Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 10 - Energy |
Chapter II - Department of Energy |
SubChapter D - Energy Conservation |
Part 434 - Energy Code for New Federal Commercial and Multi-Family High Rise Residential Buildings |
Subpart E - Building Energy Cost Compliance Alternative |
§ 513.1 - Occupancy.
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5131Occupancy schedules are default assumptions. The same assumptions shall be made in computing Design Energy Consumption as were used in calculating the Energy Cost Budget.
513.2Table 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 personAssembly 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.ER06OC00.012 ER06OC00.013 ER06OC00.014 ER06OC00.015 ER06OC00.016