The building in question will be a 200,000 square feet warehouse with a 300 square feet office space. The warehouse space will be used for storage of goods and materials that will be transported to an adjacent facility (within 1/8 of a mile) for use in product manufacturing. The employees of the warehouse facility will spend a majority of their day within the office space except for the occasional need to go out into the warehouse space to receive and stock incoming shipments, or transition of these goods and materials to the adjacent facility. The layout of the warehouse space will consist of long rows of aligned storage racks and shelving - with intermediate aisles and end aisles that would be parallel with the exterior walls of the building. One side of the building will have freight car (rail) access as well as tractor-trailer access with overhead doors. As such, is the entire warehouse space considered "regularly occupied" space? If so, would we be required to provide "pollutant control" system for fork trucks moving goods and materials in and out of the freight cars and tractor-trailers? If so, would permanently installed grill or grate systems (for the fork trucks) aligned with these transition points fulfill the requirements of this credit? If the warehouse space is not considered "regularly occupied" space would we only be required to meet the needs of the office space? Please provide some guidance on a strategy that would be consistent with the intent of this credit.
At a minimum, you should provide entryway grates/grilles at all regular entry points for the building users, covering both the warehouse and office space. The same entryway system requirement would not apply directly to the fork truck operations; however, to be consistent with the credit intent, you should describe the measures included in the design to minimize pollutant entry into the building from these vehicles.
**Updated on October 1, 2013 to clarify the entryway system requirement and to align the ruling with LI 5177.
The project team is requesting clarification on the entryway system requirements for a warehouse space. The exterior entrances to loading docks and garages are not required to have entryway systems. Regularly used entrances from these areas into adjacent spaces in the building (typically office areas of the building) must have entryway systems.