ASHRAE 62.1-2007 section 4

Gerrit.Jan, there is no upload for the ASHRAE-compliance, but in the form of IEQp1 the "Ventilations Systems Designer" needs to sign this compliance with his initials. We are currently discussing this issue for- and backwards: Does anyone have experiences with section 4 "Outdoor Air Quality" in LEED projects outside the US? If the air analyses and classifications required by ASHRAE are not available in a country - would that exclude the project from certification?

4.1 Requires a site classification: "attainment" or "non-attainment". The standard does not require any classification for confomance, it simply requires it to be classified. Areas with no EPA compliance status designation shall be considered "attainment" areas. This must surely count for all international areas. 4.2 Requires a general visual and smell observation site survey during normal building occupation times. 4.3 Requires a short report on 4.2 and 4.1. This section should in no way hamper certification. It should only clarify things like that it was observed in the planning not to go pointing the outdoor air grill in the direction of car exhaust gas, etc.

Jean: ASHRAE 62.1-2007 ch. 4.1 says "IN THE UNITED STATES, areas with no EPA compliance status designation shall be considered "attainment" areas ". To me this sounds like "outside the US the attainment for each pollutant shown in Table 4-1 has to be determined (e.g. by measurement)." Since the CI-Reference Guide IEQp1 ch. 4 recommends to evaluate the planned location of the project PRIOR TO leasing or acquistion, this i.m.o. can lead to a failure of the prerequisite! Any opinions on that?