ASTM E2267-04(2013)

Standard Guide for Specifying and Evaluating Performance of Single Family Attached and Detached Dwellings—Indoor Air Quality (Withdrawn 2022)

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 General Purpose and Intent :
4.1.1 This guide is to provide a standardized system for describing performance parameters of single-family attached and detached dwellings. The use of consensus performance standards for housing, can significantly contribute to the removal of barriers to the acceptance of traditional and innovative housing products and systems in the global marketplace. This guide in conjunction with the balance of the set of standard guides can also serve to improve communications between producers and consumers leading to enhanced quality and performance of housing.  
4.1.2 This guide, in conjunction with the balance of the set of standard guides, will be useful to managers of housing procurement projects, homebuilders, designers, product manufacturers, and evaluation services.  
4.2 Indoor Air Quality Issues:
4.2.1 The environment within a building impacts the health of the building occupants and their satisfaction with the space. While this guide only addresses indoor air quality, this aspect of the indoor environment is an important component of a performance approach to residential buildings.  
4.2.2 The performance statements contained in this guide are relevant to the procurement of a range of built elements related to the indoor environment, including but not limited to the whole building, the exterior enclosure, HVAC subsystems, local exhaust subsystems, other ventilation subsystems and their components, filtration and air cleaning subsystems, and building materials and furnishings.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide contains suggested performance statements for single family residential buildings (attached and detached) that address indoor air quality performance including indoor air pollution and thermal comfort. These performance statements are not presented as proposed requirements, but are written in permissive language as suggestions that can be used in developing specifications to satisfy user needs.  
1.2 This guide does not address other aspects of the indoor environment such as lighting and acoustics.  
1.3 Performance statements addressing building ventilation and ventilation rates are also included in the standard, since it is premature to base performance only on indoor air pollution, that is, airborne contaminant concentrations. When health authorities have established contaminant concentration limits for residential environments, it may be possible to define indoor air quality performance in terms of contaminant concentrations rather than ventilation.  
1.4 This guide is one in a series of guides containing performance statements for residential buildings that are intended for use in the procurement, specification and evaluation of one- and two-family dwellings. These companion standard guides include those noted in the Introduction above.  
1.5 This guide also addresses a number of residential indoor air quality issues that can not be expressed as performance statements at this time. However, they are important enough to include in this guide to at least raise the awareness of those involved in the process of procurement, specification and evaluation. These issues are addressed in 8.3.  
1.6 This guide does not include site planning objectives. However, certain issues addressing the relationship of building to site have been covered, and it is important that these few objectives not be construed as a comprehensive site specification.  
1.7 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory requirements prior to use.
WITHDRAWN RATIONALE
This guide contains suggested performance statements for single family residential buildings (attached and detached) that address indoor air quality performance including indoor air pollution and therma...

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 31-Dec-2012
• Withdrawal Date: 04-Jan-2022
• ICS: 13.040.20 - Ambient atmospheres
• Technical Committee: E06 - Performance of Buildings
• Drafting Committee: E06.25 - Whole Buildings and Facilities

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: E2267 − 04 (Reapproved 2013)
Standard Guide for
Specifying and Evaluating Performance of Single Family
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Attached and Detached Dwellings—Indoor Air Quality
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2267; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This guide is part of a set which together presents a complete performance standard guide for
specifying and evaluating single family attached and detached dwellings. The complete set in the
series, when finished, is to include the attributes given in Table 1.
The series provides a framework for specifying and evaluating qualities of building products and
systems to meet user needs without limiting ways and means. The format for this guide includes
performance statements that consist of four components, Objectives-Criteria-Evaluation-Commentary
(O-C-E-C), which together provide a systematic performance based approach for the intended
purpose. These performance statements are presented in Section 8 against a Hierarchy of Building
Elements as tabulated in Table 2.
The purpose of these standard guides is to provide a standardized system for describing
performance parameters of single-family attached or detached dwellings.This system standardizes the
descriptions of performance of a single-family dwelling, attached or detached, that can be expressed
as performance statements (O-C-E-C) for a particular attribute, agent, and user need.
These standard guides are intended for use by those who need to prescribe required levels of
performance and those who need to rate a product which forms a single-family dwelling or part
thereof. The standard guides include examples of performance statements that may be used for the
specification and evaluation of design, materials, products, components, subsystems, and systems.
1. Scope authorities have established contaminant concentration limits
for residential environments, it may be possible to define
1.1 This guide contains suggested performance statements
indoor air quality performance in terms of contaminant con-
for single family residential buildings (attached and detached)
centrations rather than ventilation.
thataddressindoorairqualityperformanceincludingindoorair
pollution and thermal comfort. These performance statements
1.4 This guide is one in a series of guides containing
are not presented as proposed requirements, but are written in
performance statements for residential buildings that are in-
permissive language as suggestions that can be used in
tended for use in the procurement, specification and evaluation
developing specifications to satisfy user needs.
of one- and two-family dwellings. These companion standard
guides include those noted in the Introduction above.
1.2 This guide does not address other aspects of the indoor
environment such as lighting and acoustics.
1.5 This guide also addresses a number of residential indoor
air quality issues that can not be expressed as performance
1.3 Performance statements addressing building ventilation
statements at this time. However, they are important enough to
and ventilation rates are also included in the standard, since it
include in this guide to at least raise the awareness of those
is premature to base performance only on indoor air pollution,
involved in the process of procurement, specification and
that is, airborne contaminant concentrations. When health
evaluation. These issues are addressed in 8.3.
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1.6 This guide does not include site planning objectives.
This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Performance
of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.25 on Whole
However, certain issues addressing the relationship of building
Buildings and Facilities.
to site have been covered, and it is important that these few
Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2013. Published January 2013. Originally
objectives not be construed as a comprehensive site specifica-
approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2004 as E2267 – 04. DOI:
10.1520/E2267-04R13. tion.
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E2267 − 04 (2013)
TABLE 1 Attributes Addressed in the Series of Performance TABLE 2 Hierarchy of Building Elements Included in the Series
Standards for Single Family Attached and Detached Dwellings of Performance Standards for Single Family Attached and
Detached Dwellings
A Structural Safety and Serviceability
B Fire Safety
0. Whole Building System
C Accident
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