Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.0

Inquiry

The program requirements for our project (a small office building) require photocopiers to be shared by staff members located in nearby open office spaces. In order to satisfy the principles of improving indoor air quality, this equipment has been located in two distinct and separate spaces with floor to ceiling partitions; however, these rooms do not have doors separating them from the occupied spaces. The rooms have been provided with dedicated exhaust, with registers located directly above the photocopiers and exhaust airflows at the prescribed rate. The flow of air is always from the office, through the photocopier room and then out of the building-there is no recirculation. We feel that the occupants are not being subjected to any more air-borne pollutants originating from the photocopiers than they otherwise would be if the photocopiers were in completely-enclosed rooms. As such we propose that these conditions meet the intent of the credit to \'avoid exposure of building occupants to potentially hazardous chemicals that adversely impact air quality.\'