Intent: Provide high levels of lighting system control by individual occupants or multi-occupant spaces for various tasks for occupant’s comfort and well-being. Implementation: Individual lighting controls for 90% minimum of building occupants Multi-occupant lighting system controls that meet group needs and preferences Code: none Submittal Phase: design Indoor Environmental Air Quality EQ P1 – Minimum […]
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Indoor Environmental Air Quality 5 – Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Control
Intent: Minimize potentially hazardous particulates and chemical pollutants. Implementation: Minimize and control pollutant entry Minimize Cross contamination between occupied areas Install permanent entryway systems at least 6′-0" long to capture dirt grates grills Exhaust rooms where hazardous chemicals are stored keep negative pressure at .50 cfm/sf If Mechanically Vented , installed filters should have MERV 13 […]
Indoor Environmental Air Quality 4.4 – Low Emitting Materials – Composite Wood & Agrifiber
Intent: Reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants that are odorous, irritating, and or harmful to the comfort and well-being of installers and occupants. Implementation: Composite wood and Agrifiber products (MDF, particleboard, plywood, wheatboard, strawboard, panel substrates, door cores) used in interior of building shall contain NO ADDED UREA FORMALDEHYDE RESINS. Code: none Submittal Phase: […]
Indoor Environmental Air Quality 4.3 – Low Emitting Materials – Carpet Systems
Intent: Reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants that are odorous, irritating, and or harmful to the comfort and well-being of installers and occupants. Implementation: All CARPET and CARPET CUSHIONS installed in building interior shall meet testing and product requirement of the Carpet and Rug Institute’s Green Label Plus Program. All carpet adhesives shall meet […]
Indoor Environmental Air Quality 4.2 – Low Emitting Materials – Paints & Coatings
Intent: Reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants that are odorous, irritating, and or harmful to the comfort and well-being of installers and occupants. Implementation: all PAINT and COATINGS used in interior of building to comply with following: PAINTS : Green Seal (GS) 11 Anti-Corrosive and Anti-Rust Paints : GS-03 Clear Wood Finishes, Floor Coatings, […]
Indoor Environmental Air Quality 4.1 – Low Emitting Materials – Adhesives & Sealants
Intent: Reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants that are odorous, irritating, and or harmful to the comfort and well-being of installers and occupants. Implementation: all ADHESIVES and SEALANTS used in interior of building (inside weather proofing system & applied on-site) is to comply with South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule #1168 and […]
Indoor Environmental Air Quality 3.2 – Construction IAQ Management Plan – Before Occupancy
Intent: Reduce IAQ problems associated with Construction/Renovation process Help to sustain comfort and well-being of construction workers and building occupants Implementation: Develop and implement an Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Management Plan for pre-occupancy phase Option 1: FLUSH-OUT after construction but before occupancy 14,000 cf of O/A (outside air) per sf of floor area maintain 60 […]
Indoor Environmental Air Quality 3.1 – Construction IAQ Management Plan – During Construction
Intent: Reduce IAQ problems associated with Construction/Renovation process Help to sustain comfort and well-being of construction workers and building occupants Implementation: Develop and implement an Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Management Plan for during construction during construction, meet or exceed SMACNA IAQ Guidelines for Occupied Buildings Under Construction, Ch 3 (2007) Protect on-site or installed absorptive […]
Indoor Environmental Air Quality 2 – Increase Ventilation
Intent: Provide additional outdoor air ventilation to improve IAQ for improved occupant comfort, well-being of occupants and productivity. Implementation: Mechanically Vented Spaces: increase breathing zone outdoor air ventilation rates to 30% above minimum ASHRAE 62.1-2004 rates Naturally Vented Spaces: design system to meet Carbon Trust Good Practice Guide 237 (1998). make sure ventilation is effective […]
Indoor Environmental Air Quality 1 – Outdoor Air Delivery Monitoring
Intent: provide capacity for ventilation system monitoring to sustain occupant comfort and well-being. Implementation: Install Permanent monitoring systems that provide feedback on ventilation system performance systems to generate ALARM when conditions vary by 10% set point Mechanically vented spaces: Densely Monitored Space: > 25 people/1000SF monitor CO2 levels Monitor location to be 3′ to 6′ […]
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