Job Description: The primary focus of this position is to manage and/or assist on high performance green buildings that have identified sustainability targets such as LEED, Step Code, Passive House, Zero Carbon, and City of Vancouver Green Buildings Policy. Reports to: Principals Essential Functions: Manage and coordinate multiple green building projects Research and present green building strategies to clients, design consultants, and construction teams Manage scope and budget of projects Liaise with green building certification bodies (GBCI, PHI) Prepare reports and presentations...

Bill Swanson Sr. Electrical Engineer Integrated Design Solutions LEEDuser Expert 734 thumbs up March 17, 2022- 10:47 am Grade level is a height of 0 meters.  If the highest fixture is 5 M then the grid goes from 0 M to 15 M. Shifting the grid to the centerline of roads helps a lot. Because of how strict this is, the BUG option is easier to document compliance. Log in or register to post comments ...

Could someone please confirm my understanding of how COM fabric or laminat would affect compliance?   My understanding is that when a furniture assembly is tested, it is with their standard line of finishes (textile, laminate, etc).  If we have selected to use COM for the furniture, that furniture would need to go through testing with the COM to ensure compliance, correct?  I just wanted to make sure I couldn't pair together the certificates for the standard product and also include certificates for the COM finishes. Thanks everyone! EQc2 ...

a building before but have funding requiring sustainability certifications. As a LEED Proven Provider, we do a lot of LEED work, but our goal is always to recommend the best tool for our clients’ particular needs. Therefore, we are engaged in the entire rainbow of rating systems from Arc to Zero Carbon, with our current emphasis on growing work in WELL, Fitwel, ILFI Core, and LEED post-occupancy standards using ARC (LEED O+M, LEED Zero). YOU You are an impassioned individual interested in exploring consulting in the sustainable building field. You have a LEED Green Associate credential or have studied...

Can the percentage values prescribed in the "Maximum allowed percentage of total luminaire lumens emitted above horizontal" be taken as time-related? For example, if we have uplights in a LZ0 project and we provide a strategy to turn off these lights before curfew (ex: by 10PM the lumens emitted shall be zero), can that action satisfy the requirement? SSc6 Saudi Arabia ...

Hi I have a site that does not have enough power from the local grid so is considering a self contained LPG based generation on site. I'm just wondering if this will have an impact on any of the credits because it will have a significant impact on the carbon intensity of the whole project. The site will use a lot more power due to the onsite conversion from LPG to electricity, but the building itself will not use much more (slight increase due to transmission losses). Does anybody have any experience of this? EAp2 ...

Marcus Sheffer LEED Fellow 7group / Energy Opportunities LEEDuser Expert 5903 thumbs up August 24, 2022- 7:47 pm I am not aware of any requirements along these lines. If you want to claim energy savings for this strategy it should be submitted as an exceptional calculation. You will need to define the baseline, which I assume would be without these switches, but also based on some kind of assumptions about how often the windows are opened. This assumption should be justified based on some sort of study of dorm window use. Let us know how you make out. Log in or register to post comments ...

Tommy Linstroth CEO Green Badger LEEDuser Expert 126 thumbs up September 2, 2022- 10:06 am Adam You don't need the cost for the BPDO calculator to earn EPD or MIR credits. However, I'm guessing you'll have a lot of overlap with those products and low-emitting, where you may need the actual costs if something isn't compliant. Log in or register to post comments ...

Dave Hubka Practice Leader- Sustainability EUA LEEDuser Expert 530 thumbs up September 14, 2022- 8:47 pm my opinion, there is still a lot of best practices in the Safety First pilot credits- regardless of current covid restrictions/practices, so I hope that the Safety First pilot credits graduate up into the Innovation catalog.  Log in or register to post comments ...

Hello everyone, I have managed to read trough the comments in the forum and from what i have read i understood that the calculation that indicates the amount of water to be managed on site should be taken from the LEED V2009 SSc6.1 Credit.  Meaning even if a project is setting out to achieve LEED V4.0 we use LEED v2009 calculation method: V.=P*Rv*A/12  My question is, do we then also need to prove that the tanks are going to be emptied after each storm, using storm interval of 3 days as LEED v2009 used? There is not a single line in LEED v4.0 guide about Drawdown rate, about emptying tanks before another...