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In method A food service facilities are considered building amenity area. From what I can tell Break Rooms aren't really explicitly defined in A or B with the exception of inter-building method. What should a break room be considered as in a single Tenant, 1-story building. Which methods of calculation are better suited towards a single Tenant 1-story buildings.
Hi Brad,
In a single tenant, 1 story building we would recommend using Method A. There would be no real advantage to using Method B because you can't average out the load factor across multiple floors. The standard specifically states that for a single tenant building, all Service Areas are Building Service Area and all Amenity Areas are Building Amenity Amenity area. You just have to determine whether the Break Room is Tenant Area, Building Service Area or Building Amenity Area. To determine this, you should read the descriptions and definitions of each carefully. In general, if the Break Room is completely under the Tenant's control, we would allocate as Tenant Area. If it's not under tenant's control, you need to determine if it's Permanent or Non-Permanent in nature. If it's Permanent (unlikely to be changed), then it's Building Service Area. If it's non-permanent (could be easily changed / converted to Tenant Area) then it's Building Amenity Area.
Either way, the allocation will make no difference to the rentable area of the building, but it will impact the Load Factor.
Thanks,
David