Indoor Environmental Quality Flashcards
6 primary factors that affect thermal comfort?
Surface temperature Air temperature Humidity Air movement Metabolic rate Clothing
Which school spaces are excluded from EQ-P Minimum Acoustical Performance requirements?
Natatoriums, auditoriums, music performance spaces, teleconferencing rooms, special education rooms
3 monitoring strategies that can be implemented for naturally ventilated spaces to meet EQ-P Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance
Direct exhaust airflow measurement devices
Alarmed openings for naturally ventilated spaces
Carbon dioxide monitors
Kiosk located on public sidewalk 25 ft from main entrance.
Outside project boundary.
Is smoking allowed around the kiosk if it is owned by the project owner and project is pursuing LEED AP?
No
No smoking zone of 25ft from any opening still applies in this situation.
List exterior noise mitigation design strategies for school projects?
Site barriers:
Earthen berms
Site walls
Architectural barriers:
Other building spaces
Courtyards
Architectural material barriers:
Dense wall construction
Offset studs
Construction best practices:
Sealants
Window door gaskets
Design strategies that Healthcare project can implement to meet the requirements for options EQ-C Acoustic Performance?
Separate patient rooms from treatment areas, media areas, and staff areas.
Include buffer spaces in the building program.
Use partial-height barriers in open-plan areas and isolating partitions in close-in areas.
Install sound-absorptive finishes.
Address mechanical system noise and medical equipment noise.
Install interior vision panels.
Install close-fit doors with gaskets where appropriate.
List background noise reduction strategies?
Locate HVAC above non occupies spaces.
Select quite HVAC and run low.
Change filter regularly.
Locate sound attenuators at VAV terminal boxes.
Install vibration isolators on rotating vibrating equipment.
Providing duct attenuation.
Designing ductwork to minimize “cross-talk” from one room to another.
Controlling airflow velocity in the ductwork to minimize turbulence noise.
Three ways of verifying sound isolation for EQ-C Acoustic Performance?
Published data
Calculation
Measurement
What are two common approaches to providing adequate speech privacy in healthcare facilities?
Reduce sound transmission between spaces by installing improved partition assemblies and partial-height partitions and sound-absorptive room finishes.
Provide an adequate level of continuous background sound.
When should project team schedule Indoor Air Quality Testing to meet EQ-C Indoor Quality assessment?
after construction, punch, and final clean are complete.
Healthcare facility has 10 private offices for doctors, 10 Nurses stations, 20 administrative work stations, 4 conference rooms, and 50 private patient rooms. How many spaces must have individual controls for 3 lighting levels if the project team is pursuing option 1. Lighting Control of EQ-C Interior Lighting.
36 offices, 45 private patient rooms, 4 conference rooms
90% of individual occupant spaces in staff areas
90% of patient positions
100% share multi-occupant spaces
What should a project team do if they are pursuing EQ-C Low-Emitting Materials but they do not want to pursue the budget calculation option?
Team should specify low-emitting or nonemitting products that are compliant in at least 2 product categories. The minimum threshold of compliance is 90% or 100% based on product type?
List 6 assemblies that budget calculation method in EQ-C Low-Emitting Materials organizes building interiors for Healthcare and School projects.
Flooring Ceilings Walls Thermal and Acoustic Insulation Furniture Exterior Applied Products
What is the maximum background noise level allow in classrooms and core learning spaces to meet EQ-C Acoustic Performance in elementary school?
35 dba
what is a STC rating?
weighted value for capacity of partition to attenuate airbourne sound. An STC rating is calculated by averaging the transmission loss through an entire assembly.
List acoustical concerns that the design team for a Healthcare project should address to achieve 2 points for EQ-C Acoustic Performance.
Speech privacy Sound Isolation Background Noise Acoustical Finishes Site Exterior Noise
Team pursuing EQ-P Minimum Indoor Air Quality.
Performance for an office building minimum ventilation requirements with ample fresh air for all spaces other than the cafeteria. What are the next steps?
Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance cannot be met unless all occupied spaces meet the minimum ventilation requirements.
The project team must revise the design to meet the required ventilation rates and redo the calculations. Each occupied space must meet the required ventilation rates.
3 noise concerns for school projects addressed by EQ-P Minimum Acoustic Performance?
HVAC Background Noise
Exterior Noise
Reverberation Time
Which building types may smoking be allowed indoors?
In residential projects and healthcare facilities for clinical and recovery reasons.
What are three strategies for compartmentalization?
Weather-strip all exterior doors and operable windows.
Weather-strip all doors leading from residential units into common hallways.
Minimize uncontrolled pathways for the transfer of smoke and other indoor air pollutants between residential units:
Saling penetrations in the walls, ceilings, and floors
Sealing vertical chases adjacent to units.
