Area per Person

The normal area per person in some common buildings - can be used to calculate indoor climate loads

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The table below can be used as a guide to normal number of people per square meter or square feet inside some common types of buildings and rooms. The values can be used to calculate human sensible and latent heat load to indoor climate.

Type of Building	Type of Room	Area per Person
Type of Building	Type of Room	(m²)	(ft²)
Apartments			100 - 400
Assembly building	Lecture room	0.6
	Library	5
	Cinema	0.6
	Concert hall	0.6
	Theatre	0.6
Banks			50 - 150
Bars			15 - 50
Cafeterias			10 - 50
Churches			5 - 20
Clubhouses			15 - 50
Cocktail Lounges			15 - 50
Computer Rooms			80 - 150
Court Houses			50 - 150
Dental Centers	Clinic and Offices		50 - 150
Department Stores			15 - 75
Dining Halls			10 - 50
Drug Store			15 - 50
Fire Stations			100 - 500
Hotels	Rooms	5
	Lobby	0.6
	Assembly room	1.5
Hospitals	General Areas		50 - 150
Hospitals	Patient Rooms		80 - 150
Kindergarten		2 - 3
Kitchens			50 - 150
Libraries			30 - 100
Luncheonettes			10 - 50
Lunch Rooms			10 - 50
Malls			50 - 100
Medical Centers	Clinic and Offices		50 - 150
Motels	Public Spaces		100 - 200
Motels	Guest Rooms, Dormitories		100 - 200
Municipal Buildings			50 - 150
Museums			30 - 100
Nightclubs			15 - 50
Nursing Home Patient Rooms			80 - 150

Offices	Single office	10
Offices	Meeting room	1.5
Police Stations			100 - 500
Post Offices			100 - 500
Precision Manufacturing			100 - 300
Residential			200 - 600
Restaurant	With service	1.5
Restaurant	Without service	1
Retail Stores			15 - 75

Schools	Lecture rooms	0.6
	Class rooms	2
	Corridors	2
	Laboratory	3
Shops	Detail	2
Shops	Supermarkets	2
Sports	Gymnasium	1.5
Sports	Swimming pools	4
Supermarkets			50 - 100
Taverns			15 - 50
Town Halls			50 - 150

1 m² = 1550 in² = 10.764 ft² = 1.196 yd²
1 ft² = 0.0929 m² = 144 in² = 0,1111 yd²

Be aware of local restrictions and minimums limits. They may diverge considerably from the numbers above.

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