1、Designation: E1679 95 (Reapproved 2012)An American National StandardStandard Practice forSetting the Requirements for the Serviceability of a Buildingor Building-Related Facility1, 2This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1679; the number immediately following the designation indicates
2、the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon () indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.INTRODUCTIONMost organizations and work groups have only a f
3、ew generic types of functions, such as generalpurpose office functions, or office functions requiring special security provisions, receiving manyvisitors, or having a mix of office and “dry” laboratory functions. For each type of function, facilitiesare required to have a different mix of functional
4、 capabilities to support the activities of those who use,own, or manage that function.This is a definitive procedure to (1) identify and record any variations from the generic profile ofrequirements for a functional type of activity, and (2) present the profile of required serviceabilitylevels for a
5、 specific occupant group.For each topic of serviceability, the user of this practice employs a classification scale called a“requirement scale” to set the level of serviceability that is required. Each requirement scale containsseveral descriptions of required serviceability for that topic, classifi
6、ed in a range from low to high, forexample, from Level 1 to Level 9.Each such scale is used like a multiple choice questionnaire to select the required level ofserviceability. Overall required serviceability is displayed as a profile of required levels (that is, notas a single number) and may be pre
7、sented as a bar chart.When comparing the requirement profile prepared by one organization with that by anotherorganization, it is essential that both use the same set of requirement scales. Organizations may usean ASTM standard set of scales, they may create their own, or they may adapt ASTM standar
8、dclassification scales for specialized, internal application. The organization forgoes the possibility ofexternal comparison in the latter two cases.1. Scope1.1 This practice is a definitive procedure for setting re-quirements for the serviceability of a building or building-related facility.1.2 Thi
9、s practice is not intended to be used for regulatorypurposes.1.3 This practice can be used for setting the profile ofserviceability requirements of an occupant group in an existingbuilding or building-related facility or of a group planning tomove and looking at new accommodations to rent, buy, orbu
10、ild.1.4 This practice can be used for setting the profile ofserviceability requirements of an owner, facility manager,lender, or other investor.1.5 The process of creating or adapting a set of classifica-tions for establishing the levels of serviceability required by anoccupant group or organization
11、 is outside the scope of thepractice.1.6 This practice contains the following information, in thesections indicated:SectionIntroduction 1Scope 1Referenced Documents 2Terminology 3Summary of Practice 4Significance and Use 5Procedure 6Keywords 7Example of a Pair of Serviceability Scales for One Topic
12、Appendix X1Example of Part of a Pair of Matching Profiles Presented asBar ChartsAppendix X21This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Perfor-mance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.25 onWhole Buildings and Facilities.Current edition approved Apr
13、il 1, 2012. Published May 2012. Originallyapproved in 1995. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as E1679 95 (2005).DOI: 10.1520/E1679-95R12.2Portions of this document are based on material originally prepared by theInternational Centre for Facilities (ICF) and copyright 1993 by ICF and Minister o
14、fPublic Works and Government Services Canada. Their cooperation in the develop-ment of this standard is acknowledged.1Copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, United States.Example of Titles of Serviceability Aspects, Topics, and Fea-turesAp
15、pendix X3Example of a List of Common Generic Types of Function Appendix X42. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:3E631 Terminology of Building ConstructionsE632 Practice for Developing Accelerated Tests to AidPrediction of the Service Life of Building Components andMaterialsE917 Practice for Meas
16、uring Life-Cycle Costs of Buildingsand Building SystemsE1334 Practice for Rating the Serviceability of a Buildingor Building-Related FacilityE1480 Terminology of Facility Management (Building-Related)2.2 ISO Documents:4ISO 6240 International Standard, Performance Standards inBuildingContents and Pre
17、sentation3. Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 Unless otherwise indicated, the term “building” isused in this practice to encompass building, building-relatedfacility, and proposed design for a building. The term “facility”is used to mean building-related facility.3.1.2 Use of the singular in this pra
18、ctice does not excludethe plural (and vice versa) when the sense allows.3.1.3 For standard definitions of additional terms applicableto this practice, see Terminologies E631 and E1480.3.1.4 aspect, nof serviceability, a broad component ofserviceability, comprising several related topics of serviceab
19、il-ity.3.1.4.1 DiscussionThe serviceability of a building orbuilding-related facility can be set on each topic for which arequirement scale has been prepared, but not for an aspect.3.1.5 building, na shelter comprising a partially or totallyenclosed space, erected by means of a planned process offor
20、ming and combining materials. Compare with facility.E6313.1.6 combination of features, nof a facility, two or morefeatures that, when present together in a facility, affect a levelof serviceability of that facility.3.1.7 facility, na physical setting used to serve a specificpurpose. Compare with bui
21、lding.3.1.7.1 DiscussionA facility may be within a building, ora whole building, or a building with its site and surroundingenvironment; or it may be a construction that is not a building.The term encompasses both the physical object and its use.E6313.1.8 facility performance, nthe behavior in servi
22、ce of afacility for a specified use.3.1.8.1 DiscussionThe scope of this performance is of thefacility as a system, including its subsystems, components, andmaterials and their interactions, such as acoustical, hydrother-mal, air purity, and economic; and of the relative importance ofeach performance
23、 requirement. E6313.1.9 facility serviceability, nthe capability of a facility toperform the function(s) for which it is designed, used, orrequired to be used. E6313.1.10 facility serviceability profile, na graphic represen-tation, usually as a bar chart, of the level of serviceability foreach topic
24、 of serviceability.3.1.11 feature, nof a facility, a physical element of abuilding, building component, building subsystem, unit offurnishing or equipment, or of a location, or of an aspect ofdesign, arrangement, form, or color, which helps or hinders thesatisfaction of a requirement for serviceabil
25、ity.3.1.11.1 DiscussionAfeature may be a physical feature ordesign feature, or both. A particular sound absorbency in aceiling may be adequate in a carpeted space but may beinadequate in a space with a hard floor covering.3.1.12 functionality, adjof a building, being suitable for aparticular use or
26、function. E14803.1.13 knowledgeable person, nan individual who hastechnical knowledge concerning the building or facility, forexample, about occupant requirements, building design, me-chanical systems, operation, and maintenance.3.1.13.1 DiscussionIn larger facilities, the senior personwho is at a f
27、acility full time to manage its operation is unlikelyto be an appropriate person to facilitate the setting of requiredlevels of serviceability by the occupant because of that role, buthe may be well qualified and appropriate to participate as aknowledgeable person in the process of rating that facil
28、ity.3.1.14 level, nof serviceability, a number indicating therelative serviceability of a building for one topic on a prede-termined range, for example, a range from 1 to 9.3.1.15 occupant, nof a facility, a group, department,agency or corporation, or other organization, or a part thereof,or an indi
29、vidual or individuals thereof, that is or will beoccupying space in a particular facility.3.1.15.1 DiscussionIndividuals who are authorized to bepresent only temporarily, or in special circumstances such asthose permitted to pass through during an emergency, arevisitors.3.1.16 offce, na place, such
30、as an open workspace, room,suite, or building, in which business, clerical, or professionalactivities are conducted.3.1.17 rating process, nthe process of determining theserviceability of a facility for a specified purpose. E14803.1.18 rating scale, nfor a topic of facility serviceability,a set of d
31、escriptions of combinations of features, in which eachdescription has been selected to indicate a specific level ofserviceability on a scale from the lowest to the highest levellikely to be encountered.3.1.19 requirement scale, nfor a topic of facility service-ability, a set of descriptions of requi
32、rements for serviceabilityin which each description has been selected to indicate aspecific level of serviceability on a scale from the lowest to thehighest level likely to be encountered.3For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, orcontact ASTM Customer Service at service
33、astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information, refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.4Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http:/www.ansi.org.E1679 95 (2012)23.1.20 serviceabilitysee facil
34、ity serviceability.3.1.21 topic, nof serviceability, a part of the serviceabilityof a facility for which a paired set of requirements and ratingscales can be prepared.3.1.21.1 DiscussionAt any level of serviceability, a topiccan be expressed in two ways: a statement of a requirement inthe normal lan
35、guage of occupants or owners; and a statementin technical performance language describing the combinationof features that meet that requirement. Each statement is atranslation of the other. Taken together, several related topicstypically comprise one aspect of serviceability.3.2 Descriptions of Term
36、s Specific to This Standard:3.2.1 generic requirements package, na set of statementsgiving the typical requirements for serviceability of a buildingor building-related facility, for one generic type of functions oran occupant group or organization, together with informationconcerning such occupants
37、typical functions and operations.3.2.1.1 DiscussionThe information is typically presentedin the following ways: a text profile describing the typicaloccupant organization for this functional type of facility; aprofile of required levels of serviceability, illustrated as a set ofbar charts; and a num
38、eric profile of occupant space andquantity requirements.3.2.2 numeric profile, nan occupants space and quantityrequirements, displayed in spreadsheet or table format.4. Summary of Practice4.1 This practice is summarized in Fig. 1, which provides aflowchart for setting the levels of serviceability re
39、quired by anoccupant group or organization.4.2 The user of this practice may choose among the follow-ing options for setting the levels of serviceability required:4.2.1 Use an ASTM standard set of classifications.4.2.2 Create a new set of classifications or adapt an existingset of serviceability req
40、uirement scales, with rules for adjust-ment, consistent with an organizations own internal standards.NOTE 1Serviceability requirement levels set with such internal stan-dards would not be directly comparable to requirements set using anASTM standard classification.4.2.3 Support the development of a
41、new standard classifi-cation through the ASTM voluntary consensus process.5. Significance and Use5.1 This practice can be applied to the requirements forserviceability of many functional occupant groups, providedthat an appropriate set of requirement classifications for eachtype has been established
42、.5.2 This practice can be used to ascertain the requirementsof a group or organization at the time when the group (1) needsto ascertain the serviceability of the facility it occupies; (2)iscontemplating a move and needs to assess the relative capa-bility of several existing facilities to perform as
43、required,before deciding to rent, lease, or buy; (3) needs to compare itsrequirements to the serviceability of a facility that is beingplanned, or is designed but is not yet built; (4) is planning toremodel or rehabilitate the space it occupies and needs toestablish the required level of serviceabil
44、ity that the remodeledor rehabilitated facility will have to meet.5.3 This practice is not affected by the complexity of therequirement for serviceability.5.4 This practice can be used by any individual withsufficient organizational, functional, and technical knowledgeto act as an informed facilitat
45、or. The individual charged withthe task of leading the process of establishing the serviceabilityrequirements of an occupant group or organization needs basicfacilitation and interviewing skills.5.5 This practice provides a means of setting typical re-quired serviceability levels for any serviceabil
46、ity topic, and ofcomparing the required serviceability levels for one occupantgroup or organization against levels set by others.FIG. 1 Flowchart for Setting a Profile of Serviceability Requirements (for a Building or Building-Related Facility)E1679 95 (2012)35.6 This practice provides a means for o
47、rganizations to set aprofile of requirements for serviceability for each generic typeof occupant group within that organization.5.6.1 This practice enables an organization to compare anoccupants profile to a generic profile rapidly.5.6.2 This practice provides a means for organizations toidentify an
48、d validate exceptional needs of their occupantsrapidly.5.6.3 This practice provides a means of comparing therequirement levels of various occupant groups within anorganization.5.7 This practice provides a method for comparing how wellan occupants requirements for serviceability match the capa-biliti
49、es of different buildings or facilities, despite differencessuch as location, structure, mechanical systems, age, andbuilding shape.5.8 This practice provides a framework that allows designprofessionals and facility managers to select the most cost-effective means of providing a facility that will best provide therequired levels of serviceability.5.9 This practice helps the occupants to understand howvarious serviceability requirements interact and impact on theoverall functionality of a building or building-related facilityand on its level of
