Occupancy Schedules

These schedules provide information about occupancy assumptions for different building types used during energy analysis.

Occupancy Schedules define the times at which the heating/cooling set point will be held.

These assumptions are based on ASHRAE standards. The other operating schedules for each building type (such as lighting and HVAC) are based on the occupancy schedules for that building type. See Building Type Data.

Tip: To manually change the occupancy number for analysis:
  1. Place spaces in your model.
  2. Set the Export Category in Energy Settings to Spaces.
  3. Select each space in your model.
  4. In the Properties palette under Energy Analysis, Modify the People parameter with the desired number and heat gain per person.
  5. Run the energy analysis again to see the updated results.

For each occupancy schedule, the following tables provide hourly values for a 24-hour period, starting at midnight (0 to 24 on the x-axis). These values (0 to 1 on the y-axis) are fractional multipliers.

For example, if an occupancy density is 100 people in a building, then...

Occupancy-Assembly

Assembly schedule on weekdays

Assembly schedule on Saturday

Assembly schedule on Sunday

Occupancy-Health

Health schedule on weekdays

Health schedule on Saturday

Health schedule on Sunday

Occupancy-Hotel/Motel

Hotel/motel schedule on weekdays

Hotel/motel schedule on Saturday

Hotel/motel schedule on Sunday

Occupancy-Office

Office schedule on weekdays

Office schedule on Saturday

Office schedule on Sunday

Occupancy-Residential

Residential schedule on weekdays

Residential schedule on Saturday

Residential schedule on Sunday

Occupancy-Restaurant

Restaurant schedule on weekdays

Restaurant schedule on Saturday

Restaurant schedule on Sunday

Occupancy-Retail

Retail schedule on weekdays

Retail schedule on Saturday

Retail schedule on Sunday

Occupancy-School

School schedule on weekdays

School schedule on Saturday

School schedule on Sunday

Occupancy-Warehouse

Warehouse schedule on weekdays

Warehouse schedule on Saturday

Warehouse schedule on Sunday