building population
The rough capacity of regular users of a building under normal conditions of full occupancy.
The population of a building is the total number of persons expected to occupy it at one time during maximum capacity. This figure includes only persons with a regular relationship to the building, either as workers, inhabitants, users, or visitors expected on a regular basis. It does not include guests of these persons or persons passing through unless one of the building's usages is designed with a calculable expectation of a certain number of guests or pedestrian traffic.
The figure is an expectation under full occupancy and includes people with a regular relationship to the building. A momentary count of everyone present is a different statistic.
A geographic population counts primary residents in an area. Building population also allows the regular workers, users, and expected visitors described above; incidental passersby remain excluded except where the intended use incorporates them.
More specific definitions
3 sub-definitions-
peak staff population
The greatest number of staff present in a structure at the peak time of a workday. -
total residential population
The number of persons whose primary home is in a structure at any particular time. -
total staff population
The total number of people whose current jobs or working positions are based primarily within a structure.
Related definitions
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capacity per hour
The number of persons who can be accommodated in one hour, especially in objects like amusement rides. -
construction workers (peak)
The maximum number of workers active at one time during the construction of a built object. -
cumulative visitors
The accumulated number of qualifying visits to a place over its history, usually counting at most one visit per person per day. -
full capacity
The total number of people a structure can hold safely, including standing and seated. -
passenger elevator capacity
The maximum number of persons that one passenger elevator can transport together safely. -
passenger traffic per year
The number of persons entering or passing through a transportation node as passengers in its primary connected routes. -
peak attendance at one time
The highest number of persons who have ever used or visited a place at one time in history. -
population
The number of persons with primary residence in an area at a particular time. -
seated capacity
The maximum number of people that a structure can accommodate within its seating area. -
visitors per year
The total visits to a place in a calendar year, excluding employees, residents, and people regularly staying with them.