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Can I exempt a public space from the controls requirement? The owner doesn’t want visitors adjusting the thermostat all the time.

I have a naturally ventilated office with lots of operable windows. Do I need to add any other controls?

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CI-v4 EQc5:Thermal comfort

Operable Windows

In the Bird's Eye View comments above, it states that an operable window is considered a control for one person. I seem to remember in previous versions of LEED we were able to show that all occupants within a certain range of the window (10' maybe??) could consider that as each of their control. For example, if 10 people in an open office were within 10' of one operable window, that would be considered 10 people with control. Have we always been doing this incorrectly, or is this a change to the new LEED v4? Please confirm that it will only count as a control for ONE person. Thank you

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Tue, 08/29/2017 - 17:27

Thanks for your question Sondra - I don't think that this has changed. In other words I don't think we were ever able to count 10 people with controls for one window, per the example provided. Hope that helps!
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Sat, 10/28/2017 - 01:56

I seem to remember once documenting this credit for a smaller office where most workstations were close to the perimeter zone that had operable windows. I think we drew a half circle with a 10' radius from the center of each operable window. If the chair for a workstation was within the circle we considered that workstation having access to a window. The area of that half circle will only be about 157 sf (10ft x 10 ft x 3.14)/2 so it's unlikely you'd have more than a few work stations within that distance. Can't remember if this approach was accepted, but its worth a try (or a question for technical customer service.)

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