Dear all,
In your opinion, is an Engineering Laboratory considered more as a classroom (and therefore a multi-occupant space) or should each table in the Lab be considered as a workstation (and therefore an individual space) for the purpose of this credit ?
The project is a NC, which is why I did not post this thread on the LEED for Schools.
Thanks for the help !
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
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June 20, 2010 - 11:25 pm
Hi George,
For the labs that I have worked on I have considered lab stations to be individual workstations. Sometimes I find that my lab stations have individual task lights built into the equipment and this helps me achieve the credit. However, EQc6.2 is usually very difficult to achieve in lab stations scenarios.
Hope that helps,
Lauren
April Ambrose
Business Development ManagerEntegrity
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May 4, 2011 - 12:35 pm
We would like to submit them as multi-occupant as we are having a hard time identifying specific workstations within the labs. Has anybody done this?
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
LEEDuser Expert
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May 20, 2011 - 3:45 pm
April,
I think you should give it a shot, and make sure to describe how the workstations are constantly changing in your layout and how it's better for you to provide multiple lighting controls to meet the needs of the multi-occupant space. I have successfully taken both approaches in my documentation. It's important that you right a strong narrative which helps for you to describe how you're meeting the intent (allowing maximum controllability of the occupants) of the credit.
Good luck
April Ambrose
Business Development ManagerEntegrity
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May 24, 2011 - 12:02 pm
Thanks, Lauren!