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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=121471123-21052009>Dear
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=121471123-21052009>I have
a rectangular high-rise office complex located in India, 28 stories,
going for LEED. There are unconditioned Areas of Refuge on 6 floors,
either 1760sf on the Northwest corner or 1221sf on the Southeast corner.
The total unconditioned area of refuge is about 9000 sf compared to the total
building area (uncond + cond) of 680,000sf (1.3%). Since I used floor
multipliers for the typical floorplate, I can't specify which floors
have areas of refuge and which don't. Would it be an accurate assumption
to divide the 9000sf of refuge into the 24 typical floors? (~400sf per
floor)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=121471123-21052009>If so, that comes
out to 200sf at each of the corners (NW and
SE). The next question is, since that is such a small
area, can I leave it out all together to avoid dealing with making new
spaces? What would USGBC say?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=121471123-21052009>Any opinions or
experience would be greatly appreciated!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=121471123-21052009>Thanks!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=121471123-21052009>Linda
Lam</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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