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NC-v4 EQp2:Environmental tobacco smoke control

Smoking in a casino floor of a hotel on Native American Land

I am running into an issue pursuing LEED certification due to this prerequisite for a hotel with a casino, but I saw a comment about a code caveat that poses an interesting opporunity for our project. It is on Native Americal land ("indian reservation"), and does not have a code to follow for smoking. Please advise if this could be an exception.

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Dave Hubka
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Fri, 08/20/2021 - 15:30

I am not so sure that demonstrating local code allows smoking will allow prereq compliance. Recently I had a similar situation with the ventilation prereq on a 25-story residential building. The local code does not require ventilation for the corridors serving the residential units, so I tried to demonstrate to USGBC that the project met the local ventilation code and hence should demonstrate prereq achievement. USGBC did not allow me to use this path.

Fri, 08/20/2021 - 15:56

What code caveat are you referencing, I would be interested to know more about it?  Many of the LEED requirements are above and beyond an established code, or have compliance paths if a code/regulation isn't in place (like no requirements for open space, parking spots, etc), so don't know how you could get around that.

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