we want to buy an apartment which only has glass bricks for light instead of an opening window. There is ducted airconditioning in the room but no opening window. Is this allowable? We would think this is possibly a health hazard.
Regards
Diana
Hi Diana,
A technical manager from the Australian Window Association has the following advice:
It is acceptable under the National Construction Code to provide mechanical ventilation as the sole means of ventilation of a room in an apartment. The relevant clause from NCC 2015 is :
F4.5 Ventilation of rooms
A habitable room, office, shop, factory, workroom, sanitary compartment, bathroom, shower room, laundry and any other room occupied by a person for any purpose must have—
(a) natural ventilation complying with F4.6; or
(b) a mechanical ventilation or air-conditioning system complying with AS 1668.2 and AS/NZS 3666.1.
Also, apologies for the delay in this reply - we had a technical issue that was preventing replies from being sent out.
Regards,
The BUILD team