TABLE 6-1 MINIMUM VENTILATION RATES IN BREATHING ZONE. (This table is not valid in isolation; it must be used in conjunction with the accompanying notes.) Default Values Corcion Fis Depac(hmghage®) 10S x nw Easerstyicallege 10 5 O18 09 25 7 86 2 fauna teams witin 5 25 on 06 10 vss ANSUASHRAR Standard 621-2007TABLE 6-1 MINIMUM VENTILATION RATES IN BREATHING ZONE (continued) (This table is not valid in isolation; it must be used in conjunction with the accompanying notes.) Default Values aces of lous 5 as ams oa 20 6 as conmeneeritos = 00603, ‘ ANSUASHRAR Standard 62, 2007TABLE 6-1 MINIMUM VENTILATION RATES IN BREATHING ZONE (continued) (This table is not valid in isolation; it must be used in conjunction with the accompanying notes.) People Outdoor Area Outdoor Default Values cimperson Usperon eft? sm 2100 pecan Usperon ‘Swimming (pool & deck) - - 048 24 c - 2 Heaihchbaeobie 4p yg gs on wo 2 ws 2 ieomaling eae " i, 4 Air deaiys Volante ton ates arte eo a dnt of 0.075 Bt (12 bg whi comepunds ody a at share imps o 'F (21°C) Rasa) bated oc ides sd bung constn tal be ie SPECIFIC NOTES FOR TABLE 1 6.2.7 Dynamic Reset. The system may be designed to reset the design outdoor air intake flow (Vx) andlor space or zone airflow as operating conditions change. These condi« tions inchude but are not limited to: |. Variations in occupancy or ventilation aitflow in one or more individual zones for which ventilation airflow requirements will be reset Note: Examples of measures for estimating such varia- tions include: occupancy scheduled by time-of-day, a direct count of occupants, or an estimate of occupancy or ventilation rate per person using occupancy sensors such, as those based on indoor CO, concentrations Variations in the efficiency with which outdoor air is distributed to the occupants under different ventilation system airflows and temperatures, ‘A higher fraction of outdoor air in the air supply due to intake of additional outdoor air for free cooling or exhaust air makeup, ANSUASHRAR Standard 621-2007 mT ne te on Stak cept Se Kea ac ohn also tiny nl nin, 62.8 Exhaust Ventilation, Exhaust airflow shall be pro- vided in accordance with the requirements in Table 6-4 Exhaust makeup air may be any combination of outdoor ait, recirculated air, and transfer air, 62.9 Ventilation in Smoking Areas. Smoking areas shall have more ventilation and/or air cleaning than compara- ble no-smoking areas. Specific ventilation rate requirements, cannot be determined until cognizant authorities determine the concentration of smoke that achieves an acceptable level of risk, Air from smoking areas shall not be recirculated or twansferted to no-smoking areas 63 Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Procedure. The Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Procedure is @ performance-based design approach in which the building and its ventilation system are designed to maintain the concentrations of specific contami- nants ator below certain limits identified during the building design and to achieve the design target level of perceived indoor air quality acceptability by building occupants and/orTABLE 6-2 Zone Air Distribution Effectiveness Air Distribution Configuration E, Ceiling supply of cool air 10 Ceiling supply of warm ait and floor return, 10 Ceiling supply of warm air 15°F (°C) or more above space temperature and csiling return, Citing supply of warm ait less than 15°F (8°C) above space temperature and csling return provided that the 150 fpm (0.8 mis) supply air jet reaches to within 45 1.0 (14 my of floor level. Note: For ower velocity supply air, E08 os Floor supply of coo ar and ceiling retun provided that the 150 fpm (0.8 1s) supply jet reaches 4.5 f (1.4 m) ‘ormore above the floor, Note: Most underslor air dis tribution systems comply with this proviso, Floor supply of cool ait and ceiling return, provided jow-velocity displacement ventilation achieves unidi- 1.2 rectional flow and thermal stratification, Floor supply of watm ait and floor return. 10 Floor supply of warm air and esiing return, o7 “Makeup supply drawa in on the opposite side ofthe oom from the exhaust and/or return. ‘Makeup supply drawa in near tothe exhaust andlor retura location. TABLE 6-3 System Ventilation Ettici Max @; S05 10 025 09 035 os 04s on 055 os 2055 Use Appendix A TR en kro a gn 65 eg Visitors. For the purposes of this procedure, aeceptable per ceived indoor air quality excludes dissatisfaction related to thermal comfort, noise and vibration, lighting, and psycho- logical stressors, 63.1 Designs employing the IAQ Procedure shall comply ‘with the requirements in the following sections. 63.1.1 Contaminant Sources. Contaminants of con- ‘cern for purposes of the design shall be identified, For each contaminant of concern, indoor and outdoor sources shall be identified, and the strength of each source shall be deter- ‘mined, 634.2 Contaminant Concentration. For each con- taminant of concern, a target concentration limit and its cor- responding exposure period and an appropriate reference to a cognizant authority shall be specified. (See Appendix B for some contaminant concentration guidelines.) 631.3. Perceived Indoor Air Quality. The criteria to achieve the design level of acceptability shall be specified in terms of the percentage of building occupants andlor vistors expressing satisfaction with perceived IAQ. 6.3.1.4 Design Approaches. Select one or a combins tion of the following design approaches to determine mini- ‘mum space and system outdoor airflow rates and all other design parameters deemed relevant (¢.., air-cleaning eff ciencies and supply airflow rates). a. Mass balance analysis, The steady-state equations in ‘Appendix D, which describe the impact of air cleaning on ‘outdoor air and recirculation rates, may be used as part of | ‘2 mass balance analysis for ventilation systems serving a single space, . Design approaches that have proved successful in similar buildings. ©. Approaches validated by contaminant monitoring and subjective occupant evaluations in the completed bul ing. An acceptable approach to subjective evaluation is presented in Appendix B, which may be used to validate the acceptability of perceived air quality in the completed building 4. Application of one of the preceding design approaches (a, +, or ¢) to specific contaminants and the use of the Venti- lation Rate Procedure to address the general aspects of indoor air quality in the space being designed. In this situ- ation, the Ventilation Rate Procedure would be used to determine the design ventilation rate of the space and the IAQ Procedure would be used to address the control of the specific contaminants through air cleaning or some other means 63.2 Documentation, When the IAQ Procedure is used, the following information shall be included inthe design doc- umentation: the contaminants of concern considered in the design process, the sources and source strengths of the con- taminants of concern, the target concentration limits and exposure periods and the references for these limits, the design approach used to control the contaminants of concern, and the background or justification for this design approach, Ifthe design is based on an approach that has proved success- fal for similar buildings, the documentation shall include the basis for concluding that the design approach was successful, inthe other buildings and the basis for concluding tha the pre« vious buildings are relevant to the new design. If contaminant monitoring and occupant evaluation are to be used to demon- strate compliance, then the monitoring and evalvation plans shall also be included in the documentation, ANSUASHRAR Standard 621-2007TABLE 6-4 Minimur m Exhaust Rates. Occupancy Category Exhourt Rat, Eshaast Mate, gy, ‘Etat ae, Exhaust ae, A ‘Arenas = 050 3 = = 1 Art classroome - 070 - 35 2 Ato repair rooms - 130 A - 1s 2 Barber shops - 050 - 25 2 Beauty and nal salons - 060 - 30 2 Cells with toilet - 1.00 - 50 2 Copy, printing rooms - 050 - 25 2 Darksooms - 100 - 50 2 Esducatonal science laboratories - 1.00 - 50 2 Janitor closes, rash rooms, recycling - 100 - 50 3 Kitchenettes - 030 - 1s Kitchens—commercial - 070 - 35 2 Lockerldressing rooms - 02s - 12s 2 Locker rooms - 050 - 25 2 Paint spray booths 4 Parking garages - ors c - 37 2 Pet shops (animal areas) - 0.90 - 4s Roftgerating machinery rooms - - F - - 3 Residential kitchens so/to0 - G 25150 - 2 Soiled laundcy storage rooms - 100 F - 50 a Storage rooms, chemical - 150 F - 1s 4 Toilet—private 25150 - EB 1252s - 2 Toilets—publie 5070 - D 25135 - 2 Wooutwork shopilassrooms 050 25 2 efor tot ned beac by one peo 64 Design Documentation Procedures. Design criteria and assumptions shall be documented and should be made available for operation ofthe system within areasonable time after instal- lation. See Sections 4.3, 5.2.3, 5.17.4, and 6.3.2 regarding assumptions that should be detailed in the documentation, 7. CONSTRUCTION AND SYSTEM START-UP 7.1 Construction Phase 7.1.1 Application. The requirements of this section apply to ventilation systems and the spaces they serve in new build- ings and additions to or alterations in existing buildings. 71.2 Filters. Systems designed with particle filters shall not be operated without filters in place. 71.3. Protection of Materials. When recommended by the manufacturer, building materials shall be protected from ANSUASHRAR Standard 621-2007 rain and other sources of moisture by appropriate in-transit, and on-site procedures, Porous materials with visible micro- bial growth shall not be installed, Nonporous materials with visible microbial growth shall be decontaminated 7.14 Protection of Occupied Areas 7.1.4.1 Application, The requirements of Section 7.1.4 apply when construction requires a building permit and entails sanding, cutting, grinding, or other activities that gen- crate significant amounts of airborne particles or procedures that generate significant amounts of gaseous contaminants. 7.14.2 Protective Measures. Measures shall be ‘employed to reduce the migration of construction-gencrated contaminants to occupied areas, Examples of acceptable mea- sures include, but are not limited to, sealing the construction area using temporary walls or plastic sheathing, exhaustingthe construction area, andlor pressurizing contiguous occu pied areas, TAS Air Duct System Construction. Air duct systems shall be constructed in accordance with the following stan- dards, a8 applicable: a. The following sections of SMACNA’s HVAC Duct Con struction Standards—Metal and Flexible:!™ + Section $1.9} of Section 1.6, Duct Construction and. Installation Standards + Section 2.6, Installation Standards for Rectangular Ducts Using Flexible Liner + Section 3.5, Duct Installation Standards + Section 3.6, Specification for Joining and Attaching. Flexible Duct + Section 3.7, Specification for Supporting Flexible Duct + Sections $6.1, $6.3, $6.4, and $6.5 of Section 6.1, ‘Casing and Plenum Construction Standards b. All sections of SMACNA’s Fibrous Glass Duct Construe: tion Standards"* NFPA 904."° Standard for the Installation of Air.Condi tioning and Ventilating Systems, and NFPA 90B,"° Stan dard for the Installation of Warm Air Heating and Air~ Conditioning Systems 72. System Start-Up 7.2.1 Application. The requirements of this section apply to the following ventilation systems: a Newly installed ai-handling systems. Existing air-handling systems undergoing supply air or outdoor airflow rediuetion—only the requirements of Sec~ ‘tion 7.2.2 shall apply to these altered systems, Existing aishandling distribution systems undergoing alterations affecting more than 25% of the floor area served by the systems—only the requirements of Section 7.2.2 shall apply to these altered systems 722. Air Balancing. Ventilation systems shall be bal- ‘anced in accordance with ASHRAE Standard 1112! SMACNA’s HVAC Systems—Testing, Adjusting and Balanc- ing or equivalent at least to the extent necessary to verify ‘conformance with the total outdoor airflow and space supply airflow requirements ofthis standard. 7.2.3 Testing of Drain Pans. To minimize conditions of water stagnation that may result in microbial growth, drain pans shall be field tested under normal operating conditions to ‘ensure proper drainage Exception: Field testing of drain pans is not required if uunits with factory-installed drain pans have been certi- fied (attested in writing) by the manufacturer for proper drainage when installed as recommended, 7.2.4 Ventilation System Start-Up. Ventilation air distri- bution systems shall be clean of ditt and debris, 725 Outdoor Air Dampers. Prior to occupancy, each ventilation system shall be tested to ensure that outdoor air dampers operate properly in accordance with the system design, 7.2.6 Documentation. The following ventilation system documentation shall be provided to the building owner or his her designee, retained within the building, and made available to the building operating personnel: a, An operating and maintenance manual describing basic data relating o the operation and maintenance of ventila- tion systems and equipment as installed. b, TIVAC controls information consisting of diagrams, sche- matics, control sequence narratives, and maintenance andlor calibration information, ©. An air balance report docums fot Section 7.2.2 4. Construction drawings of record, control drawings, and final design drawings, Design criteria and assumptions. ting the work performed 8. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 8.1 General 8.1.1 Application. The requitements of this section apply. to buildings and their ventilation systems and theit compo- nents constructed or renovated after the adoption date of this section, 8.1.2 Operations and Maintenance. The ventilation sys- tem shall be operated and maintained at a minimum in accor- dance with the provisions of this standard 8.13 Building Alterations or Change-of-Use. Veatila- tion system design, operation, and maintenance shall be reevaluated when changes in building use or occupancy cat ‘gory, significant building alterations, significant changes in ‘occupant density, or other changes inconsistent with system design assumptions are made, 8.2 Operations and Maintenance Manual. An Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Manual, either written or elec- twonic, shall be developed and maintained on site or in a cen- wally accessible location for the working life ofthe applicable ventilation system equipment or components, This manual shall be updated as necessary. The manual shall include, at a minimum, the O&M procedures, final design drawings, ‘O&M schedules and any changes made thereto, and the main- tenance requirements and frequencies detailed in Section 8.4 83° Ventilation System Operation. Mechanical and natu- ral ventilation systems shall be operated in a manner consis- tent with the O&M Manual 84 Ventilation System Maintenance 84.1 Ventilation System Components. The building ventilation system components shall be maintained in accor- dance with the O&M Manual or as requited by this section and summarized in Table 8-1. 84.1.1 Filters and Air-Cleaning Devices. All filters and air-cleaning devices shall be replaced or maintained as specified by the O&M Manual, ANSUASHRAR Standard 621-2007TABLE 8-1 Minimum Maintenance Activity and Frequency Aes em it Minimums Frequency ites and ielening decor a ‘According 0 O&M Mana Outdoor air dampers and actuators B vey thes month rin acondnce with O&M Man umes c vey tes months of or in accordance with O4M Mans 7 , Regal whens kl that debumiieaton ccs bt Dehumidification coils p ro less than once per year or as specified in the ORM Manual Drain ns and ther act sis 14s pectin the O&M Maa Dain pan nd ot D ‘nes per yer dng cooling season or at peed inthe O&M Mal Outdorsirntaks lowers id eae atone ite lowes in = Every st moth ra specifi the O8M Maal Sensors used for dynamic F very sx mths or pray in acon wth O&M Man Aichanling aston xcept for nits ‘under 2000 cfim (1000 Ls) S Case every foe yous Cooking towers K In acordance wih O&M Manual or teatment sytem vider oor ig eet in plenum veoeve Mana Mor aig ate in enme 1 Petiticly acorn to O&M Man upmenteonponet aces , Vale microbial contamination K ster nrsion or accumulation K 84.1.2 Outdo ‘every three months or as specified in the O&M Manual, the ‘outdoor air dampers and actuators shall be visually inspected ‘or remotely monitored to verify that they are functioning in accordance with the O&M Manual, Air Dampers, At a minimum of once 8.4.1.3 Humidifiers. Humidifiers shall be cleaned and ‘maintained to limit fouling and microbial growth. These sys- tems shall be inspected at a minimum of once every three ‘months of operation and/or treated as specified in the O&M. Manual 84.14 Dehumidification Coils. All dehumidifying cooling coils shall be visually inspected for cleanliness and ‘microbial growth regularly when it is likely that debumidifi- cation occurs but na less than once per year or as specified in the O&M Manual and shall be cleaned when fouling or micro- bial growth is observed, 84.1.5 Drain Pans. Drain pans shall be visually inspected for cleanliness and microbial growth at a minimum ‘of once per year during the cooling season or as specified in ANSUASHRAR Standard 621-2007 the O&M Manual and shall be cleaned if needed. Areas adja- cent to drain pans that were subjected to wetting shall be investigated, cleaned if necessary, and the cause of unin- tended wetting rectified 84.1.6 Outdoor Air Intake Louvers. Outdoor air intake louvers, bird sereens, mist eliminators, and adjacent areas shall be visually inspected for cleanliness and integrity at a minimum of once every six months or as specified in the ‘O&M Manual and cleaned as needed. When visible debris or visible biological material is observed, it shall be removed Physical damage to louvers, screens, of mist eliminators shall be repaired if such damage impairs their function in prevent ing contaminant entry. 84.1.7 Sensors. Sensors whose primary function is dynamic minimum outdoor air control, such as flow stations at an air handler and those used for demand control ventila- tion, shall have their accuracy verified as specified in the ‘O&M Manual. This activity shall occur at a minimum of once every six months or periodically in accordance with the O&M