Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED BD+C: Schools, LEED BD+C: Schools, LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors, LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors, LEED BD+C: Core and Shell, LEED BD+C: Core and Shell, LEED O+M: Existing Buildings, LEED O+M: Existing Buildings, LEED O+M: Existing Buildings

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.2, v3 - LEED 2009, v2 - Schools 2007, v3 - LEED 2009, v2 - LEED 2.0, v3 - LEED 2009, v2 - LEED 2.0, v3 - LEED 2009, v2 - LEED 2.0, v3 - LEED 2008, v3 - LEED 2009

Inquiry

Description We are planning to construct an apparel factory for LEED certification. The planned factory will have 1000 sewing machines and few finishing equipments among others. The entire space will be air conditioned to maintain ASHRAE comfort levels. The occupation density is 20-25 persons per 1000 square feet. Proposal Since there is no specified category in ASHRAE 62.1-2004 \'Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality\' for apparel industry, we are proposing to use \'data entry\' category listed under office buildings which is similar (200W sewing machine with operator seated similar to data entry). This allows 5cfm per person with 0.06cfm per square feet. Please rule on the acceptability of this approach.