In a current commerical office project, we are considering the following thermal controls:
-Individual thermostats for each private office or meeting room
-One open office space with +/- 10 workstations, serviced by one operable window and one thermostat with adjustable settings for 3 separate HVAC zones (one for each AC unit serving the space).
The individual thermostats clearly contribute to the credit, but in the open office area where multiple settings are available - does this meet the credit intent for a partial percentage of the occupants? Could it be considered that 3 occupants within this space out of the 10 have "individual controls"?
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
LEEDuser Expert
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April 22, 2011 - 6:29 pm
Hi Jason,
Yes, you are all set for the private offices with the individual thermostats.
In terms of the open office area, is it the case where you have 3 occupants that you could argue in each different zone? Are the zones distributed in such a way that one occupant from each zone could realistically go to the thermostat and just change the temperature of their zone and not the others?
If so, I think you can make an argument for achievement through your narrative. I would provide a clear floor plan showing where occupants are in the open floor plan area and how 3 people, in 3 different zones, could control their temperature.
Good luck!