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NC-2009 IEQp1: Minimum IAQ Performance
Hello,
I'm working on a project that the air exchange in the corridor is made by an adjacent open plan office. I would like to know if I still comply with the requirement of the standard and how should I calculate this area? Should I exclude the area from the corridor or Should I include this area in the office area?
Thanks!
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Roger Chang
Principal, Energy and Engineering LeaderDLR Group | Westlake Reed Leskosky
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September 27, 2011 - 11:01 am
You will want to include the corridor in your calculations. Is the corridor completely open to the office?
Carolina Vergnano
LEED APConcremat
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October 7, 2011 - 10:43 am
Yes. Its open to the office. There is no door interupting the way.
So, to include the corridor in the calculation I consider it as part of the office?
Thanks,
Roger Chang
Principal, Energy and Engineering LeaderDLR Group | Westlake Reed Leskosky
LEEDuser Expert
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November 2, 2011 - 3:40 pm
That is a reasonable approach.
Carolina Vergnano
LEED APConcremat
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November 21, 2011 - 11:41 am
Hi Roger,
I've checked the plant and I've noticed that there are some small corridor isolated (there are door in all adjacent rooms). To comply with ASHRAE standard, do the project really need to install outdoor air duct in those spaces (even knowing that the space is very small and the volume of outdoor air in the space will be very little)?
I'm confused, because the standard doesn't require outdoor air in the toilets, only exhausting fans, knowing that the air exchange will be doing by air pressure difference. If there are some exhauster in those space, do the project comply with the standard?