Evaluation of Survey Procedures for Determining Occupant Load Factors inContemporary Office Buildings

摘要

The development of survey methods for determining the occupant load in officebuildings (business occupancies) is described. Considerations involved in formulating the survey methods are presented. The type of data to be collected and data collection techniques are discussed. The two survey methods utilized to collect the population counts within contemporary office building are a building walk-through and a telephone survey. Occupant load data obtained from the survey methods applied in 23 office buildings located in the Washington, DC area are presented. Data are presented on the magnitude and distribution of the loads. The building data is sorted according to the following groups: open plan office designs versus well-compartmented office designs, and government (federal and county) versus privater sector tenants. Statistical summaries of the data are presented.