Designation:E1334–95(Reapproved2005)AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardPracticeforRatingtheServiceabilityofaBuildingorBuilding-RelatedFacility1,2ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1334;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThisisadefinitiveprocedureforratingtheserviceabilityofaspecificbuildingorbuilding-relatedfacility,thatis,itscapabilitytoperformtoanyoneofarangeoflevelsofserviceability.Thisproceduretakesintoaccountfactorssuchaslocation,mechanicalsystems,age,andbuildingshape.Itcanalsobeusedtocomparehowwelldifferentbuildingsorbuilding-relatedfacilitiescanmeetanygivensetofoccupantrequirements,despitedifferencesinanyorallofthosefactors.Manypartsoftheprocedurecanalsobeusedtoratetheserviceabilityofaproposedbuilding,thathasbeendesignedbutnotyetbuilt,remodelled,orrehabilitated.Foreachgenerictypeorcategoryofbuildingorbuilding-relatedfacility,manytopicsofserviceabilityarerated.Foreachtopicaratingscaleisobtained,orprepared.Aratingscalecontainsdescriptionsofcombinationsoffeatures,suchasmaterialsanddesign,whichmaybefoundinabuildingorbuilding-relatedfacility.Eachcombinationoffeaturesdescribedinthescaleisindicativeofacertainlevelofserviceabilityonthattopic,withinapredeterminedrange.Foreachtopic,thecombinationoffeaturesfoundinthebuilding,building-relatedfacility,ordesignarecomparedwiththosedescribedintheappropriateratingscale.Thecombinationoffeaturesthatmostcloselymatcheswhatisphysicallypresentinthebuilding,building-relatedfacility,ordesign,indicatestheserviceabilitylevelforthattopic.Incomparingratingspreparedforonebuildingwithratingsforanotherbuilding,itisessentialthatthesamesetofratingscalesbeusedforbothbuildings.Organizationsmayuseageneric,standardizedsetofscales.Anorganizationmayalsoadaptthescalesforspecialized,internalapplication,orcrea...
