Intent + Requirements

INTENT

The intent of this Imperative is to demonstrate ongoing high-quality indoor air and a healthy indoor environment.

REQUIREMENTS

To promote good indoor air quality performance, all projects must:

• Provide the results from an Indoor Air Quality test one to six months after occupancy, or provide readings from an ILFI-approved continuously monitored indoor air quality system showing compliance with respective thresholds listed in Tables 10-1 and 10-2.
• Install products that comply with emissions limits of the CDPH Standard Method v1.2-2017 (or international equivalent) for 90% of interior building products that have the potential to emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
• Implement a cleaning protocol that uses cleaning products that comply with the EPA Safer Choice label (or international equivalent, such as Globally Harmonized System [GHS]).
  

All projects must provide access to views and daylight from 95% of regularly occupied spaces and opportunities for those occupants in the remaining five percent of regularly occupied spaces to move to compliant spaces for a portion of their day.
In addition, all projects must provide at least two of the following for occupant control:

• Sufficient operable windows to provide natural ventilation for at least six months of the year.
• Ability for the occupants to influence their local airflow and temperature through direct input or controls.
• Flexible options for working and learning such as sit/stand options and/or varied sensory experiences for living, working or learning.
  Residential projects must provide operable windows for 100% of the regularly occupied spaces within residential units.
  

*“As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility, which I do.”
_- Majora Carter, “Greening the Ghetto” TED Talk