- Are Janitors Rooms, Storage Rooms, Electrical Rooms, Mechanical Rooms, Elevator Rooms, (not normally occupied rooms) required to conform with controls if listed in the thermal comfort submittal as “occupied”? And be included in the multi-occupant space table?
- For electrical rooms noted as occupied, NEC110(D) section notes for Illumination “Control by Automatic means shall not be permitted”. A manual on/manual off control switch inside the room would be provided. Does this satisfy the required control type for this space?
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Dave Hubka
Practice Leader - SustainabilityEUA
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May 24, 2021 - 9:28 pm
1. I've always labeled janitor's rooms, electrical rooms, mechanical rooms, and elevator rooms as unoccupied in my LEED applications. They are "occupiable" since a person can physically walk in the room. Please note that 'occupiable' does not mean the room is occupied. The aforementioned rooms are not considered to be multi-occupant rooms. Storage rooms depend on item retrieval. Daily retrieval such as office supplies - the room would be considered non-regularly occupied. weekly or monthly retrieval, i'd consider the storage room as unoccupied.
2. I've always excluded elec / mech rooms and commercial kitchens from the lighting control requirements due to life safety concerns. GBCI has confirmed that such rooms should be exlcuded as such.
Hope this helps!