I have an in patient Hospital project and we are providing roof gardens and access to those gardens. Hooray for direct access to nature! My question in on the entryway systems. We want to encourage people to go outside so these are regularly used entries. Using dirt trapping entry systems in a patient care unit would be unacceptable for infection control so we are looking into carpeted mat systems. I can get the owner to agree to the weekly maintenance but since they clean their own buildings, could I get an exception in line with the schools exception? For the record, we're staying with NC and not moving this project to HC for a variety of reasons.
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David Hubka
Director of OperationsTranswestern Sustainability Services
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March 4, 2011 - 9:55 am
Per LEED interpretation inquiry number 2130 dated 4-25-2008:
...meeting the requirements for weekly cleaning of roll-up walk-off mats by internal maintenance staff, in lieu of an outside contracted service, is acceptable.
This ruling however does not apply to LEED NC 2009.
Can anyone tell me why CIRs of past rating systems do not apply to the new rating systems even when the credit intent and language has not changed????