Multifamily
7. Healthy Living Environment
7.8a Water Heaters: Mold Prevention
Mandatory
To avoid moisture problems, use tankless hot water heaters (hot water: on-demand tankless) or install conventional hot water heaters so that overflow or leaks are captured by drains in areas with non-water sensitive floor coverings.
Green Communities Recommended Resources
ASHRAE User's Manual of Standard 62.1-2004. American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., 2004. (Fig 4.9a and 4.9b).
- ASHRAE's web site, www.ashrae.org.
- Purchase User's Manual online.
International Residential Code
- International Code Council web site, www.iccsafe.org
- Purchase International Residential code online.
Green Communities and the Green Communities Criteria are a national initiative of Enterprise Community Partners to transform the affordable housing sector. For more information go to www.greencommunitiesonline.org
Important Considerations
Codes and Regulations
This criterion is required by Minnesota code.
Specifications
22 30 00 (15840) Water Heaters Specify tankless hot water heaters unless drains, drain pans or piped catch pans are used in conjunction with non-water sensitive floor coverings.
The information above refers to the Construction Specification Institute's (CSI) MasterFormat. The numbers listed above refer to some of the most relevant but not all of the possible MasterFormat sections related to this strategy. The 6-digit numbers refer to the newer 2004 MasterFormat edition. Numbers in parenthesis refer to the older 1995 edition.
Other Resources
Publications and Links
See full list of recommended resources and links in our library.
Related Strategies
| Q1a: | Eliminate sources of indoor air pollution |
Related Scales
