Single Family
7. Healthy Living Environment
7.5a Exhaust Fan: Bathroom, New Construction
Mandatory
To ensure effective removal of moisture, install ENERGY STAR®-labeled bathroom fans that exhaust to the outdoors and are equipped with a humidistat sensor or timer, or operate continuously.
Green Communities Recommended Resources
Purchase ASHRAE 62.2 online.
ENERGY STAR Products
- View all products.
- View ENERGY STAR fans.
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
Minnesota Overlay
The national Green Communities Criteria are modified as follows:
Install low-sone (<1.5 sones) ENERGY STAR-labeled bathroom fans that exhaust to the outdoors and are equipped with a humidistat sensor or timer, or operate while light is turned on, or operate continuously.
Important Considerations
Specifications
23 34 00 (15830) Fans Specify fans or hoods that are ENERGY STAR labeled. If substitutions are allowed, only allow substitutions that are ENERGY STAR labeled.
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
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Related Strategies
| Q1c: | Ventilate and exhaust for pollution control |
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