Smoking Odor, Not Health, Tackled In ASHRAE 62 Addenda
HONOLULU, HI — The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers’ (ASHRAE) ventilation standard provides new design guidance for controlling odor in indoor spaces where smoking occurs. The addendum does not address health effects relating to smoking spaces — just odors.
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62-2001, “Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality,” sets minimum ventilation rates and other requirements for commercial and institutional buildings. The smoking space odor-control guidance is provided as information only in an appendix to the standard. It is not required for compliance.