Provide occupants access to a common break area
Rationale: An on-site common break area that provides space to take a meal break and to prepare homemade food accommodates lunchtime activity, which can decrease fatigue, encourage socialization, and promote healthy eating habits.
Requirements
Demonstrate compliance with the below:
Accessible Common Break Area - (Full Credit):
Provide a common break area that meets all the following requirements:
- Include a common break area(s) within the building that is accessible and free of charge to all full- and part-time employees and staff.
- Provide all of the following features within the identified common break area:
- a refrigerator
- a sink
- a microwave
- seating and tables.
- Ensure that the common break area is designed to accommodate all full- and part-time employees and staff throughout different hours of the day.
Compliance Documentation
Design Pathway
- Requirement 1:
- Checkbox to certify that the common break area will be accessible and free of charge to all full- and part-time employees and staff.
- Upload an annotated plan showing the planned location of the break area within the building.
- Requirement 2:
- Checkbox to certify that all of the required features will be provided in the common break area.
- Requirement 3:
- Upload an annotated plan or design drawing showing how the common break area will be designed to accommodate all full- and part-time employees and staff throughout different hours of the day.
Built Pathway
- Requirement 1:
- Checkbox to certify that the common break area is accessible and free of charge to all full- and part-time employees and staff.
- Upload an annotated plan showing the location of the break area within the building.
- Requirement 2:
- Upload an annotated photograph showing the features within each break room.
- Requirement 3:
- Upload an annotated plan showing how the common break area is designed to accommodate all full- and part-time employees and staff throughout different hours of the day.
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