The review team said we need to highlight and more specifically document the compliance measures for chemical usage areas. These include lab classrooms, prep areas, custodial closets, and a large chemical storage area. Can we provide details on model spaces (i.e. one typical classroom, prep area, and closet) or must we submit details for all?
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Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
1296 thumbs up
July 27, 2012 - 11:28 am
I think you can combine them where it makes sense. For example, your biology labs may use different chemicals from a physics lab which may not have any hazardous chemicals. If you've identified the hazard, and the solutions are all essentially the same, you may be able to point that out.
Personally, i prefer to beat a dead horse on this kind of documentation. In a pdf, we highlight all the janitor's closets in one color and other spaces like labs in another color. Then we have a legend that describes the protections assigned to each colored space. All spaces that need to comply get highlighted on all floors and there is one legend. It is a bit more work but the highlights are just simple boxes and we do not worrying about making them pretty. This makes it easy on the reviewers.
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
LEEDuser Expert
997 thumbs up
July 27, 2012 - 2:54 pm
Yes, I think you can have model examples. I have done that before. I would list out the name of the space, describe how the chemicals are contained and perhaps note the number of spaces there are that fit that criteria.