ASHRAE Is Seeking Input On New IAQ Guidelines

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ATLANTA – Providing design guidance on how to achieve good indoor air quality is the aim of a proposed guideline from ASHRAE now open for public comment.

Guideline 24P, Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings, is the companion guideline to ASHRAE Standard 62.2, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low-Rise Residential Buildings. The guideline currently is open for public comment until Oct. 29, 2007.

The proposed guideline would provide information on envelope and system design, material selection, commissioning and installation, and operation and maintenance.

The guideline goes beyond the requirements contained in Standard 62.2 by providing explanatory and educational material that would be inappropriate in the code-intended standard.

Topics addressed in the guideline but not covered in the standard include carbon monoxide alarms, air distribution, better air filtration and unvented combustion appliances.

"While both Standard 62.2 and Guideline 24P seek to provide acceptable indoor air quality, the guideline goes beyond by providing additional information for achieving good indoor air quality,â€