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NC-2009 IEQc8.2: Daylight and Views—Views
Hello, we are working on a residential project and we would like to know if amenities such as sauna, massage and swimming pool areas are considered as regularly occupied areas.
Thank you.
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TODD REED
Energy Program SpecialistPA DMVA
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February 10, 2015 - 12:54 pm
The swimming pool area is definitely considered regularly occupied. Saunas and massage rooms are not listed in the regularly occupied space matrix dated October 2013 so you will have to make an argument for why they would not be considered regularly occupied.
I personally would have the saunas excluded from the calculations based on their use and how they are built. These rooms are typically located within the locker room areas (which are not considered regularly occupied). There is the issue of privacy with these types of spaces.
Massage rooms would have to be included. Most massage take an hour or so and they are given outside or out in the public, so there really is not argument as to why these spaces should be excluded.