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Hospitality-NC-v4 EQc7: Daylight
Dear All,
we are currently certifying an Hospitality project under LEED v4. Typically, the entrance halls of the living rooms are zones where occupancy is not expected (not regularly occupied). Due to this, is it acceptable to exclude these areas of daylight and quality views calculations?
Thanks in advance.
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Antti Karppinen
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May 26, 2020 - 8:37 am
Hi! I am wondering exactly the same thing. Can entrance halls of hotel guest rooms be interpreted as non-regularly occupied spaces? Hallways are not separated from rest of the room with doors, but clearly are not regularly occupied areas.
Daniel Glaser
PrincipalLightStanza
LEEDuser Expert
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June 1, 2020 - 2:28 pm
Hi Ricardo, Antti,
The USGBC has a definition of Regularly Occupied Spaces in their glossary that I think you both can make cases that these spaces are not since individuals will not be spending more than one (continuous) hour per person per day on a focused activity there.
I also copied the definition below.
regularly occupied space
an area where one or more individuals normally spend time (more than one hour per person per day on average) seated or standing as they work, study, or perform other focused activities inside a building. The one-hour timeframe is continuous and should be based on the time a typical occupant uses the space. For spaces that are not used daily, the one-hour timeframe should be based on the time a typical occupant spends in the space when it is in use.