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// CODE SNIPPET

808.3.1.2 Toplighting

Green Construction Code 2012 > 8 Indoor Environmental Quality and Comfort > 808 Daylighting > 808.3 Daylit Area of Building Spaces > 808.3.1 Daylight Prescriptive Requirements > 808.3.1.2 Toplighting
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The daylit area shall be illuminated by a roof fenestration assembly such as a skylight, sloped glazing or tubular daylighting device that complies with Table 808.3.1.1 and Figure 808.3.1.2. The daylit area extends laterally and longitudinally beyond the glazed opening of the roof fenestration assembly to the nearest 56-inch-high (1422 mm) partition, or up to 0.7 times the height from the floor to the bottom of the rough opening of the daylighting well, whichever is less, as indicated in Figure 808.3.1.2.
For SI: 1 inch = 25.4 mm.

FIGURE 808.3.1.2
DAYLIT AREA UNDER A SKYLIGHT

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