these species of grass as "turf" or as "groundcover"? it is not clear to me where is the line between these categories. Log in or register to post comments Susann Geithner Principal Emerald...

8 thumbs up April 2, 2013- 1:08 am Hi Andrew, Thanks a lot for your answer. I guess I just got confused reading Paula's post (12th March) for which there were some discussions about a 10% requirement....

to write a new LEED credit and requires a lot of effort for something that may get rejected. So think about it very carefully. Good luck. Log in or register to post comments Scott Bowman LEED Fellow...

Marcus Sheffer LEED Fellow 7group / Energy Opportunities LEEDuser Expert 5903 thumbs up June 18, 2013- 9:37 am Definitely not 1 or 2. Typically a single residential unit or grouping of several units are modeled as a thermal block. I would not treat the bathroom as a separate zone. I would assume that you would size the systems to account for the bathroom exhaust. So #3 is the best of the options above. Log in or register to post comments Phillip Cook WGE LEEDuser Basic Member 5 thumbs up June 18, 2013- 10:49 am Thanks a lot Marcus. I will update my model. That was a really helpful answer. On a related note, we have...

it in the next, it does cause problems. ie gymnaisums. Personally auditoriums are about acoustics and vision lines and should not have to be included as regularly occupied. Log in or register to post comments...

ECON Group LEEDuser Basic Member 170 thumbs up July 2, 2013- 5:44 pm Hi Barry--You're absolutely correct that there is a lot of great stuff in v4. When taken individually, it's all good. Together, not so much. The point is not sour grapes. The vote was decisive, but I feel a pit in my stomach--the gut that did me pretty well when trying to toe that line between 'far enough'...

Susan Walter HDR LEEDuser Expert 1296 thumbs up September 16, 2013- 1:37 pm Correct. You're doing a lot of good work on these issues, Catherine. Keep it up. Log in or register to post comments...

at the cooling coil reduces. To meet the ASHRAE 55 criteria, the cooling coil was carefully designed to balance the capacity of sensible and latent heat removal. In near zero load scenario of winter, the outdoor...

EUROPE: Pre-rinse spray valve 1.6gpm or lower Our project is an office bldg with a Kitchen Restaurant in Europe. We are looking for pre-rinse spray valves of 1.6gpm (6L/min) or lower available in France/Switzerland/Germany... Our Plumbing Engineer is having a lot of troubles finding a low flow version from the European manufacturers he knows. Has anyone found an American manufacturer that distributes here or an European one? Thank you all in advance, ...

calculation on the form. I have two additional questions:- Do you usually use the default ASHRAE occupancy no. for corridors (zero), or as it is occupiable, you determine a number and then use diversity so...