Clean agent fire suppressant materials have no bearing on the Life Cycle Ozone Depletion calculation as they are not used as refrigerants. However, there is a statement in the Enhanced Refrigeration Management document from the LEED Reference Guide that in order to achieve the credit, fire suppression systems must avoid the use of halons, CFCs, and HCFCs.
Our project, a massive Mission Critical Facility, is currently planning on using FM-200 (HFC-227ea) which is a heptafluoropropane, and not listed as a Halon, CFC or HCFC.
Has this Clean Agent Fire Suppression been approved for usage and do you anticipate any problems in our approach in utilizing it?
The reference product (HFC-227ea) does have a Global Warming Potential of GWP=3,660, but likely unrelated to his decision.
Any help would be awesome!
Ben Stanley
Senior Sustainability ManagerWSP - Built Ecology
LEEDuser Expert
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March 16, 2011 - 11:02 am
Hi Ted,
It's a good question and though specific fire suppression systems don't go through a pre-approval process for LEED, the system is compliant by virtue of being an HFC rather than HCFC, CFC or Halon. That is the critical piece for this credit. Also, this data sheet http://www.fike.com/pub/fpsdocs/c.1.07.01.pdf notes that it's a good replacement or halon systems.