The building that we are applying for LEED-EB certification is an upscale hotel. The annual occupancy percentage of guestrooms is in the high 80s. For this credit, can hotels assume guestrooms as being "regularly occupied spaces" as specified in the requirements? Does this apply to daylight as well, considering our hotel has several rooms and suites that guests on business use for meetings and other "critical tasks?"
Yes, hotel guestrooms would be defined as "regularly occupied spaces" as specified in the requirements for both EQc8 daylighting and views. The same would hold true for rooms and suites that guests on business use regularly for meetings and other "critical tasks" unless these critical tasks would be hindered by the use of daylighting or views. If this were the case, then these rooms would be excluded from the EQc8 daylighting and views calculations. Applicable Internationally.