SECTION 8.

BUILDING USE / OCCUPANCY AND APPLICATION

Minimum TGFA

Residential Dwelling: Condominium 20,000sqm

Hotel/Resort, Educational, 10,000sqm

Institutional, Business,
Mixed Occupancy

Mercantile 15,000sqm

SECTION 10. ENERGY EFFIICIENCY

Natural Ventilation

Operable windows or balcony door shall be provided in regularly occupied spaces.

The size of the opening shall be equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the floor
area of regularly occupied spaces.

BUILDING ENVELOPE COLOR

METAL SURFACE SRI

Reflective white 86 to 92
Basic white 80 to 88
Beige / Tan 74 to 80
Dark brown 0 to 33
Light to medium brown 45 to 56
Light to medium grey 39 to 63
Dark grey 0 to 41
Blue 23 to 30
Light to medium blue 35 to 38
Red 28 to 36
Terracotta red 38 to 40
Green 25 to 32
Light to medium green 30 to 48

Building metal roof surfaces shall either be colored white or have a minimum
SRI of 70.

ROOF INSULATION

Buildings shall be provided with roof insulation so that the average thermal
resistance value (R-Value) of the roof is at least R-8.

Occupancy Sensors for Lighting Control

For covered car parks: minimum of sixty per cent (60%) of the lighting must
be controlled by the occupancy sensors.

MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM

Air conditioning typically accounts for more than fifty percent (50%) of
total electricity costs in a centrally airconditioned building. Hence, the
efficiency of an air conditioning system is of prime importance. The heart
 of the air conditioning system is the cooling system, typically chillers in
large buildings and is important to procure an efficient cooling system.

Variable Speed Drives and High Efficiency Motors

All motors for mechanical equipment over five (5) kW shall be provided with
variable speed drive and high efficiency motors.

Enthalpy Recovery of Exhaust Air

All buildings with centralized air supply system shall use enthalpy
recovery wheels with efficiency of at least sixty percent (60%) of ninety
percent (90%) exhaust air.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Escalators / Moving Ramps / Walkways

Escalators / Moving Ramps / Walkways shall be fitted with automated controls

to reduce to a slower speed when no activity has been detected for a maximum
period of one and a half (1-1/2) minutes and duration may be adjusted
depending on the demand.

The escalator / moving ramp / walkway shall automatically be put on a

standby mode when no activity has been detected for a maximum period of five
(5) minutes and duration may be adjusted depending on the demand.

Elevators

Use of energy efficient lighting and display lighting in the elevator car
shall have an average lamp efficacy, across all fittings in the car, of more
than 55 lumens / watt.

Lighting shall switch off after the elevator has been inactive for a maximum
period of five (5) minutes

Transformers

Transformers that are part of the building electrical system shall have
efficiencies not lower than 98% as prescribed in the DOE Guidelines on
Energy Conserving Design of Buildings.

Overhead or Elevated Water Storage

To reduce dependence on motorized systems to supply and distribute potable

or non-potable water within the building, thus help reduce energy
consumption, overhead or elevated water storage systems are used, provided
there’s a twenty percent (20%) fire reserve over and above the average daily
demand supply. The system relies mostly on elevation and gravity to
distribute water within the building.

Buildings below ten (10) storeys high are exempt from this provision.
SECTION 11. WATER EFFICIENCY

WATER MANAGEMENT

Rainwater Harvesting

Minimum storage tanks size (in cu.m) shall be calculated by dividing the
building footprint area by 75.

SECTION 14. SITE SUSTAINABILTY

Open Space Utilization

A minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the required Unpaved Surface Area (USA),
as required in Rule VII and VIII of the NBC, shall be vegetated with
indigenous and adaptable species.