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~ ~~ . ~lt-~t•nM,~i1pocL,~c _ ~ ! dardt project committee. "In smoking areas, the costs of ' both installing and operating air , handling' systems probably will increase,". Woods said, but de- From: Energy Uiser News Asf~n~-~= i / e•ci (i:.i.JYL.l1I AMR 201981 aK ASHRAE Seeks ~ 1t7.ore.. Vent_ilatiort-.. ; - . ~ In Comm 'Bldgs:'l ~ :. . _ .'..r, CHiCAGO-A new standard re:.-_''~ ' quiring higher ventilation rates' ` (or areas in commercial buildings., : where smoking is permitted was ~ approved last week by the board . ' of directors of ASHRAE at the society's semi-annual meeling h eThe SWiidard pl2ces'a' neic prit v~~ ~ ~.• ptiasis;on;reducing air;ppllotioi~: :? ; vels;in enclo•sed spaces;:'?The,=•= % requirerrients : fo>: ~ veritilmEion -~ rates in smoking areas may be . ' I tµ•o to five Gines greater than in non-smoking areas, de ending on the configuration of the space," according to Dr. James E: Woods, , chairman of the ASHRAE stan- clined'to speculate on the amount of increase. A spokesman for the Energy Department, who has run computer analysis of the stan- dard's impact on eommercial buildings, sa,cr that 'in a worst- • case'situation, 'assumin every- one in a building smoked, the •' standard could double heating and cooling costs and required equip Jnent capacity, also raising peak . demand. • However, both noted that the standard also includes a specif- ication linking the amount of airr reeircuralion permitted witL the . ., efficiency of a building's air cleaner- "This. will allow engi- • ^ neers to make trade-off decisions , among air cleaner _efficiency;:. : ' and fan' horse-' •~ I pressure drops , , 7 er,~•. Woods noted.- ~- oods said ASHRAE plaas a.. formal study on the cost impact k of the standard; but "my personal . ` opinion, based on a consensus '_ review we madG on the standard, is thaCfor non-smoking areas, the cost impact should be negligible •~ compared, to the previousytan~,~;3, =; dard;"~e. said.{'!If anvthing`tbe~r;.-~ ' ne~¢•.standard• should "-promote-. ~ - energy =savings,: becauad:.il r'~~ . couples filter efficiency'with_the:r ventilation rate.'?. ASHRAE representatives said they expect ASHRA'E 62-1981,~ or '•Standards for;•Ventilation Re-., quired for Minimum Accept'able lndoor. Air Qualily;". to be in- ` eorporated in the building codes of many slates, beginning in four ._ ' t or five months.