Has anyone not exhausted a small laundry room in a commercial building and had this strategy approved through a review?

I can see how a larger consistently occupied laundry area would benefit from exhaust. However, for a room with a single washer and dryer, there doesn't seem to be any danger of chemical build-up that would harm someone. On top of that, the room is intermittently occupied, and when someone is doing laundry, the dryer will be exhausting the space anyway.

To me, the "be safe add more exhaust" strategy would result in an energy penalty for a problem that doesn't exist. LEED often says it's at the discretion of the project team, but it isn't. It's at the discretion of a reviewer, who will most likely be inconsistent with other reviewers.

Thanks for any information!