Alberta’s New Building Code Requirements

The 2014 Alberta Building Code has new requirements for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.

See what this means for you.

Installation requirements for Smoke Alarms

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Bedroom Bedroom

Living Room Kitchen

Basement

SMOKE ALARM

Bedroom

Bedroom

BedroomLivingRoom

Kitchen

DiningRoom

A smoke alarm on every level (including basements)

A smoke alarm in each bedroom and in each hallway serving a bedroom.

Smoke alarms to be interconnected and be equipped with:

• A Hush feature• Battery backup

The Code requires:

The Code requires:

The Code requires:

Smoke alarms to conform to CAN/ULC-S531.

ALL Kidde smoke alarms are listed by UL to the

CAN/ULC-S531 standard.

The Code requires:

Installation requirements for Smoke Alarms

Installation requirements for Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms

Carbon monoxide alarms to conform to CAN/CSA-6.19.

ALL Kidde carbon monoxide alarms are listed by CSA to the CAN/CSA-6.19,

“Residential Carbon Monoxide Alarming Devices” standard.

A carbon monoxide (CO) alarm to be installed in every dwelling that contains a fuel burning appliance, or shares

a common wall/floor/ceiling with a storage garage. Some examples include:

A carbon monoxide alarm in or within 5 m of each bedroom.

Carbon monoxide alarms to be interconnected, so that when one

alarm sounds, all alarms sound.

The Code requires:

The Code requires:

The Code requires:

The Code requires:The Code requires:

C E RT I F I E D

CSA-6.19-01

a water heatera furnace (gas, oil or propane)

an attached garage (or carport)

gas appliancesa fireplace (wood or gas)

* All Kidde models listed above include Test, Hush and Battery Backup and are 120 V Hardwired Interconnectable with up to 24 Kidde devices

Install these Kidde modelsfor Code compliance :

120 V AC WIRE-IN SMOKE ALARMS

P1275CA • Ionization• 9 V Battery Backup

P1276CA • Ionization• Front Loading 9V Battery Backup

PPE120CA • Photoelectric• 9V Battery Backup

Pi2000CA • Dual Sensor (Ionization & Photoelectric)• 9V Battery Backup

i12010S-CA • Ionization• 10-Year Sealed Battery Backup

120 V AC WIRE-IN CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) ALARMS

900-0128-001 • Will also sound a smoke signal if an interconnected smoke alarm goes off.

• 9V Battery Backup

900-0119 • Ionization• Smoke & Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm• Front Loading AA Battery Backup• Voice Messages

900-0213 • Photoelectric• Smoke & Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm• Front Loading 9 V Battery Backup• Voice Messages

i12010S-CO-CA • Ionization• Smoke & Carbon Monoxide

(CO) Alarm• 10-Year Sealed Battery Backup• Voice Messages

120 V AC WIRE-IN COMBINATION SMOKE & CO ALARMS

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No need to replace any batteries for the life of the alarm - 10 years.

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NOTICE: PLEASE READ: This information is Kidde’s summary interpretation of the Alberta Building Code 2014 and was prepared as general reference material ONLY. This summary is NOT authoritative. For your specific compliance requirements please refer to the actual

language of the Alberta Building Code 2014 or consult legal counsel.