Section 27-765. Ventilation for schools  


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  • School buildings shall be ventilated
      in accordance with the following requirements:
        (a)  Rooms  of instruction and administration. Classrooms, other rooms
      of  instruction,  and  administrative  rooms,  where   the   index   for
      ventilation  is  less  than one thousand six hundred fifty, shall have a
      supply of  outdoor  air  of  at  least  fifteen  cfm  per  occupant  and
      mechanical exhaust.  Where windows are used as the source of supply air,
      mechanical  air  exhaust shall be fifteen cfm per occupant. When outdoor
      air is supplied by mechanical means,  the  exhaust  shall  be  at  least
      eighty per cent of the supply. In air-conditioned rooms, the conditioned
      air supply may be reduced to a minimum of ten cfm per occupant, of which
      at least five cfm shall be outdoor air.
        (b) Lockers and wardrobes. Lockers, wardrobes, or wardrobe rooms shall
      be  ventilated  in  accordance  with the provisions of section 27-760 of
      this article, and where these spaces are located within or  adjacent  to
      classroom,  the  exhaust  air  from  the  classroom may be used for such
      ventilation.
        (c) Auditoria and assembly rooms. Rooms  where  there  are  more  than
      seventy-five  occupants  shall  have a supply of outdoor air of at least
      fifteen cfm per occupant and mechanical exhaust. Where windows are  used
      as  the  source  of supply air, mechanical air exhaust shall be at least
      fifteen cfm per occupant. When outdoor air  is  supplied  by  mechanical
      means,  the  mechanical exhaust shall be at least eighty per cent of the
      supply. In air-conditioning spaces, the conditioned air  supply  may  be
      reduced to a minimum of ten cfm per occupant, of which at least five cfm
      shall be outdoor air.