I am currently working on a building project that is a warehouse (distribution center). I am trying to see whether it should be included under regularly/not regularly occupied spaces, as per the IEQ matrix.
A few staff will be working as full time occupants in the warehouse, however they will be mostly in charge of the operation of the forklifts, taking care of the storage of the materials. Also, the space needs to be conditioned at 18 degree C, due to the type of goods stored.
Does it mean IEQ c6 to c8 need to comply? How can the controllability of lighting be provided in such case? Thermal comfort? Views?
Thank you for your guidance.
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Jean-Baptiste Noel
ESD Operations ManagerGreen & Global Consulting Pte. Ltd.
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November 27, 2012 - 1:38 am
Sorry, this question was meant for the NC 2009 rating system
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
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November 27, 2012 - 9:44 am
You're in the right place. For critical mass purposes, the PI forums are combined under one rating system, and they appear as CI.
David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
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November 27, 2012 - 2:01 pm
Jean-Baptiste,
For Industrial Facilities: Warehouses & Storage the IEQ Space Matrix is divided into “active” and “inactive” storage and the footnote 1 tells us to use our best judgment in deciding how to classify these spaces due to their varied nature. For inactive storage, several of the IEQ credits don’t apply, but for active storage they do.
We’ve earned IEQ6.1 Controlability of Lighting in an industrial facility by providing task lighting and controls for zones where the tasks require higher levels of visual acuity, such as doing paperwork, inspecting or sorting materials, adjusting machinary, etc. and providing non-controlled, ambient lighting for areas of tasks such as pallet stacking, circulation, and material storage. We didn’t earn the thermal comfort credits, and daylighting with skylights was considered. It may be possible to provide localized conditioning with fans or radiant heaters in places where the staff spends time between tasks, or while they are operating machinery.
Depending on your situation and how frequently the stock rotates, you may end up classifying some areas as active storage and some areas as inactive, and use very targeted/ localized lighting and thermal comfort controls. You probably won’t be able to earn all the IEQ credits, but some may be achievable.