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The correct interpretation is buildings less than 1000 sf. The example cited earlier of a small stand alone restaurant is valid.
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Exception g is the exception for individual spaces.<br>
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Sorry for the crammed in the standard. So much of this text is old and does not always get the rewrite it deserves.<br>
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Leonard Sciarra<br>
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From: "David Eldridge" <dse@grummanbutkus.com><br>
Date: Wed, Jul 6, 2011 5:31 pm<br>
Subject: [Bldg-sim] 90.1-2010 question<br>
To: "bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" <bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org><br>
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<div class="PlainText">I always interpreted this the other way -- if the space adjacent to the<br>
opening was small, then it was itself the vestibule.<br>
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I can see your point about adding cost to a small building -- but 1,000 ft2<br>
is so small relative the scale of most buildings that it seems like this is<br>
describing a space to me.<br>
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The wording would normally be "located in a climate zone" AND "that are less<br>
than 1,000 ft2" if you meant for them to be both referring to the<br>
buildings...unless there is a possibility that the entrance is not in the<br>
same climate zone as the rest of the building ;)<br>
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Since "AND" is not there, if you delete the wording about the climate zone<br>
from the sentence, it seems to clearly refer to the entrances and not the<br>
building.<br>
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"Building...that are less than 1,000 ft2..." ---> grammar guru rejects this<br>
one<br>
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"Building entrances...that are less than 1,000 ft2..." ---> grammar guru<br>
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So that said...anyone check the User's Manual? This seems like a good item<br>
to be included. Maybe also a COMCheck envelope compliance report, I don't<br>
recall the exact wording used there. Perhaps it prints out the AHJ's<br>
checklist with clearer wording. I don't remember if this is included in<br>
that checklist off the top of my head though.<br>
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David<br>
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I have also taken those areas in the exceptions as the entire building's,<br>
though I'd agree it's not worded clearly enough to prevent various<br>
interpretations.<br>
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I'm not an English major, but I think if you could find a grammar guru<br>
they'd be able to cite something to the following effect: When a sentence's<br>
subject and object is not made clear by any other means in the<br>
structure/word choice, the word closest to the verb is the object affected<br>
by that verb.<br>
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