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IEQ 10 V
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UTSIDE
E
XCLUSION
None.
O
BJECTIVE
Provide occupants in normally occupied spaces with a connection to
the outdoors.
C
REDIT ATTAINABLE
2
C
REDIT REQUIREMENT
1 credit for at least 60% of all workstations or seating have a direct
line of sight to external vision glazing or naturally lit internal courtyard
or atrium.
2 credits for at least 80% of all workstations or seating have a direct
line of sight to external vision glazing or naturally lit internal courtyard
or atrium.
A
SSESSMENT
Criteria
The assessment is focused toward workplaces such as offices,
schools, and retail etc., where connection to the outside is regarded
as important for comfort and productivity. Interior spaces that need
not be considered include public corridors, lift lobbies, conference
rooms, storage areas, printing rooms, plant rooms, and server rooms.
On the plan view sight lines shall be drawn from each workstation or
seating location to the exterior vision glazing. In section view, direct
sight lines shall be drawn for each workstation or seating from a point
1.2m above the floor (Fig. 1).
The project workstations or seating shall be within 8m of the nearest
vision glazing and have a direct line of sight at seated eye level of
1.2m of the vision glazing. The view shall be either through an
external window providing a view of landscape, streetscape or
buildings, or atrium (atrium shall mean a naturally lit atrium, or internal
courtyard, not less than eight (8) metres wide).
The view can be an internal view across a space providing the
Applicant can provide photos that the interior layout shall be such that
views will not be impaired once all
walls , partitions and furniture has
been installed.
IMPORTANT NOTE: All submissions comprising several type of data,
for example, table, layout drawings, elevations, photographs and
other data, shall be clearly labelled and cross-referenced.
Documentation
Credit(s) shall be achieved when the Applicant provides the
documentation stated below, to demonstrate criteria compliance:
i.
summary table with location, distances;
ii.
drawings, floor layout plan, elevations
iii.
workstations or seating clearly indicated;
iv.
record photographs;
B
ACKGROUND
A very important psycho-emotional factor for building occupants who
remain indoors for long periods is the visual contact with the exterior.
The ability to focus the eyes on a distant view provides for relaxation.