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Indoor Environmental Quality
Intent
To provide high quality indoor environmental conditions to promote occupant health, well-being, and productivity. This is achieved through both the reduction of the conditions that contribute to negative outcomes, and support for the conditions associated with increased health, comfort, and productivity.
Indoor Environmental Quality Guidelines | New Buildings | Major Renovations |
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I.1 Low-Emitting Materials | Required | Required for Newly Installed Materials |
I.2 Moisture and Water Control | Required | Required if Exterior Envelope is in Scope |
I.3 Ventilation | Required | Required |
I.4 Thermal Comfort | Required | Required |
I.5 Lighting and Daylighting | Required | Required |
I.6 Effective Acoustics | Required | Required |
I.7 View Space and Window Access | Required | Required |
I.8 Ergonomics and Physical Activity | Required | Required |
I.9 Wayfinding and Universal Access | Required | Required |
General Indoor Environmental Quality information:
The following information is collected in the Indoor Environmental Quality Section of the B3 Guidelines Tracking Tool, under Section P.0:
Final Design:
- Indoor environmental quality strategies used, including narrative.
Closeout:
- Updated Indoor environmental quality strategies used, including narrative.
Training Resources
I.2 – ‘Glaser Calculation Analysis’ Training Session Slides (PDF)
I.2 – ‘Qualitative Moisture Assessment’ Training Session Slides (PDF)
I.2 – ‘Introduction to Hygrothermal Analysis’ Training Session Slides (PDF)
I.2 – ‘WUFI Pro Walk Through and Exercises’ Training Session Slides (PDF)
I.4 – ‘Thermal Bridge Concepts’ Training Session Slides (PDF)
I.4 – ‘Thermal Bridge Analysis’ Training Session Slides (PDF)
I.5 – ‘Design for Daylight Performance’ Training Session Slides (PDF)
I.6 – ‘Effective Acoustics’ Training Session Video (YouTube)