When calculating the floor area for this credit in a residential kitchen, what surface do we actually count? Considering there is one wall with a regrigerator integrated, some cabinets and a table top for cooking and preparing food, what do we exaclty count? If I take the floorspace without counting the actual kitchen equipment and table top is that correct? Or should I count all, even the space occupied by the fridge?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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July 1, 2010 - 10:16 pm
"Regularly occupied" space is counted for this credit. I would probably exclude the refrigerator and cabinets since a person won't be occupying those areas, but a table is a space that someone might be sitting or working at—it would make sense to include that in the calculations, no?
Eddy Santosa
Director of SustainabilityDBR Engineering Consultants
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July 2, 2010 - 12:57 am
I agree with Tristan that you may exclude those area. However, you may look at other credits that use regularly occupied spaces number and ensure that those are consistent. For the table and counter top, you must include those. Those locations are actually the task areas that are expected to have sufficient illuminance from daylight.