odds Flashcards
ways to mitigate radon
- increase under floor ventilation
- install radon sump pump in basement (cover for sump pump)
- install vent system in basements and raised floor foundations
ideal air filter level?
typical MERV ratings for the follwoing
- window AC
- good residential
- superior residential
- Hospital
- clean rooms
MERV rating of HEPA filter
Merv 13 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 1. window AC 1-4 2. good residential 5-8 3. superior residential 9-12 4. Hospital 13-16 5. clean rooms 17-20
HEPA filter = 17-20
Indoor air quality things to do? 5
- low VOC
- balance HVAC
- Fresh are and passive ventilation
- Vent wet rooms
- Vent radon
topo conditions? 5
Horological conditions? 1
Geological conditions? 2
Climate conditions? 5
is solar orientation a climate condition?
Topo
- grading
- vehicular access
- utility access
- bodies of water
- views
Hydro
1. water stuff…duh
Geological (under the surface)
- soil
- foundation types
Climate conditions
- temperature
- Humidity
- Rainfall
- Wind
- Snowfall
solar orientation is NOT a climate conditions..rather it is a condition of the specific site.
4 types of seismic zone maps
- shaking (seismic zoens)
- fault rupture (Alquise priolo zones)
- seismic hazard zones for liquefaction and landslides (seismic hazard zones)
- tsunami inundation
how many seismic shaking zones are there?
Which zones occur in CA?
What causes over 90% of earthquake damage?
scale of earthquake fault maps
average width of fault zones?
4 zones
Ca is all zones 3 and 4
-ground shaking causes over 90% of earthquake damage
1” = 2,000’
-approx 1/4 mile wide
name of seismic activity when shaking causes soil to break into block and move apart from each other?
lateral spreading
what act tries to keep bld away from faults?
How far from the fault (usually)?
specifically from what part of the fault is this measured?
What is considered an active fault?
Alquist-Priolo Act
- 50’ min (typ)
- from trace line (line on the surface of a fault)
- ruptured in last 11,000 years
what are the fire zones in CA?
what are these zones based on? 3
medium, high, very high
- fuel
- slope
- fire weather
distance of defensible zone around house for fire?
roofing type and wall materials required for hazard zones?
100’
Class A roof, fire resistance walls etc
What areas get high winds?
-deserts, mountains, coastal
what state “agency” deals with flood forecasting, operations, and emergencies
do they fix dams and levees?
Natural resource Agency
Dpt of Natural resources
Division of floor management
-yep
federal program to clean sites that are not considered super fund / NPL sites
State program to clean sites that are not considered super fund / NPL sites
how do these work?
Federal EPA Brownfields Program
California EPA Brownfields Program
grants etc to help cleanup brownfields
is CEQA and agnecy or an Act?
its and Act….you do not submit to CEQA
what must be gotten before development can commence in a coastal zone?
Who can issue this?
Coastal Development Permit
CCC or by local gov that has a CCC approved LCP
-most are given by local expect for trust lands and tidal/submerged lands
who/ what requires a SIP
federal Clean Air Act requires states are responsible to comply with ambient air quality standards and state must say how they will do this in a State Implementation Plan
emergeny generator emmision exemptions
50 hp
<500 hours a year
<1 Billion BTU fuel a year
How is the CA health and safety code related to the CCR?
Who admins Ca Building Code?
Who creates CA 11a and 11b
Health and Saftey codes has a CA Building Standards Law section that requires a mixture of ppl representing the public to administer the CA building codes..
CA Building Standards Commission
DSA takes care or 11a and 11b
occupancy types in CBC? 10
types of A occupancies
type of R occupancies
- Assembly
- Business
- Education
- Factory
- Hazard
- Institutional
- Mercantile
- Residential
- Storage
10 Utility/misc
A-1 fix seating A-2 restaurants/bars/night clubs A-3 assembly A-4 indoor sporting (with viewing) A-5 outdoor sport (with viewing)
R-1 hotels/ motels
R-2 more than 2 dwelling units
R-3 some types of assisted living
R-4 some types of assisted living (main type)
what CBC chapter is Materials and Construction Methods for Exterior Wildfire Exposure
do other model codes have this chapter?
CBC 7a
no..unique to CA
CBC chapter for:
Interior finishes:
Fire protective systems:
Energy Efficiency:
Exterior walls:
Roof assemblies:
Structural stuff:
Which chapter deals with flame spread index of interior finishes
Interior finishes: 8
Fire protective systems: 9
Energy Efficiency: 13
Exterior walls: 14
Roof assemblies: 15
Structural stuff: 16-23
Chapter 8 deals with flame spread index of finished (sandwiched between chapter 7 and 9..this makes sence)
what part of the California Building Standards Code is the residential code
part 2.5 (out of 12 parts)