CHAPTER 8

Cards (24)

  • Every building shall be designed, constructed, and equipped to provide adequate light and ventilation.
  • All buildings shall face a street or public alley or a private street.
  • Windows must cover 10% or 20% of the floor area.
  • Courtyard is a portion of a yard which the permitted limit of paving/hardscaping shall not exceed 50% of the area of the yard.
  • Courts, yards, and light wells shall be measured clear of all projections from the walls except for roof leaders, wall copings, sills, or steel fire escapes not exceeding 1.20 meters in width.
  • The minimum horizontal dimension of the court shall be not less than 2.00 meters. All inner courts shall be connected to a street or yard, either by a passageway with a minimum width of 1.20 meters or by a door through a room or rooms.
  • Artificial Ventilation
    • The ceiling height must be at least 2.40 meters.
  • Artificial Ventilation for Two Storey or More
    − First Storey has a minimum ceiling height of 2.70 meters.
    − Second and succeeding storeys must have a headroom clearance of 2.10 meters above finished floor.
  • Natural Ventilation
    • The ceiling height must be at least 2.70 meters.
  • Mezzanine floors shall have a clear ceiling height not less than 1.80 meters above and below it.
  • Kitchen
    • 3.00 sq. meters or at least a dimension of 1.50 meters
  • Human Habitations ▪
    • 6.00 sq. meters or at least a dimension of 2.00 meters
  • Bath and Toilet ▪
    • 1.20 sq. meters or at least a dimension of 0.90 meters
  • School Room
    • 3.00 cu. meters or at least a dimension of 1.00 sq. meters.
  • Workshops, Factories, and Offices
    • 12.00 cu. meters of air space per person.
  • Habitable Room
    • 14.00 cu. meters of air space per person
  • Every room without an artificial ventilation system shall be provided with a window or windows with a total free area opening and equal to at least 10% of the floor area of the room.
  • Ventilation or vent shafts
    • horizontal cross-sectional area of not less than 0.10 sq. meter for every meter of height of shaft.
    • area shall not be less than 1.00 sq. meters and shall have its least dimension less than 600 millimeters.
  • Airducts
    • minimum unobstructed cross-sectional area of not less than 0.30 sq. meter with a minimum dimension of 300 millimeters.
    • openings shall be not less than 300 millimeters above the bottom of the shaft and the street surface or level of court.
  • Above-Grade Rooms
    • Rooms for administrative purposes, restaurants, markets, factories, etc.
    • Not less than 3 changes of air per hour
  • Rooms Other than Accessory Dwellings and Boiler Rooms
    • Bakeries. Hotels, restaurant kitchens. Laundry.
    • Not less than ten changes of air per hour.
  • Auditorium and other Accessory Rooms
    • Not less than 0.30 cu. meters of air per minute.
  • Wards and Dormitories of Institutional Buildings
    • Not less than 0.45 cu. meters of air per minute.
  • Chapter 8 is named Light and Ventilation