Do the requirements apply to portable fire extinguishers or only permanently installed building-wide fire suppression systems?
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Ante Vulin
Sustainability ManagerYR&G
80 thumbs up
June 22, 2012 - 9:59 am
Fire-suppression systems and extinguishers are referred to as separate things in the glossary entry for "halons," so it make sense that USGBC did not mean to include extinguishers in the scope of EAc4.
Nadia Ayala
Architect / LEED AP BD+CKILTIK Consultoría
52 thumbs up
July 20, 2012 - 10:41 am
Hi everyone, I had already considered that portable fire extinguishers were excluded from the credit requirements, and today I had a response from a GBCI representative that resolves the question officially:
"Dear Nadia,
Thank you for contacting the Green Building Certification Institute. Portable fire extinguishers are not required to be included in EAc4. The project team should ensure the fire suppression systems do not contain CFCs, HCFCs or halons".
I wanted to share the resolution with everyone. Cheers!