Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part V - Fire Protection › Chapter 26 - Commercial Building Energy Conservation Code › Section V-2602 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Alteration
-alterations, renovations or
				  repairs to existing buildings in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  40:1574(C), (D), (E), (F), and
				  (G).
ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1
-the latest edition
				  adopted by the State Fire Marshal, pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana
				  Administrative Procedure Act, of the document developed by the American Society
				  of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers and the Illuminating
				  Engineering Society of North America entitled "Energy Standard for Buildings
				  Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings."
COMcheck
-the commercial building energy code
				  compliance package, including computer software available from the United
				  States Department of Energy, as a method of demonstrating compliance with
				  ASHRAE/IES 90.1.
Commercial Buildings
-all buildings designed
				  for human occupancy except one and two family dwellings.
Commercial Processing
-see industrial
				  occupancy.
EPAct
-the Energy Policy Act of 1992 enacted
				  by the Congress of the United States, as amended.
Historic Buildings
-those buildings
				  specifically designated as historically significant by the state historic
				  preservation officer or by official action of a local government.
Industrial
-areas of buildings intended
				  primarily for manufacturing, commercial, or industrial processing. For purposes
				  of determining applicability with requirements of the Commercial Building
				  Energy Conservation Code, buildings or portions thereof in which products are
				  manufactured or in which processing, assembling, mixing, packaging, finishing,
				  decorating, repairing, or similar operations are conducted.
International Energy Conservation Code
-the
				  latest edition adopted by the State Fire Marshal, pursuant to the provisions of
				  the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act, of the document developed by the
				  International Code Council, Inc., entitled "International Energy Conservation
				  Code", also referred to as "IECC."
Low-Rise Residential
-structures used
				  primarily for residential purposes of three stories or fewer above grade,
				  excluding one and two family dwellings.
Manufacturing
-see
industrial
.
Repair
or
Renovation
-alterations, repairs or renovations to existing
				  buildings in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  40:1574(C), (D), (E), (F), and
				  (G).
REScheck
-the International Energy
				  Conservation Code compliance package, including computer software available
				  from the United States Department of Energy, as a method of demonstrating
				  compliance with the International Energy Conservation Code.
Residential
-spaces in buildings used
				  primarily for living and sleeping. Residential spaces include, but are not
				  limited to, dwelling units, hotel/motel guest rooms, dormitories, nursing
				  homes, patient rooms in hospitals, lodging houses, fraternity/sorority houses,
				  hostels, prisons, and fire stations.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.40:1730.41 et
				  seq. and 40:1563 et seq.