In line with our quarries in item no.1 which of the two options mentioned above should we consider in determining the historical annual production output. ANNUAL PRODUCTION OUTPUT Our project is using...

emily reese moody Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance Jacobs LEEDuser Expert 475 thumbs up September 2, 2024- 2:52 pm Hi Wafa, I would think this project has a zero lot line, which is typical in dense urban areas. In this case, you do not include the circulation areas outside of your project boundary. You would have a 0 in those areas on the form. You should probably include a little description on the form for the review to make sure they understand this scenario. Log in or register to post comments ...

Greetings. I am working on a mixed project targeting Parksmart for the parking area. In the design stage, the credits B3 and B4- Way Finding Systems- External and Internal were targeted. However, in the construction stage, we realized that providing a parking detection system for the entire parking spaces would be a waste of money as all the offices and residential areas will have dedicated parking. Few visitor parking lots which happen to be 10% of the total parking spaces are open to visitor parking. To comply with the Parksmart credit requirement for wayfinding, will that be acceptable if the parking detection...

We have a mixed project with residential and office units. Residential area has apartments and few (12) duplex units. As per LEED requirement for Prerequisite 1- Minimum IA performance, CO sensors have to be provided for all residential units even if the cooking or any associated combusion are electric based. As the project has 12 duplexes do we need to provide 12 CO sensor units or more. As per the credit language, " CO monitors must be installed on each floor of each unit ", does that make 12X2 CO sensors for the 12 duplexes?  As the duplexes will have kitchens in the zero floor while...

If building next to an existing parking lot, which will serve the new structure, does the parking lot footprint need to be included in the LEED project boundaries?  Assume there will be minor upgrades to the existing lot (EV charger/ lighting upgrades) MPR2 ...

for Hazardous Storage and Chemical Space. Should the 75,000 sf pharmaceutical manufacturing space pursue the Exceptional Calculation method to show energy savings if we can establish a standard base line system? Depending on question 2, what is the building type with the largest conditioned floor area as to determine the HVAC system base line (predominanat condition) Project is ASHRAE zone 3A.  Per Table G3.1.1-3,...

Hi LEED users! We had a thread in this forum back in 2022 about Option 2 Path 1, with a lot of good ideas for how to potentially earn the credit. But I don't think we ever had an update on whether any of them got implemented or went through LEED review. Anyone have experience to share? What did your project do, how did you document it, and did you submit for review? Would love to get some real-life examples to help future project teams.  LTc3 ...

emily reese moody Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance Jacobs LEEDuser Expert 475 thumbs up May 11, 2024- 5:23 pm Hi Alexia, Can you provide some more info on which lines in the form and tabs you're trying to change? If your user groups are already separate tabs, you shouldn't need to adjust any uses per day- the calculator already knows what they expect/want to be used for frequency. Log in or register to post comments ...

Emily Purcell Sustainable Design Lead CannonDesign LEEDuser Expert 369 thumbs up January 18, 2024- 4:05 pm It sounds like the parking area serves both buildings. I don't see any issue with using the lot to add chargers for Phase 2 and earn the credit. I recommend: Draw the LEED boundary to exclude all the parking, since it is already part of a certified project and not under construction...

Andrey Kuznetsov ESG consultant, LEED AP BD+C Self Employed LEEDuser Basic Member 33 thumbs up June 5, 2024- 3:44 am Since regular turfgrass is typically mono species grass, that is very gentle, requires a lot of watering, regulare treatment (inluding fertilizers and pesticides) and do not contribute to the biodevirsity and sustainability of the vegetated area.  Note, that v4.1 differs from v4- turf grass counts, and the 25 % of " the required outdoor open space must be vegetated space planted  with two or more types of vegetation  or have overhead vegetated canopy ".  Log in or register...