Hi, I'm working on the building that on the ground floor has an entrance lobbby with a desk for receptionist and some retail space.
On the upper floors we have an office space.
We are providing manual glare control features on the office space. Do we have to provide glare control features also in retail and entrance lobby?
I understand that retail space is regularly occupied, entrance lobby is also as we have the full time receptionist there? Really I cannot imagine that we have manual blinds in the entrance lobby next to the revolving door or in the retail windows. Many thanks in advance!
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TODD REED
Energy Program SpecialistPA DMVA
LEEDuser Expert
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October 20, 2016 - 9:34 am
If you look at the regularly occupied space matrix from April 2015, entrance lobbies can be excluded from the calcs. In regards to the retail space, if these spaces do not have wall adjacent to the exterior with windows in it, then technically you would not have to have shading. The reception desk does cause a concern. One can argue solely with regards to LEED that the space is not adjacent to the exterior and therefore an interior space. However, the intent and goal of the credit is to provide a well dalylit space and one would not want an employee working in space where there is a lot of glare. I personally would do a direct solar study and determine possible sources of glare and provide either a manual blind or static exterior shading to reduce glare to that space.