Also, please make sure you post the entire question. The area of a building is not the only thing you need to know, in order to do a calculation. For example, list the appliances and the HVAC components.
I know that all of you have this young one?s interest at heart but I also think that we first need to find out if they are looking for a calculation or a computation one is from the 2005 and the other from the 2002 cycle of the code respectfully.
?05 220.1 Scope.
This article provides requirements for calculating
?02 220.1 Scope.
This article provides requirements for computing