Assumptions for AE210 Sample Building

Office Building (OB)

Use OB
Area per floor OB
Number of floors OB
Area Per Occupant OB
Floor-to-Floor Height OB
Area OB
Occupants OB

Units
offices
20,000 SF
14 Stories
200 SF/Occupant
12 Ft
280,000 SF
1,400 People

Retail Building (RB)

Use RB
Area per floor RB
Number of floors RB
Area Per Occupant RB
Area RB
Floor-to-Floor Height RB
Occupants RB
Length of Stay RB
Traffic Per Hour Max RB

Retail
40,000 SF
2 Stories
50 SF/Occupant
80,000 SF
15 Ft
1,600 People
45 min
2,133 People/Hour

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Mode
Elevator
Stairs
Escalator
Walkway/corridor
Ramp
Hallway

Where use
Office Retail
Both
Retail
Both
Both
Both

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Comment
Transportation
Circulation
Transportation
Circulation
Circulation
Circulation

BuIlding Transportation Modes

Characteristics

Geared Traction
Elevator

Gearless
Traction
Elevator

Hydraulic
Elevator

Vertical Travel
-Stories

25

50+

50-400fpm

400-2000
fpm

100fpm

5fps

100fpm

25fps

30fps

6fps

Medium
Medium

High
High

Low
Medium

High
High

Low
Low

Low
Low

High
Medium

High
Medium

400

400

400

3000

2400

Speed
Initial Cost
Maintenance Cost
Passengers/Hr

Escalator & Dumbw Pneumatic

Horiz.
aiter
Tube
Ramps

Images - Otis Elevator

Tram

Robot
Carts

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Factor

Comment

Factors Influencing Elevator Design - Source MEEBS 7th Ed

Interval (I)
Car Capacity
Average Lobby time

Good OK
Units
30
35 Secs
18

21 Secs

Definition or Comment
Average time between departure of cars from the lobby
Average time spent by a passenger between arriving in the lobby and
leaving the lobby in a car

Round-trip time (RT)

Average time required for a car to make a round trip, staring from the
lower terminal and returning to it.

Average Trip Time (AVTRP)

Average time spent by passengers form the moment they arrive in the
lobby to leaving the car at an upper floor

Handling Capacity (HC)

Figure of merti for an elevator system, indicating the maximum number

of passengers that can be handled in a given period, usually 5 min

Zone
Minimum HC

14
13%

Time Interval for Design max

Percent of Population to Carry in
5 min
Elevator Max Speed

5
12%
1502000
depends

20 Floors
5% pct
10 Min
5% pct
FPm

Group of floors in a building that is considered as a group

Percent of building to be carried in 5 minutes
Determined based on experience as good approximation of period during
which rush hour 'hits' the elevator.
Determined based on experience
Note that the travel time depends on four components: 1) door-open
time; 2) acceleration time; 3) max speed; 4) deceleration time.
Therefore max speed doesn't help much for low-rise buildings.

How Would we Calculate Our Office Building

Item
Occupants
Floors
Floor-to-Floor
Total Rise

Value Units
1400 People
14 Floors
12 Ft
168 Ft

Comment
From Building Info
From Building Info
From Building Info
Floors * Floor-to-Floor

Minimum Handling Capacity

Elevator Carrying Capacity
Elevator Speed

13% Pct
3500 Lbs
500 fpm

From Elevator practice - 5 min load

Elevator car Avg Capacity

Handling Capacity
Round Trip
Average Trip
Car Carries in 5 minutes
Number of Cars Needed

16 People
182 People
143 secs
76 secs
33.6 People/5min

From Tables - Meebs 23.4

5 Cars

From Elevator practice - Actually try multiple sizes

From Elevator practice - Actually try multiple speeds.
There are tables of good practice. 23.8 MEEBS.
Min Handling capacity * Occupants
From Graph 23.17
From Graph
Calculated
Calculated

Average Trip Time - p.1166 MEEBs

Round Trip Time 23.17b

Typical Car Information for High-Rise Gearless Elevators - Otis

Rated lbs.a

2000

2500

2500

3000

3000

3000

3500

3500

3500

4000

4000

4000

16/15

16/15

16/15

20/18

20/18

20/18

23/21

23/21

23/21

27/25

27/25

27/25

Speed ft./min.d

800

800

1000

800

1000

1200

800

1000

1200

800

1000

1200

Maximum Stops

PassengerCapacity

60

60

72

60

72

87

60

72

87

60

72

87

A. Depth

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-6"

7'-6"

7'-6"

8'-2"

8'-2"

8'-2"

8'-2"

8'-2"

8'-2"

B. Car Door Width

3'-0"

3'-6"

3'-6"

3'-6"

3'-6"

3'-6"

3'-6"

3'-6"

3'-6"

4'-0"

4'-0"

4'-0"

C. Single Widthe

7'-6 1/2"

8'-8"

8'-8"

8'-8"

8'-8"

8'-8"

8'-8"

8'-8"

8'-8"

9'-8"

9'-8"

9'-8"

D. Double Widthe

15'-5"

17'-8"

17'-8"

17'-8"

17'-8"

17'-8"

17'-8"

17'-8"

17'-8"

19'-8"

19'-8"

19'-8"

E. Triple Width

23'-3
1/2"
11'-9"

26'-8"

26'-8"

26'-8"

26'-8"

26'-8"

26'-8"

26'-8"

24'-8"

28'-8"

28'-8"

28'-8"

11'-9"

7'-6"

11'-9"

11'-9"

11'-9"

11'-9"

11'-9"

11'-9"

11'-9"

11'-9"

11'-9"

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-0"

7'-0"

F. Minimum Clear
Headroom
G. Clear Openingf