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  1. Air
  2. Healthy entrance

Healthy entrance

Features/Air/Feature 08

Healthy entrance

Intent: 

To minimize the introduction of pollutants into indoor air at building entrances.

08: Healthy entrance
    Posted on: 31 Jul, 2019
    Amendment:

    c. Any other mMaterial manufactured as an entryway walk-off system, at least the width of the entrance and 3 m [10 ft] long in the primary direction of travel (sum of indoor and outdoor length).
    Posted on: 01 May, 2019
    Amendment:

    This option is applicable only for buildings whose entrance lobby is not a regularly occupied space or to projects where the building entrance is outside the project boundary.
    Posted on: 01 Nov, 2018
    Amendment:

    In 24 Oct, 2016 AAP, remove: "Where projects are restricted from using an entry vestibule or revolving door (for e.g. projects in the Philippines following the National Building Code, which prohibits revolving doors or vestibules for designated exits), they". Add: "Projects"
    Posted on: 01 Nov, 2018
    Amendment:

    In 24 Oct, 2016 AAP, remove: "Where the options of an entry vestibule or revolving door are not possible for projects with regularly occupied lobbies, projects". Add: "Projects"
    Posted on: 15 Aug, 2018
    Amendment:

    In part description, add: ", including doors with pedestrian traffic only to/from terraces or patios (no traffic to/from surrounding grounds), " after "…occupant shoes at all regularly used entrance(s)"
    Posted on: 15 Aug, 2018
    Amendment:

    In 24 Oct, 2016 AAP, remove: ""Projects must also provide indoor pressure sensor readings from one day. This should include exhaust and supply sequences. Projects should also provide mechanical drawings of the project space and manufacturer documentation of the air curtain equipment"". Add: ""To document this alternative adherence path, the project team must provide the following in the Documentation Submission:

    - Indoor pressure sensor readings in accordance with ANSI/ AMCA 220 including exhaust and supply sequences from a single day
    - Mechanical drawings of the project space and manufacturer documentation of the air curtain equipment""
    Posted on: 05 Feb, 2018
    Amendment:

    For Part 3a, remove: "locker room". Add: "changing room"
    Posted on: 27 Apr, 2017
    Amendment:

    For Part 1a, add: "(sum of indoor and outdoor length)" after "primary direction of travel"
    Posted on: 27 Apr, 2017
    Amendment:

    For Part 1b, add: "(sum of indoor and outdoor length)" after "primary direction of travel"
    Posted on: 27 Apr, 2017
    Amendment:

    For Part 1c, add: "(sum of indoor and outdoor length)" after "primary direction of travel"