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occupancy factor

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occupancy factor (T),
the level of human occupancy of an area adjacent to a source of radiation. It is used to determine the amount of shielding required in the walls. T is rated as full, for an office or laboratory next to an x-ray facility; partial, for corridors and restrooms; or occasional, for stairways, elevators, closets, and outside areas.


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Very little published work has dealt with the occupancy factor as a variable in building energy use.
Because demand has been steady, rents have remained in the mid $20's to the low $30's; occupancy factors average 90%.
25 occupancy factor, the cost of wasting a half hour of time each way during the daily commute, 250 days a year would be $84.
 
 
 
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