10 CFR 434.513 - Occupancy.

Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 24, 2024

Title 10 - Energy last revised: Nov 19, 2024

View all text of Subpart E [§ 434.501 - § 434.521]

§ 434.513 - Occupancy.

5131 Occupancy schedules are default assumptions. The same assumptions shall be made in computing Design Energy Consumption as were used in calculating the Energy Cost Budget.

513.2 Table 513.2.a, Occupancy Density, establishes the density, in ft 2 person of conditioned floor area, to be used for each building type. Table 513.2.b, Building Schedule Percentage Multipliers, establishes the percentage of total occupants in the building by hour of the day for each building type.

Table 513.2. a—Occupancy Density

Building type	Conditioned floor area Ft ² person
Assembly	50
Office	275
Retail	300
Warehouse	15000
School	75
Hotel/Motel	250
Restaurant	100
Health/Institutional	200
Multi-family High-rise Residential	2 per unit . ¹

¹ Heat generation: Btu/h per person: 230 Btu/h per person sensible, and 190 Btu/h per person latent. See Tables 512.2 a and b.

authority: 42 U.S.C. 6831-6832,6834; 42 U.S.C. 8253-54; 42 U.S.C. 7101,

source: 65 FR 60012, Oct. 6, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 10 CFR 434.513