Washington Administrative Code › Title 51 - Enterprise Services, Department of (Building Code Council) › Chapter 51-11C - State Building Code adoption and amendment of the 2021 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code, Commercial › Section 51-11C-20201 - Section C202.1-A

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
ABOVE-GRADE WALL.
That portion of a wall in the
				building envelope that is not a below-grade wall. This includes between-floor
				spandrels, peripheral edges of floors, roof knee walls, dormer walls, gable end
				walls, walls enclosing a mansard roof and skylight shafts.
ACCESS (TO).
That which enables a device,
				appliance or equipment to be reached by
ready access
or by a
				means that first requires the removal or movement of a panel or similar
				obstruction.
ADDITION.
An extension or increase in the
conditioned space
floor area, number of stories, or height of
				a building or structure.
AIR BARRIER.
One or more materials joined together
				in a continuous manner to restrict or prevent the passage of air through the
building thermal envelope
and its assemblies.
AIR CURTAIN.
A device, installed at the building
				entrance, that generates and discharges a laminar air stream intended to
				prevent the infiltration of external, unconditioned air into the conditioned
				spaces, or the loss of interior, conditioned air to the outside.
ALTERNATING CURRENT-OUTPUT UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY
				(AC-OUTPUT UPS).
A combination of convertors, switches and energy
				storage devices, such as batteries, constituting a power system for maintaining
				continuity of load power in case of input power failure. Input power failure
				occurs when voltage and frequency are outside rated steady state and transient
				tolerance bands or when distortion or interruptions are outside the limits
				specified for the uninterruptible power supply. An
AC-output
				UPC
is an uninterruptible power supply that supplies power with a
				continuous flow of electric charge that periodically reverses direction.
ALTERATION.
Any construction, retrofit or
				renovation to an existing structure other than repair or addition. Also, a
				change in a building, electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system that
				involves an extension, addition or change to the arrangement, type or purpose
				of the original installation.
APPROVED.
Acceptable to the
code
				official
.
APPROVED AGENCY.
An established and recognized
				agency regularly engaged in conducting tests or furnishing inspection services,
				or furnishing product certification research reports, when such agency has been
approved
by the
code official
.
ATTIC AND OTHER ROOFS.
Roofs other than roofs with
				insulation entirely above deck and metal building roofs, including roofs with
				insulation entirely below (inside of) the roof structure (i.e., attics,
				cathedral ceilings, and single-rafter ceilings), roofs with insulation both
				above and below the roof structure, and roofs without insulation.
AUTOMATIC.
Self-acting, operating by its own
				mechanism when actuated by some impersonal influence, as, for example, a change
				in current strength, pressure, temperature or mechanical configuration (see
				"Manual").
AUTOMATIC CONTROL DEVICE.
A device capable of
				automatically controlling equipment and devices without manual
				intervention.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				    19.27A.020,
				  19.27A.025 and
				  chapters
				  19.27 and
				  34.05 RCW. 13-04-056, §
				  51-11C-20201, filed 2/1/13, effective
				  7/1/13.