ASTM_E_2619_-_E_2619M_-_09e1.pdf

Designation:E2619/E2619M091An American National StandardStandard Practice forMeasuring and Calculating Building Loss Features ThatTake Up Floor Area in Buildings1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2619/E2619M;the number immediately following the designation indicates the yearof 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.1NOTEUnits information and designation was corrected editorially in April 2009.1.Scope1.1 This practice specifies how to measure certain charac-teristics of a building,known as building loss features,insidethe exterior gross area of a floor and how to calculate theamount of actual and effective floor area that will be not beavailable for the placement of peoples workplaces,furniture,equipment,or for circulation,if using standard furnishings andorthogonal furniture systems.1.2 This practice can be used to specify a performancerequirement to limit the amount of floor area that may be takenup 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 regard-ing floor area.1.4 This practice can be used to assess how well a con-structed office building has met a performance requirementregarding floor area.1.5 This practice is not intended for and not suitable for usefor regulatory purposes,fire hazard assessment,and fire riskassessment.1.6 Users of this practice should recognize that,in somesituations,the amount of certain actual and effective floor arealosses may be mitigated to some degree at some cost bycustom-tailoring spaces and creating specially fitted furnish-ings and carpentry to get some value from space which wouldnot otherwise be usable.1.7 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound unitsare to be regarded separately as standard.The values stated ineach system may not be exact equivalents;therefore,eachsystem shall be used independently of the other.Combiningvalues from the two systems may result in non-conformancewith the standard.1.8 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2E631 Terminology of Building ConstructionsE1836/E1836M Practice for Building Floor Area Measure-ments for Facility Management2.2 ANSI Standard:3ANSI/BOMA Z65.11996 Standard Method for MeasuringFloor Area in Office Buildings2.3 Other Standards:4ASHRAE 62.12007 Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor AirQuality3.Terminology53.1 Definitions:3.1.1 facility,na physical setting used to serve a specificpurpose.3.1.1.1 DiscussionA facility may be within a building,awhole building,or a building with its site and surroundingenvironment;or it may be a construction that is not a building.1This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Perfor-mance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.25 onWhole Buildings and Facilities.Current edition approved April 1,2009.Published October 2009.Originallyapproved in 2008.Last previous edition approved in 2008 as E2619 08.DOI:10.1520/E2619_E2619M-09E01.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from American National Standards Institute(ANSI),25 W.43rd St.,4th Floor,New York,NY 10036,http:/www.ansi.org.4Available from American Society of Heating,Refrigerating,and Air-Conditioning Engineers,Inc.(ASHRAE),1791 Tullie Circle,NE,Atlanta,GA30329,http:/www.ashrae.org.5Certain definitions of terms in this practice were agreed in 2007 by a WorkingGroup established jointly by the Building Owners and Managers Association(BOMA)International and the International Facility Management Association(IFMA).Certain terms were derived from referenced ASTM standards or fromreferenced ANSI standard,or from published IFMA documents.Ownership ofcopyright to specific terms is indicated by footnotes.Certain terms are quoted fromother ASTM standards,in which case the ASTM source is identified at the end ofthe definition.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 The term encompasses both the physical object and its use.E6313.1.2 For standard definitions of additional terms applicableto this practice,see Terminology E631.3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:3.2.1 actual loss,nof floor area,floor area not availablefor the placement of peoples workplaces,furniture,or equip-ment or for circulation because occupied by a physical buildingfeature or r