooling prior to potentially entering college. In most places, elementary school is K-5, middle school is 6-8, and high school is 9-12.  For your water calcs, is there a break between the 4-hour shifts? What the reviewers will want to know, and how the project should anticipate peak usage, is if those two shifts overlap where there would be a total of 500 students using the facilities all at once. I would think the staff would want to be its own usage group, since it's likely their hours are different, so their usage pattern would be different.

Thu, 12/12/2019 - 18:45

Emily, thank you for your prompt response. I will separate staff from students use, and specify that both students groups are not expected to overlap. Since this is not a K-12 school, it is for industrial workers to study new and sustainable technologies, I will probably present students as FTE.

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