NC-v5 EQc3: Accessibility and Inclusion 1 point
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© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.
Intent
To support the diverse needs of occupants and increase widespread usability of the building to foster an individual and collective sense of belonging.
Requirements
Comply With Local Accessibility Codes
All projects must support access for those with physical disabilities through designs meeting all locally applicable accessibility codes identified in IPp2: Human Impact Assessment. If there is no code in place, include the following strategies:
- Accessible routes or regularly used exterior building entrances have ramps to accommodate elevation change.
- All doors meant for human passage have a minimum clear width of 32 inches (0.86 meters).
- Reception desks, security counters, and service counters all have a front approach, wheelchair-accessible section.
AND
Include at least 10 of the following accessibility and inclusion strategies most relevant to the project that go beyond the locally applicable accessibility code.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PHYSICAL DIVERSITY
- Provide wave-to-open or vertical hand/foot press door operators at all regularly used building entrances.
- Design meeting spaces to accommodate mobility devices for at least 10% of occupants.
- Incorporate accessible and inclusive equipment and activities in fitness facilities. Ensure an open and accessible route to and around the equipment.
- Where inaccessible routes are provided (e.g., stairs), provide an alternate accessible route that starts and terminates at the same location.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR SAFETY AND AGING
- Provide nonslip flooring.
- Fix underside of area rugs to floor and provide transition strips at all edges.
- Provide visual indication or railing at all full-height glazing, except in private residences.
- Provide audible and visual alerts for emergency alerts.
- Provide closed risers (visually and physically) in all stairwells.
- Use visual contrast between walls and floors, walls and doors, and walls and casework.
- Provide visual, tactile, contrasting, or photoluminescent warnings at floor-level changes.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR SOCIAL HEALTH
- Provide lactation room pods.
- Provide at least one fully accessible, all-gender, single-user restroom OR one multi-user, all-gender restroom on each floor of the building.
- Include at least one adult changing station or table in a designated, accessible restroom or family restroom, or in one men’s and one women’s restroom.
- Provide signage in all languages spoken by more than 5% of the local population.
- Support neurodivergent users by achieving EQc2: Occupant Experience, Option 1. Biophilic Environments, Path 1. Integrated Biophilic Design.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR NAVIGATION
- Provide wayfinding signage that clearly indicates exits, entrances, and major functions in the project.
- Provide nontext diagrams and symbols at signage.
- Provide braille, visual and auditory cues, and/or continuous linear indicators on paths of travel.
- Use patterns and color blocking to identify key access spaces.
- Provide haptic/tactile maps for wayfinding.
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Credit language
© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.
Intent
To support the diverse needs of occupants and increase widespread usability of the building to foster an individual and collective sense of belonging.
Requirements
Comply With Local Accessibility Codes
All projects must support access for those with physical disabilities through designs meeting all locally applicable accessibility codes identified in IPp2: Human Impact Assessment. If there is no code in place, include the following strategies:
- Accessible routes or regularly used exterior building entrances have ramps to accommodate elevation change.
- All doors meant for human passage have a minimum clear width of 32 inches (0.86 meters).
- Reception desks, security counters, and service counters all have a front approach, wheelchair-accessible section.
AND
Include at least 10 of the following accessibility and inclusion strategies most relevant to the project that go beyond the locally applicable accessibility code.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PHYSICAL DIVERSITY
- Provide wave-to-open or vertical hand/foot press door operators at all regularly used building entrances.
- Design meeting spaces to accommodate mobility devices for at least 10% of occupants.
- Incorporate accessible and inclusive equipment and activities in fitness facilities. Ensure an open and accessible route to and around the equipment.
- Where inaccessible routes are provided (e.g., stairs), provide an alternate accessible route that starts and terminates at the same location.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR SAFETY AND AGING
- Provide nonslip flooring.
- Fix underside of area rugs to floor and provide transition strips at all edges.
- Provide visual indication or railing at all full-height glazing, except in private residences.
- Provide audible and visual alerts for emergency alerts.
- Provide closed risers (visually and physically) in all stairwells.
- Use visual contrast between walls and floors, walls and doors, and walls and casework.
- Provide visual, tactile, contrasting, or photoluminescent warnings at floor-level changes.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR SOCIAL HEALTH
- Provide lactation room pods.
- Provide at least one fully accessible, all-gender, single-user restroom OR one multi-user, all-gender restroom on each floor of the building.
- Include at least one adult changing station or table in a designated, accessible restroom or family restroom, or in one men’s and one women’s restroom.
- Provide signage in all languages spoken by more than 5% of the local population.
- Support neurodivergent users by achieving EQc2: Occupant Experience, Option 1. Biophilic Environments, Path 1. Integrated Biophilic Design.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR NAVIGATION
- Provide wayfinding signage that clearly indicates exits, entrances, and major functions in the project.
- Provide nontext diagrams and symbols at signage.
- Provide braille, visual and auditory cues, and/or continuous linear indicators on paths of travel.
- Use patterns and color blocking to identify key access spaces.
- Provide haptic/tactile maps for wayfinding.