Outdoor heaters

[Mech]

So from a previous thread

http://www.inspectpa.com/forum/showthread.php?3604-quot-Outdoor-quot-Heaters,

I can construct a canopy outside a building, install radiant heaters, and need not comply with the Energy Code. Do I have this correct? And that's because there is an exception in the code or because the situation is not addressed?

Thanks

 

[cda]

Outside???

 

[mark handler]

If a space is not enclosed, it is not addressed by the Energy Code.

 

[JBI]

No, you do not have it correct.

 

[forrest]

outdoor heaters

So from a previous threadhttp://www.inspectpa.com/forum/showthread.php?3604-quot-Outdoor-quot-Heaters,

I can construct a canopy outside a building, install radiant heaters, and need not comply with the Energy Code. Do I have this correct? And that's because there is an exception in the code or because the situation is not addressed?

Thanks

It's new in the 2009 - Section 503.2.11. These systems must be radiant, have have occupant sensors or timers. What if gas lines are run but no heaters installed? That's why a building official's job is always interesting!

 

[Mech]

Thanks everyone, especially Forrest. That's what I needed.

The application is a service reception canopy at a car dealership where customers can drop off and pick up their cars out of the rain / snow. The owners are debating whether to enclose the canopy or not. I think if radiant heaters would not be allowed, then they'd opt for a building instead of a canopy.

 

[smeismer]

The IECC defines building as "Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy." I don't know that a reception area would not fall under that definition regardless of walls or not. A canopy is certainly a structure.