Hi,
I'm working on a LEED NC project in Sweden where we are building a large building that contains a large concert and congress hall as well as a hotel. Should i include the concert hall and congress halls in the regular occupied spaces? When it come to daylight and views it feels very wrong to include these areas since you don't want the daylight and vies there. Or should I just include the offices, meeting rooms and hotel rooms within the building?
Best
Tanja
Erin Holdenried
Sustainability Architect125 thumbs up
March 26, 2013 - 12:30 pm
Hi Tanja,
You should not include or exclude spaces in PIf3 because it would make it difficult to achieve certain credits. But, I do have a couple tips:
1) check out the IEQ Space Matrix to help determine which spaces can be categorized as regularly occupied, and what spaces can be excluded from certain credits. ( http://new.usgbc.org/resources/eq-space-type-matrix )
2) For the views credit, spaces can sometimes be excluded if they have security requirements or are used for video conferencing (or any other justifyable reason where the usage of the space would be hindered by daylight.
3) For the daylight credit, spaces can be similarly excluded. However, the the security argument is less viable because spaces can use strategies such as solar tubes and translucent panels to allow daylight into a space without compromising security.
4) For any excluded regularly occupied space, you will need to provide a narrative justifying why those spaces are excluded from credit compliance.
Tanja Arnesson
Skanska Sweden AB27 thumbs up
March 27, 2013 - 3:09 am
Thanks,
We have looke through the IEQ metrix and we have decided to "include" all areas in PIf3 as regular occupied spaces, even the concert and congress halls and then in IEQc8.2 we are showing what areas have been excluded and why in "special circumstances" since the calculation will not be right otherwise.