ASTM E2619/E2619M-09e1

Standard Practice for Measuring and Calculating Building Loss Features That Take Up Floor Area in Buildings

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
Use this practice to identify and measure the amount of actual and effective floor area that will be unavailable to occupants for the placement of people’s workplaces, furniture, and equipment or for circulation.
Findings from use of this practice are intended for optional inclusion with reports of floor area measured in accordance with Practice E 1836/E 1836M or in accordance with ANSI/BOMA Z65.1–1996.
this practice is not intended for use for regulatory purposes, nor for fire hazard assessment, nor for fire risk assessment.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice specifies how to measure certain characteristics of a building, known as building loss features, inside the exterior gross area of a floor and how to calculate the amount of actual and effective floor area that will be not be available for the placement of people’s workplaces, furniture, equipment, or for circulation, if using standard furnishings and orthogonal furniture systems.
1.2 This practice can be used to specify a performance requirement to limit the amount of floor area that may be taken up by building loss features.
1.3 This practice can be used to assess how well a design(s) for an office facility meets a performance requirement regarding floor area.
1.4 This practice can be used to assess how well a constructed office building has met a performance requirement regarding floor area.
1.5 This practice is not intended for and not suitable for use for regulatory purposes, fire hazard assessment, and fire risk assessment.
1.6 Users of this practice should recognize that, in some situations, the amount of certain actual and effective floor area losses may be mitigated to some degree at some cost by custom-tailoring spaces and creating specially fitted furnishings and carpentry to get some value from space which would not otherwise be usable.
1.7 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
1.8 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 limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Mar-2009
• ICS: 91.010.30 - Technical aspects
• Technical Committee: E06 - Performance of Buildings
• Drafting Committee: E06.25 - Whole Buildings and Facilities

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM E2619-08 - Standard Practice for Measuring and Calculating Building Loss Features That Take Up Floor Area in Buildings
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2009
• Replaced By: ASTM E2619/E2619M-17 - Standard Practice for Measuring and Calculating Building Loss Features That Take Up Floor Area in Buildings
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2017
• Referred By: ASTM E1664-19 - Standard Classification for Serviceability of an Office Facility for Layout and Building Factors<rangeref></rangeref >
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2009
• Referred By: ASTM E1836/E1836M-09(2016) - Standard Practice for Building Floor Area Measurements for Facility Management
• Effective Date: 01-Apr-2009

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: E2619/E2619M − 09 An American National Standard
Standard Practice for
Measuring and Calculating Building Loss Features That
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Take Up Floor Area in Buildings
ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2619/E2619M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyear
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.
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ε NOTE—Units information and designation was corrected editorially in April 2009.
1. Scope 1.8 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
1.1 This practice specifies how to measure certain charac-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
teristics of a building, known as building loss features, inside
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
the exterior gross area of a floor and how to calculate the
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
amount of actual and effective floor area that will be not be
available for the placement of people’s workplaces, furniture,
2. Referenced Documents
equipment, or for circulation, if using standard furnishings and
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
orthogonal furniture systems.
E631 Terminology of Building Constructions
1.2 This practice can be used to specify a performance
E1836/E1836M Practice for Building Floor Area Measure-
requirement to limit the amount of floor area that may be taken
ments for Facility Management
up by building loss features.
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2.2 ANSI Standard:
1.3 This practice can be used to assess how well a design(s)
ANSI/BOMA Z65.1–1996 Standard Method for Measuring
for an office facility meets a performance requirement regard-
Floor Area in Office Buildings
ing floor area.
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2.3 Other Standards:
1.4 This practice can be used to assess how well a con-
ASHRAE 62.1–2007 Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air
structed office building has met a performance requirement
Quality
regarding floor area.
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3. Terminology
1.5 This practice is not intended for and not suitable for use
for regulatory purposes, fire hazard assessment, and fire risk
3.1 Definitions:
assessment.
3.1.1 facility, n—a physical setting used to serve a specific
purpose.
1.6 Users of this practice should recognize that, in some
3.1.1.1 Discussion—A facility may be within a building, a
situations, the amount of certain actual and effective floor area
whole building, or a building with its site and surrounding
losses may be mitigated to some degree at some cost by
environment; or it may be a construction that is not a building.
custom-tailoring spaces and creating specially fitted furnish-
ings and carpentry to get some value from space which would
not otherwise be usable.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
1.7 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units
contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in
the ASTM website.
each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each
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Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
system shall be used independently of the other. Combining
4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
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values from the two systems may result in non-conformance Available from American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-
Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE), 1791 Tullie Circle, NE, Atlanta, GA
with the standard.
30329, http://www.ashrae.org.
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Certain definitions of terms in this practice were agreed in 2007 by a Working
Group established jointly by the Building Owners and Managers Association
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Perfor- (BOMA) International and the International Facility Management Association
mance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.25 on (IFMA). Certain terms were derived from referenced ASTM standards or from
Whole Buildings and Facilities. referenced ANSI standard, or from published IFMA documents. Ownership of
Current edition approved April 1, 2009. Published October 2009. Originally copyright to specific terms is indicated by footnotes. Certain terms are quoted from
approved in 2008. Last previous edition approved in 2008 as E2619 – 08. DOI: other ASTM standards, in which case the ASTM source is identified at the end of
10.1520/E2619_E2619M-09E01. the definition.
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The term
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This document is not anASTM standard and is intended only to provide the user of anASTM standard an indication of what changes have been made to the previous version. Because
it may not be technically possible to adequately depict all changes accurately, ASTM recommends that users consult prior editions as appropriate. In all cases only the current version
of the standard as published by ASTM is to be considered the official document.
An American National Standard
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Designation:E2619–08 Designation:E2619/E2619M–09
Standard Practice for
Measuring and Calculating Building Loss Features That
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Take Up Floor Area in Buildings
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 2619/E 2619M; 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.
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´ NOTE—Units information and designation was corrected editorially in April 2009.
1. Scope
1.1 This practice specifies how to measure certain characteristics of a building, known as building loss features, inside the
exterior gross area of a floor and how to calculate the amount of actual and effective floor area that will be not be available for
the placement of people’s workplaces, furniture, equipment, or for circulation, if using standard furnishings and orthogonal
furniture systems.
1.2 This practice can be used to specify a performance requirement to limit the amount of floor area that may be taken up by
building loss features.
1.3 This practice can be used to assess how well a design(s) for an office facility meets a performance requirement regarding
floor area.
1.4 Thispracticecanbeusedtoassesshowwellaconstructedofficebuildinghasmetaperformancerequirementregardingfloor
area.
1.5 This practice is not intended for and not suitable for use for regulatory purposes, fire hazard assessment, and fire risk
assessment.
1.6 Usersofthisstandardpracticeshouldrecognizethat,insomesituations,theamountofcertain actualand effectivefloorarea
losses may be mitigated to some degree at some cost by custom-tailoring spaces and creating specially fitted furnishings and
carpentry to get some value from space which would not otherwise be usable.
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1.7 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each
system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the
two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
1.8 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
limitations prior to use.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
E 631 Terminology of Building Constructions Terminology of Building Constructions
E 1836/E 1836M Standard Practice for Building Floor Area Measurements for Facility Management
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2.2 ANSI Standard:
ANSI/BOMA Z65.1–1996 Standard Method for Measuring Floor Area in Office Buildings
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2.3 Other Standards:
ASHRAE 62.1–2007 Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality
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ThispracticeisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeE06onPerformanceofBuildingsandisthedirectresponsibilityofSubcommitteeE06.25onWholeBuildings
and Facilities.
Current edition approved April 1, 2008. Published June 2008.
Current edition approved April 1, 2009. Published October 2009. Originally approved in 2008. Last previous edition approved in 2008 as E 2619 – 08.
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For referencedASTM standards, visit theASTM website, www.astm.org, or contactASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM Standards
volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
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Available from American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE), 1791 Tullie Circle, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329,
http://www.ashrae.org.
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3. Terminology
3.1 Definitions:
3.1.1 facility, n—a physical setting used to serve a specific purpose.
3.1.1.1 Discussion—A facility may be within a building, a whole building, or a building with its site and surrounding
environment; or it may be a construction that is not a building. The term encompasses both the physical object and its use.
E 631
3.1.2 For standard definitions of additional terms applicable to this practice, see Terminology E 631.
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.2.1 actual loss, n
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