Any insight on how the occupant load for a hotel room is calculated? IBC 2012=200 sf gross for residential, but it seems more along the lines of 50sf gross for dormitory. Especially when you consider a hostel layout. Do you base the calculation on a single room, all rooms or ??? Muchas gracias in advance!!!
accesskb
Jul 23, 14 4:32 am
Don't forget most rooms are tiny and have two bunkbeds separated by a meter of wiggle room xD
Janosh
Jul 23, 14 10:55 am
It is going to be based upon the final intended us - if you expect bunk beds you should use a LF of 50, if it is hotel style rooms (independent beds, dresser, desk etc) 200 is appropriate.
wurdan freo
Jul 23, 14 11:56 pm
Thank you Janosh
gruen
Jul 24, 14 9:04 am
+1Janosh
gruen
Jul 24, 14 9:07 am
You can also raise the load if you feel the actual load may be higher. Example: small hotel room 250 sf with beds for 4
shellarchitect
Jun 9, 20 6:01 pm
Similar to the above question, but would a hostel be considered R1 or R2? I would think R1 as the occupants are fairly transient in nature, but i think a case could be made foe either.
I also dont think the project can support a 1 to 1 restroom ratio as reqd by the plumbing code for R1 uses.
Any insight on how the occupant load for a hotel room is calculated? IBC 2012=200 sf gross for residential, but it seems more along the lines of 50sf gross for dormitory. Especially when you consider a hostel layout. Do you base the calculation on a single room, all rooms or ??? Muchas gracias in advance!!!
Don't forget most rooms are tiny and have two bunkbeds separated by a meter of wiggle room xD
It is going to be based upon the final intended us - if you expect bunk beds you should use a LF of 50, if it is hotel style rooms (independent beds, dresser, desk etc) 200 is appropriate.
Thank you Janosh
+1Janosh
You can also raise the load if you feel the actual load may be higher. Example: small hotel room 250 sf with beds for 4
Similar to the above question, but would a hostel be considered R1 or R2? I would think R1 as the occupants are fairly transient in nature, but i think a case could be made foe either.
I also dont think the project can support a 1 to 1 restroom ratio as reqd by the plumbing code for R1 uses.