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1994 Washington State Nonresidential Energy Code Compliance Form <br />Mechanical - General Requirements <br />14/2 Controls <br />1412.1 Temperature Controls: Each system shall be provided with al <br />lent one lemparsture control device Each cone than be controlled by <br />mdrvidual Ihermoslalo: controls nspondmg to temperature within the tone <br />At a minimum, each Ilia of a building shall be considered as a separate <br />zone <br />1412 2 Oeadband Controls: When used to control both comfort heeling <br />and cooling, zone thermostatic controls shag be capable of a deadhand of at <br />least 5 degrees F within which the supply of healing and cooling energy to <br />the zone is shut of or reduced to a minimum <br />Exceptions: <br />I Special occupancy special usage or code requirements where <br />deadband controls are not appropriate <br />2 Buildings complying with Secton 1141 I it in the proposed <br />budding energy analysis heeling and cooling <br />thermostat selponls are set to the same temperature <br />between 70 degrees F and 75 degrees F inclusive. <br />and assumed to be constant Ilnoughout the yen, <br />2 Thermoslan that require manual changeover between healing <br />and cooling modes <br />1412.3 Humidity Conlrbls. If a system is equipped with a means for <br />adding moisture, a humhdntel shall be provided <br />1412 4 Setback and Shut -Of HVAC systems shall be ngwpped with <br />automatic controls capable of accomplishing a reduction of energy use <br />through control selback or equipment shutdown during periods of non use <br />or alternate use of the spaces served by the system The automatic controls <br />shall have a minimum sewnday clock and be capable of being set for <br />sewn different day types per week <br />Exceptions <br />1 Systems serving area, which require continuous operation at the <br />same temperature setpoini <br />2 Equipment with lull bad demands of 2 kW IS E26 Emir) or less <br />may be controlled by ruddy accessible manual of. <br />how controls <br />1412 4 1 Dampers: Outside err intakes exhaust outlets and retail outlets <br />serving conditioned spaces shag be equipped with dampers which close <br />automatically when the system is of or upon power lailtue Stair ,halt and <br />elevator shaft smoke relief openings shag be equipped with normally open <br />dampen These dampers shall remain closed in normal operation until <br />actiwled by She tin alarm system or other approved smoke detection <br />system <br />Exceptions <br />1 Systems serving areas which require continuous operation <br />2 Combustion air intakes <br />1412 5 Heal Pump Controls: Unitary air cooled heal pumps shag include <br />mttnpfccessof controls that mmrmus supplemental heal usage during <br />start tin set up and defrost conditions These cordials shall anticipate <br />need for heal and use compression heating as the first stage of heal <br />Controls shall indicate when supplemental healing is being used through <br />visual means Fa g , LED indicators) <br />1412.A Combustion Heating Equipment Controls' Combustion heating <br />equipment with a capacity beef 225.W0 Bluth shall haw modulating or <br />staged combustion control <br />Exceptions <br />i Barrels <br />2 Bedard Healers <br />1417 7 Balancing: E sch at supply a" or ON or water terminal device <br />shall have a means for balancing, including but not limited to dampers. <br />temperature and pressure teal connections and balancing "Ives <br />1412 Au Economizers <br />1412.1 OperationAN economizes shag be of automatically modulating <br />outside and return err dampen to provide 100 percent of the design supply <br />an as outside err to reduce or eliminate the need for mechanical cooling <br />1412 2 Control AN economizers shag be controlled by a control system <br />capable of delermnng it outside ear can meet part or all of the building's <br />cooing bads <br />1417.11 Integrated Operation: Budding Heating Energy: At <br />economizers shall be capable of providing partial cooling even when <br />additional mechanical cooling n lectured to meet the remainder of the <br />cooling load Controls shag not preclude the econemusr operation when <br />mechanical cooling is required simultaneously <br />Exception: Economuars on individual dr"I expansion cooling <br />systems with capacities not grainer than 75 000 Blwh may <br />include controls that Im4 simultaneous operation of the <br />economizer and mechanical cooling lot the purpose of preventing <br />ice Tormentors on cw1mg calls <br />1414 Ducting Systems <br />1114A Sealing: Duct work which a designed to operalo At pressures <br />abOee 112 inch waif, column static pressure shall bs sealed in accordance <br />with Standard RS-15 Extent of sealing required is as follows <br />1 Shalt plsasun Ill inch to 2 inches, teal Iransvene pints <br />2 Slant pressure 2 mchea to J inches, seal all transverse louts <br />and longitudinal seams <br />J Slatt pressure above ] inches seal all transverse pints <br />longitudinal seams and duel will paneba ors <br />1414. 2 Insulation: Ducts and plenums that are constructed as pan of the <br />budding enwrap[ Shall meet the requirements of Chapter 13 Other ducts <br />and plenums shall be thermally insulated per Table 14 5 <br />E xcap0ons. <br />1 Within the HVAC equipment <br />2 E.hanl tit ducts not sublacl to condensation <br />J Esposed duclwolk within a space that series that space only <br />1415 Piping Systems <br />1415.1 Insulabon: Piping shall be thermally msulatod in accordance with <br />Table 14.6 <br />Exception Piping installed within unitary HVAC equipment <br />W aler pipes outside the conditioned space shag be insulated in <br />accordance with Washington Stale Plumbing Code IWAC 51-261 <br />1420 SIMPLE SYSTEMS IPACKAGED UNITARY EQUIPMENT) <br />1421 System Type To quality n a simple system systems shall be one of <br />the following <br />a Au cooled, constant volume packaged equipment which provide <br />healing. cooing of both, and requite only external <br />connection to duct work and energy services <br />b Au cooked. constant volume split systems which provide hearing, <br />cooing or both, with coring capacity of 54,IA70 Btwh <br />or less <br />c Heating only syslams which haw a capacity of less than 5000 <br />clm at whnh haw a minimum outside au supply of <br />lea than 70 percent of the total go calculation <br />All other systems shall comply with Sections 1420 through 1475 <br />1422 Controls In addition to the control requirements in Section 1412 <br />where separate healing and cooling equipment serve the same temperature <br />tone, thermostats shall be interlocked to preverd simultaneous heating and <br />cooing <br />1422 Economizers Economizers meeting t o requirementsof Sacbon <br />1413 shag be installed on packaged fool lop fan cooling units having a <br />supply capacity of greater than 1.500 first or a total cooling capacity greater <br />than 54 000 Blufh <br />The total capacity of all units wMout sconomizes shag not exceed <br />240.000 Blurb per budding <br />1424 Separate AB Distribution Systems: Zones with special process <br />temperature requirements and/or hum Mhty rpunmanb shall be served by <br />separate err dnbhbuhon systems if" those serving zones requiring only <br />comfort conditions <br />