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Division Determination of the number of inhabitants of a building

United Kingdom

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The number of inhabitants of a residential building is an important intermediate parameter for the estimation of the exposure to noise. Unfortunately, data on this parameter is not always available. Below it is specified how this parameter can be derived from data more readily available.

Symbols used in the following are:

BA

  • base area of the building

    • DFS

  • dwelling floor space

    • DUFS

  • dwelling unit floor space

    • H

  • height of the building

    • FSI

  • dwelling floor space per inhabitant

    • Inh

  • number of inhabitants

    • NF

  • number of floors

    • V

  • volume of residential buildings

    • For the calculation of the number of inhabitants, either the following case 1 procedure or the case 2 procedure shall be used, depending on the availability of data.

    1. CASE 1: the data on the number of inhabitants is available
    2. CASE 2: no data on the number of inhabitants is available