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Our outside smoking area is located less than 25 feet from an emergency exit. Is this okay since that door is rarely (if ever) used?

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EBOM-2009 IEQp2:Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control

Underground Parking Garage and Loading Dock

What is the consensus on entryways from an underground parking garage into the building? Would signage need to be posted at the doors into the building from the garage area? What about level 1 and level 2 entrances into an elevator lobby? A second question regards loading docks. What if the overhead door is way, way beyond 25 from the public sidewalk? Contractors and vendors have to drive past automatic doors to get into the loading dock area, so technically there are two sets of automatic doors to get to the actual building entrance. Does signage need to specify no smoking within 25 feet anywhere in this circumstance?

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Jason Franken
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Thu, 01/02/2014 - 21:39

Elizabeth, does the building and/or parking garage management company currently allow people to smoke in the underground parking garage? I'm a little surprised by that, but if it isn't a U.S. building, then I understand that it may be an issue. If smoking is allowed in the garage, then you'll need to post signage at all relevant locations to do your best to ensure that smoke will not get into the project building. Regarding loading docks: yes, your signage is really geared more towards building occupants and vendors who have business at the property than the general public who just happen to be walking by. If your loading dock is part of your LEED Project Boundary, then it must meet the requirements of IEQp2.

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