Non-US Projects

Phillip Cook

WGE

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May 16, 2013

It says that projects outside the US may use a local equivalent. I am in Australia - the Australian regulations are much more stringent than the ASHRAE Standard and so the meeting the minimum Australian requirements will already be more than 30% above the ASHRAE standard. My question is: as the Australian standard is more stringent than the ASHRAE standard, do we have to use the Australian standard or can we still compare our outside air rates to the ASHRAE Standard (which will obviously be the easier option). Phil

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Phillip Cook

WGE

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Tue, 05/28/2013 - 06:28

Could anyone please comment on this. Is it compulsory to use a more stringent local standard for projects outside the US or just optional? Plus, with further investigation, I find that the Australian standard is more stringent for all zones apart from 1 (as Australian standard is all based on L/s.person but ASHRAE includes a fixed L/s.m2). In this case, it seems that there is an arguement that the ASHRAE standard is more stringent for at least one area so we should use ASHRAE. Thoughts?

Dylan Connelly

Mechanical Engineer

Integral Group

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Fri, 05/31/2013 - 21:53

Phillip, In my experience you can use ASHRAE. California has a more stringent local code and we use ASHRAE + 30% for compliance.