unobstructed views, floating ceilings, window effective head height

Kristen Magnuson

Stok

LEEDuser Premium Member

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Project location :

U.S. and Canada

May 21, 2021

Hello LEED Community,

Our project is in a building with a window head height of 12'6". The open office areas have combinations of suspened, angled acoustic "clouds" and decorative wood slats, which all end at ~10'' AFF. In this case can we consider that we have an "effective head height" of 10' and base the 3x the head height distance zone map on that number?

Thank you,

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Deborah Lucking

Director of Sustainability

Fentress Architects

LEEDuser Expert

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Fri, 05/28/2021 - 14:19

Kristen, suggest you include a ceiling plan and a couple of representative sections to show that there are sufficient suspended elements that effectively lowered the ceiling height. Good luck!