9.6 Fire Protection
Changes in Building Envelope
to Meet Energy Guidelines
Due to the energy load requirements of court facilities,
Refer to Chapter 7: Fire Protection & Life Safety for
designers should use the alternative design processes
sprinkler and fire alarm requirements.
of ASHRAE 90.1R to meet Federal energy guidelines for
All security systems, including those that control egress at
overall building energy usage. Increases in building
the USMS detention area, will be connected to emergency
envelope energy resistance should be used to compensate
power and meet the requirements of the International
for higher than average load requirements resulting from
Building Code.
court functions. Total building energy usage should be
established according to calculations using mandatory
design standards contained in Chapter 5. To demonstrate
the same total energy usage, a new calculation will be done
incorporating factors for energy reduction strategies to
offset increased lighting, cooling and heating energy loads.
Information Technology System Loads
Information technology systems are not the largest source
of heat within the office spaces but may be the largest
sources in particular areas. Information technology sys-
tems will be the most uncertain source of heat flows
during design phases, therefore the HVAC system should
be planned with capacity and control to accommodate
the need for constant temperature and humidity environ-
ments 24 hours a day, where systems hardware could
be placed.
The design of the HVAC systems must take into
consideration provisions for separate units for critical
areas such as computer rooms, USMS control room,
elevator machine rooms, etc., which generate additional
heat loads. (The HVAC design for these areas should have
redundancy and also be connected to the emergency
power system.)
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DESIGN
STANDARDS
FOR
U.S.
COURT
FAC I L IT I E S
9.6
Fire Protection
Revised March 2005 PBS-P100
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