Section SPS 364.0309 - Temperature control These are department exceptions to the requirements in IMC section 309.1:
(1) ALTERNATE MINIMUMS. For those interior spaces intended for human occupancy listed in Table 364.0309, the heating system shall be capable of maintaining an indoor temperature of not less than that shown in the table at 3 feet above the floor. Table 364.0309
Alternate Minimum Indoor Temperature
Occupancy Types | Minimum Indoor Temperature (degrees F) |
Dry cleaners, laundries, laundry rooms | 60 |
Educational training shops | 60 |
Commercial kitchens | 60 |
Health care facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgery centers | Footnote a. |
Factories and machine shops | 60 |
Foundries | NMR |
Sawmills | NMR |
Garages at private dwellings | NMR |
Automotive service and repair garages | 60 |
Car washes, enclosed: | NMR |
Self-serve | 60 |
All other types | |
Ice skating rinks (indoor) | NMR |
Natatoriums | 76 |
Roller skating rinks (indoors) | 60 |
Storage | NMR |
Elevator cars | NMR |
Janitor closets | NMR |
Locker and dressing rooms | 70 |
Shower rooms | 70 |
Food processing | NMR |
Printing | 60 |
NMR = No minimum requirement
a. For indoor temperature requirements in health care facilities, use FGI Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities, 2014.
(2) SEASONAL OCCUPANCIES. The heating requirements but not the ventilation requirements may be waived during the period of May 1 through October 15 for the following or similar occupancies: drive-in eating places, club houses, outdoor toilets, camp lodge buildings, canning factories and migrant labor camps.(3) SPOT HEATING. Spot heating may be used to heat individual workstations in industrial buildings in lieu of heating the entire space specified in IMC section 309, provided the design temperature at the fixed workstation is at least 60° F.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services § SPS 364.0309
CR 00-179: cr. Register December 2001 No. 552, eff. 7-1-02; CR 01-135: am. (1) Register June 2002 No. 558, eff. 7-1-02; CR 06-120: r. and recr. Register February 2008 No. 626, eff. 3-1-08; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672.Amended by, CR 16-094: am. (1), Table 364.0309, cr. (3) Register April 2018 No. 748, eff. 5/1/2018