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NC-2009 IEQc5:Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Control

Janitor room

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Hi, I have two options on my project (currently in design stage). The first one is that the janitor room would be a closet inside WCs and so the access to the janitor would be via the WCs. The second is to put the cleaning products in a cupboard in the WCs too. Does the exhaust air system of the toilet be enough to comply for this credit regarding to the chemical product? Please advice.

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Thu, 11/29/2012 - 13:24

The intent of the credit is to protect building occupants from exposure to chemicals through isolation. In my opinion, the strategy of storing them in a cupboard in the WC and then isolating the WC does not meet that intent because users of the WC would still be exposed to the chemicals. The safe thing to do is to keep the chemicals in a closet and meet the separation, negative pressure and self-closing door requirements for the closet.
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Thu, 11/29/2012 - 13:42

Well do you mean that this credit intent to protect occupant of the building by keeping the chemicals in a separated closet but don't considered the cleaning staff as occupant and don't count the fact that they will have access to the products in the closet where there is an exhaust air as well as the design team proposed it to the WCs?

Thu, 11/29/2012 - 13:49

The idea is to protect everyone from the chemicals while they are being stored and mixed. Exposure will, of course, happen for the custodial staff as they are using the chemicals- that is unavoidable.

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