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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 363 - Energy Conservation › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) › Section SPS 363.5303 - Materials, systems, and equipment

Current through June 24, 2024
These are department rules in addition to the
						requirements in IECC section R303:
(1)
					 GENERAL. Except as specified in sub. (2), when available, information on
					 thermal properties, performance of building envelope sections, and components
					 and heat transfer shall be obtained from ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals.
Note:
Use of the ASHRAE Handbook of
						Fundamentals standard in effect at the time of publication of the 2015 IECC
						constitutes compliance with this section.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.
(a) When the information is not available
					 from ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals, the data shall be obtained from
					 laboratory or field-test measurements. If laboratory or field test measurements
					 are used for envelope heat transmission, the measurements shall be obtained
					 using one of the following test methods:
1.
					 ASTM C177-13, Test method by guarded hot plate apparatus.
2. ASTM C335/335M-10, Test method of
					 horizontal pipe insulation.
3. ASTM
					 C518-15, Test method by means of the heat flow meter apparatus.
4. ASTM C1363-11, Test method by means of a
					 hot box apparatus.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 363 - Energy Conservation › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) › Section SPS 363.5402 - Building envelope requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) INSULATION AND
					 FENESTRATION REQUIREMENTS BY COMPONENT. Substitute 2009 IECC Table 402.1.1 for
					 2015 IECC Table R402.1.2 and renumber Table R402.1.2.
(2) EQUIVALENT U-FACTORS. Substitute 2009
					 IECC Table 402.1.3 for 2015 IECC Table R402.1.4 and renumber Table
					 R402.1.4.
(3) AIR LEAKAGE.
					 Substitute the wording from 2009 IECC sections 402.4.1, 402.4.2, 402.4.2.1, and
					 402.4.2.2 for IECC sections R402.4, R402.4.1, R402.4.1.1, and
					 R402.4.1.2.
(4) AIR BARRIER AND
					 INSULATION INSPECTION COMPONENT TABLE. Substitute 2009 IECC Table 402.4.2 for
					 2015 IECC Table R402.4.1.1.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 363 - Energy Conservation › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) › Section SPS 363.5403 - Systems

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ELECTRICAL POWER AND LIGHTING. This is a
					 department rule in addition to the requirements in IECC section R403: In
					 residential buildings having individual dwelling units, provisions shall be
					 made to determine the electrical energy consumed by each tenant by separately
					 metering individual dwelling units.
(2) DUCTS. Substitute the following wording
					 for the requirements in IECC section R403.3.2: All ducts, air handlers, and
					 filter boxes shall be sealed. Joints and seams shall comply with IMC section
					 603.9.
(3) PROTECTION OF PIPING
					 INSULATION IN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. The requirements in IECC section R403.4.1
					 are not included as part of chs.
					 SPS
					 361 to 366.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 363 - Energy Conservation › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) › Section SPS 363.5404 - Lighting equipment

Current through June 24, 2024
Substitute the following wording for the requirements,
						but not the exception, in IECC section R404.1: A minimum of 50 percent of the
						lamps in permanently installed lighting fixtures shall be high-efficacy
						lamps.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 363 - Energy Conservation › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) › Section SPS 363.5405 - Calculation software tools

Current through June 24, 2024
This is a department informational note to be used under
						IECC section R405.6: Note: The federal Department of Energy has developed
						REScheck TM, a computer program that may be used in demonstrating compliance
						for a residential building which has no more than 3 stories above grade and has
						3 or more dwelling units. The REScheck program may be downloaded at
						http://www.energycodes.gov. The most recent version of REScheck shall be used
						to determine code compliance. When using the program, the applicable code must
						be defined as the "2015 IECC."
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 363 - Energy Conservation › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) › Section SPS 363.5600 - Referenced standards

Current through June 24, 2024
This is a department rule in addition to the
						requirements in IECC chapter 6[RE]: The following standards are incorporated by
						reference into chs.
						SPS
						361 to 366:
(1) ASTM C177-13, Test method for
					 steady-state heat flux measurements and thermal transmission properties by
					 means of the guarded-hot-plate apparatus.
(2) ASTM C335/335M-10, Test method for steady
					 state heat transfer properties of horizontal pipe insulation.
(3) ASTM C518-15, Test method for
					 steady-state thermal transmission properties by means of the heat flow meter
					 apparatus.
(4) ASTM C1363-11, Test
					 method for thermal performance of materials and envelope assemblies by means of
					 a hot box apparatus.
ASTM standards may be purchased at
www.astm.org
or from the American Society for
						  Testing and Materials International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West
						  Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959.
Copies of the standards adopted under this section are
						  on file in the offices of the department and the legislative reference
						  bureau.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter I - Scope › Section SPS 364.0001 - Scope

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This chapter shall regulate the design,
					 installation, maintenance, alteration and inspection of mechanical systems that
					 provide control of environmental conditions and related processes within
					 buildings. This chapter shall also regulate those mechanical systems, system
					 components, equipment and appliances specifically addressed herein. The use of
					 fuel gas distribution piping and equipment, fuel gas-fired appliances and fuel
					 gas-fired appliance venting systems shall be regulated by ch. SPS
					 365.
(2) Notwithstanding any other
					 provision of this chapter, the department may not adopt or enforce minimum
					 ventilation standards for indoor drive-through self-service storage facilities
					 described in Table 364.0403 that are more restrictive than the standards under
					 this chapter applicable to warehouses.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of
					 this chapter, the department may not adopt or enforce minimum ventilation
					 standards for a building in which a boat that is not a motorized vehicle under
					 s.
					 SPS 364.0202(1)
					 (f) is or may be stored that are more
					 restrictive than the standards under this chapter that would otherwise
					 apply.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0100 - Changes, additions or omission to the International Mechanical Code (IMC)

Current through June 24, 2024
Changes, additions or omissions to the IMC are specified
						in this subchapter and are rules of the department and are not requirements of
						the IMC.
The sections in this subchapter are generally numbered
						  to correspond with the section numbering in the IMC; e.g., s. SPS 364.0102
						  corresponds to IMC section 102.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0101 - Administration

Current through June 24, 2024
Except for IMC section 102.8, the requirements in IMC
						chapter 1 are not included as part of this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0202 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ADDITIONS. These are department
					 definitions in addition to the definitions for this chapter in IMC section 202:
(am) "DHS" means the department of health
					 services.
(b) "Enclosed parking
					 garage" means an enclosed building where motorized vehicles are stored or
					 parked.
(d) "Health care facility"
					 means a hospital, nursing home, outpatient surgical facility, or
					 community-based residential facility.
(e) "Living area" means those areas within a
					 dwelling unit involving living rooms, bedrooms, dens, family rooms, and
					 recreation rooms, but not rooms used for cooking, bathing, washing, and
					 sanitation purposes.
(f) "Motorized
					 vehicle" means a self-propelled motor-driven vehicle that is used for moving
					 people or products on land, water, or air. "Motorized vehicle" does not include
					 a boat that is dry stored and not operated in the building in which it is
					 stored.
Note:
"Motorized vehicle" in this definition
						is intended to apply to motorized equipment transporting people and goods for
						pleasure, construction or commerce, rather than equipment dedicated to
						warehousing and yard operations, such as forklifts; or for grounds and facility
						maintenance, such as lawnmowers; or for amusement facilities, such as
						go-carts.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0300 - Health care facilities

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This is a
					 department rule in addition to the requirements in IMC chapter 3: In addition
					 to the requirements in chs.
					 SPS
					 361 to 366, the heating and ventilation systems for
					 health care facilities only shall conform to the applicable provisions of FGI
					 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities
					 2014, except as provided in sub. (2).
Note:
The Guidelines for Design and
						Construction of Health Care Facilities are not intended for use in the design
						or construction of HVAC systems for other types of institutional health care
						facilities including community-based residential facilities (CBRFs) or
						residential care apartment complexes (RCACs).
(2)
(a) The
					 requirements in parts 1 and 5 of FGI guidelines are not included as part of
					 this chapter.
(b) This is a
					 department rule in addition to the requirements in part 6 of the FGI
					 guidelines: Addenda a, b, d, e and f for ASHRAE 170 are included as part of
					 this chapter, except as provided in sub. 2.
(c) Substitute the following definition for
					 the corresponding definition listed in ASHRAE 170 section 3: "Alteration", has
					 the meaning as given in IEBC section 202.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0301 - General regulations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) SCOPE. Substitute the following wording
					 for the requirements in IMC section 301.1: This chapter shall govern the
					 approval and installation of all equipment and appliances that comprise parts
					 of the building mechanical systems regulated by chs.
					 SPS
					 361 to 366 in accordance with subch. I.
(2) ENERGY UTILIZATION. This is a department
					 informational note to be used under IMC section 301.7.
Note:
See ch. SPS 363 for additional
						requirements.
(3) LISTED AND
					 LABELED. Substitute the following wording for the requirements in IMC section
					 301.7:
(a)
General.
All
					 appliances regulated by this chapter shall be listed and labeled as specified
					 in this chapter, unless approved by the department in accordance with par. (b)
					 or the product approval criteria in s.
					 SPS
					 361.50.
(b)
Unlisted appliances.
The
					 department may approve an installation of an unlisted appliance after receipt
					 of all of the following:
1. A statement from
					 the appliance manufacturer indicating the national standard with which the
					 appliance complies.
2. The results
					 of a test on the output and safety controls in accordance with the national
					 standard used by the manufacturer.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0304 - Installation

Current through June 24, 2024
This is a department informational note to be used under
						IMC section 304.2:
See s.
						  SPS
						  361.03(3) for clarification on the
						  application of different requirements and where the most restrictive
						  requirements apply.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0306 - Access and service space (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0307 - Auxiliary and secondary drain systems

Current through June 24, 2024
The requirements in IMC section 307.2.3 are not included
						as part of this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0309 - Temperature control

Current through June 24, 2024
These are department exceptions to the requirements in
						IMC section 309.1:
(1) ALTERNATE
					 MINIMUMS. For those interior spaces intended for human occupancy listed in
					 Table 364.0309, the heating system shall be capable of maintaining an indoor
					 temperature of not less than that shown in the table at 3 feet above the floor.
Table 364.0309
Alternate Minimum Indoor Temperature
Occupancy Types
Minimum Indoor
Temperature
(degrees F)
Dry cleaners, laundries, laundry rooms
60
Educational training shops
60
Commercial kitchens
60
Health care facilities, hospitals, nursing
									 homes, ambulatory surgery centers
Footnote a.
Factories and machine shops
60
Foundries
NMR
Sawmills
NMR
Garages at private dwellings
NMR
Automotive service and repair garages
60
Car washes, enclosed:
NMR
Self-serve
60
All other types
Ice skating rinks (indoor)
NMR
Natatoriums
76
Roller skating rinks (indoors)
60
Storage
NMR
Elevator cars
NMR
Janitor closets
NMR
Locker and dressing rooms
70
Shower rooms
70
Food processing
NMR
Printing
60
NMR = No minimum requirement
a. For indoor temperature requirements in health care
						facilities, use FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and
						Outpatient Facilities, 2014.
(2) SEASONAL OCCUPANCIES. The heating
					 requirements but not the ventilation requirements may be waived during the
					 period of May 1 through October 15 for the following or similar occupancies:
					 drive-in eating places, club houses, outdoor toilets, camp lodge buildings,
					 canning factories and migrant labor camps.
(3) SPOT HEATING. Spot heating may be used to
					 heat individual workstations in industrial buildings in lieu of heating the
					 entire space specified in IMC section 309, provided the design temperature at
					 the fixed workstation is at least 60° F.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0312 - Heating and cooling load calculations

Current through June 24, 2024
This is a department informational note to be used under
						IMC section 312:
For design parameters in the IECC refer to ch. SPS 363
						  or IECC section C403.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0313 - Other requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
These are department rules in addition to the
						requirements in IMC chapter 3:
(1)
					 BALANCING, FINAL TEST REQUIRED. Every heating, ventilating and air conditioning
					 system shall be balanced upon installation. The person or agency responsible
					 for balancing of the ventilating system shall document in writing the amount of
					 outdoor air being provided and distributed for the building occupants and any
					 other specialty ventilation. The document shall be retained at the site and
					 shall be made available to the department upon request.
(a) Air systems shall be balanced in a manner
					 to minimize losses from damper throttling by first adjusting fan speed then
					 adjusting dampers to meet design flow conditions. Balancing procedures shall be
					 acceptable to the department. Damper throttling alone may be used for air
					 system balancing with fan motors of 1 hp or less, or if throttling results in
					 no greater than 1/3 hp fan horsepower draw above that required if the fan speed
					 were adjusted.
(b) Either of the
					 following test methods shall be used:
1.
					 Hydronic systems shall be balanced in a manner to minimize valve throttling
					 losses by first trimming the pump impeller or adjusting the pump speed then
					 adjusting the valves to meet design flow conditions.
2. Valve throttling alone may be used for
					 hydronic system balancing under any of the following conditions as specified in
					 subd. 2. a. to d.
a. Pumps with pump motors
					 of 10 hp or less.
b. If throttling
					 results in no greater than 3 hp pump horsepower draw for pumps of 60 hp or
					 less, or no greater than 5% of pump horsepower draw for pumps greater than 60
					 hp, above that required if the impeller were trimmed.
c. To reserve additional pump pressure
					 capability in open circuit piping systems subject to fouling. Valve throttling
					 pressure drop shall not exceed that expected for future fouling.
d. Where it can be shown that throttling will
					 not increase overall building energy costs.
Note: National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB)
						Procedural Standards, the Associated Air Balance Council (AABC) National
						Standards, the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National
						Association, Inc. (SMACNA), or equivalent balancing procedures are acceptable
						to the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0401 - Ventilation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) VENTILATION REQUIRED.
(a) These are department rules in addition to
					 the requirements in IMC section 401.2:
1.
					 Natural ventilation shall be in accordance with s.
					 SPS
					 364.0402.
2. Mechanical ventilation shall be in
					 accordance with IMC section 403 and as modified in ss.
					 SPS 364.0403(1) to
					 (6).
3. Chemical or septic toilets and composting
					 privies are prohibited in spaces under negative pressure. Toilet rooms with
					 chemical or septic toilets shall be provided with natural ventilation via a
					 window, louver or skylight with at least 2 square feet of area openable
					 directly to the outside per septic vault or per chemical toilet. The opening
					 shall be provided with a screen to limit the passage of insects and
					 vermin.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0402 - Natural ventilation

Current through June 24, 2024
This is a department rule in addition to the
						requirements in IMC section 402: The use of natural ventilation shall be
						permitted under either of the following:
(1) In occupancies specified in Table
					 364.0402.
(2) For any occupancy,
					 provided an engineered design indicates how the ventilation satisfies the needs
					 of the occupancy.
Table 364.0402
Natural Ventilation Allowed for Specific
						Occupancies
Occupancy Classification
Correctional Facilities
Business areas
Sports and amusement
Cells without plumbing features
Dining halls < 100 persons
Guard stations
Day room
Booking/waiting
Conference rooms < 100 persons
Reception areas < 100 persons
Main entry lobbies < 100 persons
Lecture < 100 persons
Discos/dance floors < 100 persons
Bowling alleys (seating areas) < 100
									 persons
Game arcades < 100 persons
Ice arenas without combustion
Places of religious worship engines < 100
									 persons
Gym, stadium, arena (play area)
Spectator areas < 100 persons
Swimming pools (pool and deck area) < 100
									 persons
Health club/aerobics room < 100
									 persons
Health club/weight room < 100 persons
Dry cleaners, laundries
Public spaces
Coin-operated dry cleaners
Coin-operated laundries
Storage, pick up
Places of religious worship < 100
									 persons
Courtrooms < 100 persons
Legislative chambers < 100 persons
Libraries < 100 persons
Museums < 100 persons
Education
Theaters
Auditoriums < 100 persons
Media center
Music/theatre/dance
Day care facilities < 20 children
(through age 4)
Multiuse assembly < 100 persons
Dwellings
Garages
Kitchens
Living areas
Auditoriums < 100 persons
Lobbies < 100 persons
Stages, studios < 100 persons
Food and beverage service
Retail stores, sales floors, and showroom
									 floors
Transportation
Bars, cocktail lounges < 100 persons
Dining rooms < 100 persons
Kitchens (cooking)
Sales
Dressing rooms
Mall common areas
Storage rooms
Platforms < 100 persons
Waiting rooms < 100 persons
Aircraft hangars (with single aircraft and no
									 adjacent occupancies)
Hotels, motels, resorts and
									 dormitories
Specialty shops
Workrooms
Multipurpose assembly < 100 persons
Bedroom/living room
Conference/meeting < 100 persons
Dormitory sleeping areas
Gambling casinos < 100 persons
Lobbies/pre-function
Pet shops (animal areas)
Supermarkets
Car washes
Enclosed parking garages 850 S.F.
or less in area and storing 5
or fewer vehicles
Meat processing
Pharmacy (prep. area)
Photo studios
Copy, printing rooms
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0403 - Mechanical ventilation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) OUTDOOR AIR
					 REQUIRED.
(a) Substitute the following
					 wording for the exception in IMC section 403.2: Where it can be demonstrated
					 that an engineered ventilation system design will prevent the maximum
					 concentration of contaminants from exceeding the maximum obtainable by
					 providing the rate of outdoor air ventilation determined in accordance with IMC
					 section 403.3, as modified by subs. (2) to (6), the minimum required rate of
					 outdoor air may be reduced in accordance with such engineered system design. A
					 ventilation system complying with IMC section 403.3 without the modifications
					 of subs. (2) to (6) is recognized as meeting this exception.
(b) This is a department rule in addition to
					 the requirements in IMC section 403.2: The outdoor air shall be free from
					 contamination of any kind in proportions detrimental to the health and comfort
					 of the general population exposed to it.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0404 - Enclosed parking garages

Current through June 24, 2024
Substitute the following wording for the requirements in
						IMC sections 404.1 and 404.2:
(1)
					 Mechanical ventilation systems for enclosed parking garages shall be permitted
					 to operate intermittently by one of the following methods:
(a) The system shall be arranged to operate
					 continuously at a minimum exhaust rate of 0.05 cfm/sf. Subsequently, the system
					 shall operate at a minimum of 0.75 cfm/sf automatically upon detection of
					 vehicle operation, the presence of occupants, or by a combination of occupancy
					 sensors and carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide sensors as appropriate for the
					 room or space. The system shall also be designed so to address the requirements
					 listed in s. SPS 364.0404(2) and (3).
(b) The system shall be arranged to operate
					 intermittently for a total of at least 5 hours in each 24-hour period at a
					 minimum rate of 0.75 cfm/sf and shall also include the installation of carbon
					 monoxide and nitrogen dioxide sensors as appropriate for the room or space. The
					 system shall also be designed so to address the requirements listed in s. SPS
					 364.0404(2) and (3).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0407 - Chemical and septic toilets (Repealed)

Current through June 24, 2024
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0501 - General

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Substitute the following wording for the
					 requirements in IMC section 501.1: This chapter shall govern the design,
					 construction and installation of mechanical exhaust systems, including exhaust
					 systems serving clothes dryers and cooking appliances; environmental air
					 exhaust systems; hazardous exhaust systems; dust, stock and refuse conveyor
					 systems; subslab soil exhaust systems; smoke control systems; energy recovery
					 ventilation systems and other systems specified in IMC Section 502.
(2) This is a department exception to the
					 requirements in IMC section 501.3: A mechanically exhausted room or space that
					 is within a dwelling unit which is served by an independent heating,
					 ventilating and air conditioning system is not required to be maintained with
					 negative or neutral pressure.
(3)
					 These are department rules in addition to the requirements in IMC section
					 501.2.1.
(a) Gravity ventilation ducts shall
					 extend not less than 2 feet above the highest portion of the building within a
					 10-foot radius of the duct and shall be provided with a siphon roof
					 ventilator.
(b) Where barometric
					 relief vents are installed on the roof, the discharge openings shall be no less
					 than 2 feet above the roof surface where the vent pierces the roof.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0502 - Required systems

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Substitute the following wording for the
					 requirements in IMC section 502.1: An exhaust system shall be provided,
					 maintained and operated as specifically required by this section and for all
					 occupied areas where machines, vats, tanks, furnaces, forges, salamanders and
					 other appliances, equipment and processes in such areas produce or throw off
					 dust particles sufficiently light to float in the air or which emit heat,
					 odors, fumes, spray, gas or smoke, in such quantities to be injurious to health
					 or safety.
(2) This is a department
					 exception in addition to the exceptions in section IMC 502.14: The source
					 capture system is not required when the motor vehicle exhaust system is
					 connected directly to a noncombustible hose that is not more than 10 feet long
					 and discharges directly to the exterior of the building.
Under s.
						  SPS 361.03(14)
						  (a), IFC section 2311.7 exempts a natural-gas
						  motor-vehicle repair garage from the requirements of IMC section 502.16 if no
						  work is performed on the fuel system in the vehicles, and the work is also
						  limited to exchanging parts and maintenance that does not include any open
						  flame or welding.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0505 - Domestic kitchen exhaust equipment

Current through June 24, 2024
The requirements in IMC section 505.4 are not included
						as part of chs.
						SPS
						361 to 366.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0506 - Commercial kitchen grease ducts and exhaust equipment

Current through June 24, 2024
(2) JOINTS, SEAMS
					 AND PENETRATIONS OF GREASE DUCTS.
(a) This is
					 a department alternative to the requirements, but not the exceptions, in IMC
					 section 506.3.2: Joints, seams and penetrations of grease ducts may be made
					 with any other means that provide a liquid-tight seal at 1500oF and that are
					 listed and labeled for the application.
(b) This is a department rule in addition to
					 the requirements in IMC section 506.3.2.: Duct joints may also be flanged
					 joints.
(c) The requirements of IMC
					 section 506.3.2.5 are not included as part of this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0507 - Commercial kitchen hoods

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CAPACITY OF
					 HOODS. Substitute the following wording for the introductory paragraph in IMC
					 section 507.5: Commercial food service hoods shall exhaust a minimum net
					 quantity of air determined either through engineering analysis or in accordance
					 with this subsection and IMC sections 507.5.1 through 507.5.4. The net quantity
					 of exhaust air shall be calculated by subtracting any airflow supplied directly
					 to a hood cavity from the total exhaust flow rate of a hood. Where any
					 combination of heavy-duty, medium-duty, and light-duty cooking appliances are
					 utilized under a single hood, the exhaust rate required by IMC sections 507.5.1
					 through 507.5.4 for the heaviest duty appliance covered by the hood shall be
					 used for the entire hood.
(2)
					 DISHWASHING APPLIANCES. The requirements of IMC section 507.5.5 are not
					 included as part of this chapter.
(3) MULTIPLE HOODS UTILIZING A SINGLE EXHAUST
					 SYSTEM. The requirements in IMC section 507.1.1.1 are not included as part of
					 chs.
					 SPS
					 361 to 366.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0513 - Smoke control systems

Current through June 24, 2024
Substitute the following wording for the requirements in
						IMC section 513.3: In addition to the inspection and test requirements which
						buildings, structures and parts thereof are required to undergo, smoke control
						systems subject to the provisions of section 909 of the International Building
						Code shall undergo inspections and tests sufficient to verify the proper
						commissioning of the smoke control design in its final installed condition. The
						design submission accompanying the construction documents shall clearly detail
						procedures and methods to be used and the items subject to such inspections and
						tests. Such commissioning shall be in accordance with generally accepted
						engineering practice and, where possible, based on published standards for the
						particular testing involved.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0514 - Energy recovery ventilation systems

Current through June 24, 2024
This is a department exception to the prohibitions in IMC
						section 514.2: An engineered energy recovery ventilation system design may be
						used in the systems specified in IMC section 514.2 provided that corrosion,
						cross-contamination and fouling are addressed by the engineered
						system.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0601 - General

Current through June 24, 2024
Substitute the following wording for the requirements in
						IMC section 601.2 Exception 1: Use of a corridor as a source of makeup air for
						exhaust systems in rooms that open directly onto such corridors shall be
						permitted provided that each such corridor is directly supplied with air at a
						rate greater than the rate of makeup air taken from the
						corridor.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0602 - Plenums

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This is a department rule in addition to
					 the requirements in IMC section 602.2: Plenum enclosures shall be constructed
					 of materials permitted for the type of construction classification of the
					 building.
(2) Substitute the
					 following wording for the requirements, but not the exceptions, in IMC section
					 602.2.1: Except as required by IMC sections 602.2.1.1 through 602.2.1.6,
					 materials within plenums shall be noncombustible or shall have a flame spread
					 index of not more than 25 and a smoke-developed index of not more than 50 when
					 tested in accordance with ASTM E84, CAN/ULC S102.2 or UL 723.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0606 - Smoke detection system control

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This is a
					 department informational note to be used under IMC section 606.2.1:
Note: For DHS licensed healthcare facilities as specified
						in chs.
						DHS 124,
						131,
						132, and
						134, also refer to NFPA standard
						90A section 4-4.2A for air handling units between 2,000 cfm and 15,000
						cfm.
(2) This is a
					 department informational note to be used under IMC section 606.4:
For DHS licensed healthcare facilities as specified in
						  chs.
						  DHS 124,
						  131,
						  132, and
						  134, also refer to NFPA standard
						  90A section 4-3.2 for smoke dampers isolating air handling units.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0607 - Ducts and air-transfer openings

Current through June 24, 2024
(1m) SMOKE DAMPER
					 ACTUATION. This is an additional method in addition to the methods listed in
					 IMC section 607.3.3.2: Method 6: Where a single listed duct smoke detector is
					 installed inside the duct or outside the duct with sampling tubes protruding
					 into the duct in the supply air ductwork downstream of the air handling
					 equipment, including air filters, and ahead of any branch ductwork and return
					 air duct smoke detectors are installed inside the duct or outside the duct with
					 sampling tubes protruding into the duct within 5 feet (1524 mm) of each return
					 air smoke damper, all supply and return smoke dampers shall be closed when any
					 of the duct smoke detectors in the supply or return air ducts are in alarm.
					 Other than in mechanical smoke control systems, dampers shall be closed upon
					 fan shutdown when local smoke detectors require a minimum velocity to
					 operate.
(2m) DUCT SMOKE DAMPERS.
					 This is a department exception to the requirements in IMC section 607.5.5:
					 Smoke dampers are not required in ducts that are used in the exhaust portion of
					 laboratory ventilating systems that are designed and installed in accordance
					 with NFPA 45.
(3m) PENETRATIONS OF
					 SHAFT ENCLOSURES. This is a department exception to the requirements in IMC
					 section 607.5.5: Smoke dampers are not required in ducts that are used in the
					 exhaust portion of laboratory ventilating systems which are designed and
					 installed in accordance with NFPA 45.
(4m) SMOKE DAMPERS IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
					 This is a department exception to the requirements in IMC section 607.5.4:
					 Smoke dampers are not required in Group I-2 duct penetrations of smoke barriers
					 in fully ducted HVAC systems.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0701 - Combustible air

Current through June 24, 2024
Barometric dampers may not be used for combustion air as
						allowed by IFC section 304.3 and NFPA 54-2015 section
						9.3.1.4.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0801 - Chimneys and vents

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This is a department informational note
					 to be used under IMC chapter 8: Note: For DHS licensed healthcare facilities as
					 specified in chs.
					 DHS 124, 132, and 134, also refer
					 to NFPA 211 as adopted in these chapters.
(2) This is a department rule in addition to
					 the requirements in IMC section 801.2: Portable or permanently installed,
					 fuel-fired, unvented heating appliances may not be installed except during
					 construction or demolition of a building if the appliances are provided in
					 accordance with ch. SPS 314.
See s.
						  SPS
						  365.0621 for use of portable or permanently installed,
						  fuel-fired, unvented heating appliances.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0802 - Door swing

Current through June 24, 2024
The requirements in IMC section 802.9 are not included
						as part of chs.
						SPS
						361 to 366.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.0918 - Forced-air warm-air furnaces

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This is a
					 department rule in addition to the requirements in IMC section 918.6: The
					 outside air intake openings shall be located at least 12 inches vertical from
					 the adjoining grade level.
(2)
					 Substitute the following wording for the requirements in IMC section 918.6 item
					 2: Where located less than 10 feet above the surface of any abutting public way
					 or driveway, or at grade level by a sidewalk, street, alley or
					 driveway.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.1001 - Boilers, water heaters and pressure vessels

Current through June 24, 2024
Substitute the following wording for the requirements and
						exceptions in IMC chapter 10:
(1) The
					 provisions of ch. SPS 341 shall govern the installation, alteration and repair
					 of boilers and pressure vessels. The provisions of chs.
					 SPS
					 381 to
					 386 shall govern the
					 installation, alteration and repair of water heaters.
(2) Water heaters utilized both to supply
					 potable hot water and provide hot water for space-heating applications shall be
					 listed and labeled by the manufacturer and shall be installed in accordance
					 with the manufacturer's installation instructions and applicable provisions in
					 chs.
					 SPS
					 381 to
					 386.
(3) Water heaters utilized for both potable
					 water heating and space-heating applications shall be sized to prevent the
					 space-heating load from diminishing the required water-heating
					 capacity.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 301-399 - Safety, Buildings, and Environment › SPS 361-366 - Commercial Building Code › Chapter SPS 364 - Heating, Ventilating And Air Conditioning › Subchapter II - Changes, Additions or Omissions to the International Mechanical Code (IMC) › Section SPS 364.1101 - Refrigeration

Current through June 24, 2024
Substitute the following wording for the requirements and
						exceptions in IMC chapter 11: Mechanical refrigerating systems installed in
						public buildings and places of employment shall comply with ch. SPS
						345.