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Tra 06 Home office

(residential only)

Number of credits available	Minimum standards
1	No

Aim

To reduce the need to commute to work by providing residents with the necessary space and services to be able to work from home.

Assessment criteria

The following is required to demonstrate compliance:

One credit

A home office has been provided within each dwelling with adequate space and services, as follows:

1.a

For dwellings with one or two bedrooms or studio homes, space is provided in the living room, one of the bedrooms or any other suitable area in the home such as a large hall or dining area

1.b

For dwellings with three or more bedrooms, sufficient working space is provided within a room other than the kitchen, living room or master bedroom or bathroom

1.c

In all cases, the room is large enough not to prevent the intended use of that room, i.e. a home office set up in the main bedroom does not compromise the ability for a double bed and other necessary furnishing to be contained within that room.

Sufficient services must include as a minimum:

2.a

Two double power sockets

2.b

Two telephone points (or double telephone point) or one telephone point where the dwelling is connected to a cable or broadband service available at the address

2.c

Adequate daylight, the room chosen to be the nominated home office must have a compliant average daylight factor, see Hea 01 Visual comfort: Table 10

2.d

Adequate ventilation, either through an openable window or alternative ventilation such as passive stack, mechanical ventilation, etc.

Checklists and tables

None.

Compliance notes

Ref	Terms	Description
Shell and core (non-residential and residential institutions only)
CN1	Applicable assessment criteria	Both options: This issue is not applicable to non-residential and residential institutions. Refer to Appendix D – Shell and core project assessments for a more detailed description of the shell and core assessment options.
Residential - Partially fitted and fully fitted
CN2	Applicable assessment criteria - Single and multiple dwellings	Partially fitted: This issue is not applicable. Fully fitted: All criteria relevant to the building type and function apply. Refer to Appendix E – Applicability of BREEAM New Construction to single and multiple dwellings, partially and fully fitted for a more detailed description of residential assessment options.
General
CN3	Sufficient space	This is defined as the minimum size (1.8m wall length) to: Allow a desk, chair and filing cabinet or bookshelf to be installed Allow space to move around the front and side of the desk Use the chair appropriately and operate the filing cabinet safely. The 1.8m wall size requirement can, in some circumstances, be altered if drawings can prove that a desk can be fitted in any other type of arrangement, i.e. alcove or similar, fulfilling all the above criteria.
CN3.1	Adequate ventilation	Rooms intended to be used as a home office must meet the requirements in Hea 02 Indoor air quality

Methodology

None.

Evidence

Criteria.	Interim design stage	Final post-construction stage
All	Scaled drawings or a copy of the specification.	As-built drawings or assessor’s site inspection report confirming the details required at the design stage.

Additional information

Relevant definitions

None.

Other information

None.