The estimated required occupant area of a space is calculated by... - answer dividing
the net area by the efficiency factor
The required ___ can be increased by multiplying by the inverse of the ___ to arrive at
an approx occupant area. - answernet area, efficiency factor
An efficiency factor of 0.75 is often used for planning an office space, Therefore, the net
area can be multiplied by the inverse of the efficiency factor ___ to determine the
occupant area. - answer(1/.75) = 1.33
Total portion of a building being actively used by a tenant in additional to a prorated
share of portions of the building used by all the tenants - answerOccupant area
How much of the net area is typically reserved for non-usable areas? - answer20-40%
(.60-.80)
2 ways of calculating rentable area - answerlegacy method and single load factor
method
- Can result in different load factors for each floor of a building
- Uses a separate R/U ratio (rentable area divided by usable area) for each floor -
answerlegacy method
- Uses the same load factor for all floors of the building
- Uses the R/O ratio (net floor area divided by usable area) - answersingle load factor
method
R/O ratio - answernet floor area / usable area
R/U ratio - answerrentable area / usable area
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