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NC-v4 EQc1:Enhanced indoor air quality strategies

Can sanitation maintenance garage apply as a warehouse?

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Edgar Arevalo
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I ask because according to the LEED v4 reference guide, garage spaces in warehouses and distribution centers are no required to install permanent entryway systems at the doors from the exterior to the garage but must be installed between these spaces and adjacent office areas. Since this building is mostly garage space, and the rest are office spaces, can that criteria apply to this building as well?

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Tristan Roberts
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Fri, 02/10/2017 - 21:37

Edgar, this sounds reasonable to me. However, note that the language you're citing is for the Warehouses version of LEED-NC, which is sounds like is not the version you're using. I would suggest either switching to that version if it's a better overall fit, or requesting confirmation from GBCI that you can use this strategy.
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Edgar Arevalo
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Mon, 02/13/2017 - 14:03

The thing is I know this garage would not fit the LEED-NC warehouse rating system, if anything it would be classified as "Service: Vehicle Storage/Maintenance", but the profile stated in the warehouse section for permanent entryway systems for warehouses fits extremely well with this garage because it would be possible to design a permanent entryway system between the garage and the conditioned office spaces. Do you think LEED would still allow the garage space to have a permanent entryway system in order to pursue this credit, since both the sanitation garage and a warehouse would have that same transition between garage and office space that can accommodate an entryway system?

Tue, 09/26/2017 - 19:48

Edgar, Were you able to resolve this with GBCI? What strategy did you end up pursuing? I am working on a project that is similar to yours - a sanitation garage working towards LEED NC. Thanks in advance for your response.

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