Residence Hall/Dormitory applies to buildings associated with educational institutions or military facilities which offer multiple accommodations for long-term residents. The total gross floor area should include all supporting functions such as food service facilities, laundry facilities, meeting spaces, exercise rooms, health club/spas, lobbies, elevator shafts, storage areas stairways, etc.
Below are the descriptions of the data entry fields for the Residence Hall/Dormitory space type:
Air Conditioned Percentage
This is the percentage of the total floor space within the facility that is served by mechanical cooling equipment. The cooling percentage cannot be greater than 100.
Default Value = 50%
Heating Percentage
This is the percentage of the total floor space within the facility that is served by mechanical heating equipment. The heating percentage cannot be greater than 100.
Default Value = 100%
Gross Floor Area
The total gross floor area is measured between the principal exterior surfaces of the enclosing fixed walls and includes all supporting functions such as kitchens and break rooms used by staff, storage areas, administrative areas, elevators, stairwells, atria, vent shafts, etc
Also note the following:
Existing atria should only include the base floor area that it occupies.
Interstitial (plenum) space between floors should not be included in total.
Gross floor area is not the same as leasable space. Leasable space is a subset of gross floor area.
NOTE: The floor area of all Computer Data Center space(s) cannot exceed 10% of the Facility’s gross floor area (not including Garages and Parking Lots).
Number of Rooms
The total number of lodging rooms available within a given residence hall/dormitory building, including occupied rooms, non-occupied rooms, rooms in the process of being renovated, and permanent house use. On average there are 2.5 lodging rooms per 1,000 square feet of gross building floor area. Thus, a 100,000 square foot residence hall/dormitory building, for example, contains 250 rooms on average.
Default = 100
Computer Lab (optional and not used for benchmarking)
Dedicated space in the residence hall/dormitory which was specifically designed and equipped with at least 10 personal computers and associated peripherals such as printers for the use of the occupants. Typically, such spaces are separated by walls and doors and have their own temperature and humidity control.
Dining Hall (optional and not used for benchmarking)
Space and equipment in the residence hall/dormitory dedicated to food preparation such as bakery, lunch counter, restaurant, or other food service activity. This does not include student or occupant lounges or galleys that have food preparation equipment and/or vending machines.