In a cafeteria situation where indoor seating bleeds into patio seating with operable windows and person doors between, I assume we still need a walkoff system? It might need to be the entire space... Has anyone addressed this with a retail/restaurant space?
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Susan Di Giulio
Senior Project ManagerZinner Consultants
153 thumbs up
April 27, 2020 - 5:27 pm
SImilar situations have kept us from attempting Option 1 on numerous projects. One for example, is a university library with a patio running the length of the main reading room, and there was not an opportunity to run a 10" wide mat or grill the entire length of the room. We would appreciate a read on this too!
Christopher Heine
ArchitectSmithGroup
November 1, 2022 - 11:52 am
Susan, Margaret, how did thses situations end up working out? I have a similar question on a current project.
Dave Hubka
Practice Leader - SustainabilityEUA
LEEDuser Expert
530 thumbs up
November 1, 2022 - 12:53 pm
i had a similar project and GBCI required walk-off mats.
it was an indoor/outdoor seating area of a cafeteria. we tried to explain that we could exempt this "entire openable wall from the entryway system requirements" but GBCI did not allow us to exclude it.
Emily Purcell
Sustainable Design LeadCannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
370 thumbs up
November 1, 2022 - 1:19 pm
We have used walk-off systems between this type of area and the rest of the building, where there was a single point of entry between them. Other projects with big operable walls, it's just been impractical.
Frustrating when a green building strategy (easy access to outdoors) clashes with another one! If anyone has a good solution to dealing with outside dirt & debris in those spaces (even if not LEED walkoff mat compliant) I would love to hear it.