Nursing home occupancy type?

[wirebender]

In doing a load calc for a nursing home what kind of occupancy is it considered for general lighting load?

 

[wirebender]

Wow, 24 hours, 35 views and no replies. I guess I'm not the only one confused about this.

 

[mike johnson]

A nursing home is considered a health care occupancy which in electrical language for your eng calcs would be hospital.

 

[wirebender]

So, it would be 2 VA sq. ft. and 180 VA per receptacle, correct?

 

[iwire]

In doing a load calc for a nursing home what kind of occupancy is it considered for general lighting load?

I would call it a Hotel or Motel while some parts may be health care....

Either way 2 VA per sq ft.

As far as the receptacle load I think you could argue (if you wanted to) that 220.14(J) applies and no further calculations need to be made for general use receptacles of 20 amps or less.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

In NYS, occupancies are defined/classified by the building code.

Nursing homes are classified as Institutional Group I-2 Occupancies. The NYSBC also classifies hospitals in the same grouping.
Chapter 27 of the same building code is the chapter that has the electrical requirements.
Chapter 27 refers to the NEC code, version 70-05, as per Chapter 35.
Therefore, I would agree that we (NYers) would reference 220.12 and use the 2VA/sqft as the multiplier for general lighting load and 220.14(L) - 180VA for the receptacle calc.

 

[wirebender]

Thanks, guys.

 

[mike johnson]

Anytime. Congrats on that job nursing homes are fun to do.

 

[cadpoint]

In doing a load calc for a nursing home what kind of occupancy is it considered for general lighting load?

Two Circuits - General and Emergency

 

[Designer69]

Aren't you forgetting the third? Life Safety