Wis. Admin. Code Department of Safety and Professional Services SPS 364.0309

Current through September 30, 2024
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