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mecnamcal - General Requirements <br />1412 Controls <br />1412.1 Temperature Controls: Each system sham be provided with at <br />least one temperature control device. Each zone shah be controlled by <br />individual thermostatic ostatic controls responding to lerrperehae within the tone. <br />At a mnvnam, each Thor of a building shall be considered as a separate <br />zone <br />1412.2 Deadband Controls: When used to control both comfort heating <br />■nd cooling. zone thermostatic controls shah be spade of a desdband of at <br />least 5 degrees F vAhn which the supply of heating and cooing enegy to <br />the zone is shut oil or reduced to a mineral <br />Exceptions: <br />1 Special occupancy, special usage, or code requirements where <br />deadband controls ore not appropriate <br />2 Buildings conpfyng with Section 1141 4, if in the proposed <br />building energy an&"!$, beating and cooing <br />thermostat set ions are set to the sane tamparaturs <br />between 70 degrees F and 75 degrees F inclusue. <br />and assumed to be constant tivoughout the year. <br />J Thermostats that require manual changeover between basing <br />and cooing modes <br />1412.0 Humid ty Controls: IF a system is equipped with a means for <br />adding moisture, a humdislat shall be promd•d <br />1412.4 Setback and Shut -Off; HVAC systems shah be equipped with <br />automatic conhols capable of accorfplohing a reduction of energy use <br />through control setback or equipment shutdown during periods of non ma <br />Of atsinale use of the spaces served by the system. The automatic controls <br />sham haw a mnimum sewn -day clock and be capable of being set for <br />seven different day Lyles per week. <br />Exceptions: <br />1 Svstems serving areas which require continuous operaton at tie <br />same temperature sstpan. <br />2 Equip"M wail full bad demands of 2 kW (6,826 BIWh) or less <br />m-y be controlled by readily accessible manual off. <br />lour controls <br />1112 4.1 Dampers: Outside sir intakes. exhaust outlets and r,hot outlets <br />serving conditioned spaces shall be equipped with dangers which close <br />autormticahy when the system n off W upon Power failure. Slaw shah and <br />elevator shah snake relief openings shah be pepped with norms) open <br />dampen These dampers shall terrain closed in normal operation until <br />.ictivated by the fire alarm system or other approved %=its daiectron <br />s'stem <br />Exceptions: <br />t System, serving areas which require continuous operation <br />2 Combustion av intakes <br />1412.E Heat Pump Controls: Unitary air cooled boa: pumps shall Include <br />csnoplooessor conhols that minimize supplemental heat usage during <br />startup. set-up, and dellost conditions These controls shall aMk:ifels <br />need for heat and use cc rprossion healing as the first stage of heat <br />Conhoh shall Indicate when supplemental heating is being used through <br />visual meant (e g., LED ndkators) <br />1412.6 Combustion Heating Equipment Controls- Corrbushon heating <br />equipment will a capacity over 225,000 91Wh shall haw modulating or <br />staged combustion control. <br />Exceptions <br />1 Bollan <br />2. Radford Hectors. <br />1412.7 Balancing: Each ale supply outlet or air or water terminal device <br />shall have a means for balancing. includng but not kmted to. dampen, <br />temperature arid pressure test connections and balancng alias. <br />1410 Air Ecorpmlzens <br />1410 1 Operation: Air econorri shall be of automaticalymodute ng <br />otAsme and rebirn au dampers to provde 100 percent of the design supply <br />air as o,eside air to reduce or eliminate the need for mechanical cooling. <br />1410.2 Control; Ni economizers shall be controlled by a control syet" <br />capable of determining If outcido air can most par or all of the buldmg's <br />cooing loads. <br />14123 Integrated Operation: Building Heating Energy: Air <br />scoronszen shah be capable of Providing partial cooling own when <br />additional mechanical cooing Is requited to "at the remainder of the <br />cooling load Controls shall not Medulla the economizer operation Wen <br />mechanicalcaohrghrequiredsimulane mly. <br />Exception: Economizers on indMdual, direct expansion, cooling <br />systems wth capacities not greater than 75,000 Bhyh may <br />include controls that Inat sirru6aneous operation of the <br />4conomizer and neMsnical cooling for the purpose of preventing <br />lee (emotion on cooing cats <br />1414 Duclmg Systems <br />1414.1 Sealing: Duct work which is designed to operate at pressures <br />above 112 inch water cokinst static pressure shah be sealed in ocoordanca <br />wah Standard RS-18 Extent of seals g required is ss lolows. <br />1 Staticpresame. 112 Inch to 2 etches, seal transverse pints <br />2 Static pressure- 2 inches to 0 inches. seal all transverse pints <br />and longdudnal seam, <br />0 Static pressure above 0 inches. seal an benawrse bats. <br />longitudinal seams and duct wall penetrations. <br />1414.2 Insulation: Ducts and p1muna that are constructed as pan of the <br />buildny envelope shalt meet the requ onrents of Chapter 10. Other ducts <br />and plenums shall be thermally insulated par Table 14.5. <br />Exceptions: <br />I Within the HVAC equipment. <br />2 Exhaust as ducts not sub,oct to cordonsatbn. <br />0 Exposed ductmrk within a space that servos that space only <br />1415 Piping Systems <br />1415.1 Insulation: Piping shall be thermally msulated in acmnlance wdh <br />Table tab <br />Exception: Piping ni tailed within unitary HVAC equipment <br />Water pipes outside the cond8roned space shall be insulated in <br />accordance with Washington Stale Plumbng Code (WAC 51-26) <br />1420 SIMPLE SYSTEMS (PACKAGED UNITARY EQUIPMENT) <br />1421 System Type To qualify as a simple system, systorm shah be one of <br />the lohovnrg <br />a Air cooled, constant volume packaged equipment. which provide <br />healing, cooling or bath, and requaa only external <br />connection to duct work and energy services. <br />b Aa cooled, constant volume sold systems, which provide hearing, <br />cooling or both. wsth cooling capacity of 54,000 Stub <br />or lea. <br />e Heating only systems which haw a capacity of less than 5.000 <br />cfm or whch haw a minimum outside air supply of <br />less than 70 percent of the total ail circulation <br />AN other system shall comply win Sections 1400 through 1408 <br />1422 Controls. in addition to the control fequoemonta in Section 1412. <br />where separate heating and cooing equipment serve the some temperature <br />zone, thermostats shah be interlocked to prevent simultaneous hestng and <br />cooing <br />1420 Economizers: Econnmesrs mooting the lequiromerds of Section <br />1417 shah be nstaled on packaged root top lan-conhrg rots having a <br />supply capacity of greater than 1,900 dim or a total cooling tenacity gresbr <br />than 54,000 BIWIs <br />The total capacity of an units without economters sham not exceed <br />240,000 Bluth per bolding <br />1424 Separate Air Distribution Systems: Zones with special process <br />terrpentum requirements and/or humidity requirements shall be served by <br />separate air dftribution systems from those serving zones requlrkg orgy <br />corn/at conditions. <br />