Richardson Lofts is an adaptive reuse of what was a 6 story jewelry factory built circa 1900 in downtown Newark, NJ, and turned into 67 loft dwelling units. All units are fully accessible and include zero step main entrances, accessible doorways, accessible passages, minimum of one adaptable bathroom, accessible HVAC, lighting controls and outlets, and a kitchen, livable area, adaptable full bathroom and bedroom on the accessible level. The accessible bathrooms are a mix of accessible tubs with showerheads and accessible showers. We have found there is demand for both options and feel...

webinars!! I often take advantage of webinars and on-line learning opportunities that are fee-free, and it sounds like these webinars will contain valuable content. Thanks! Legacy LEED AP ...

This section is a great idea, thanks. LIs have lots of requirement information that is not captured elsewhere. LI #2500 concerns mixed use buildings that are primarily residential but have a relatively small amount of commercial with respect to bikes and showers requirements. The original ruling (along with a few others that were similar) set an implied threshold at 10% of gross area for having...

boundary" or "site boundary" shall be considered to refer to the "lighting boundary", for the purposes of this credit only. The lighting boundary is located at the property lines of the property, or properties, that the LEED project occupies. The lighting boundary can be modified under the following conditions:-When the property line is adjacent to a public area that is a walkway, bikeway, plaza, or parking lot, the lighting boundary may be moved to 5 feet (1.5 meters) beyond the property line.-When the property line is adjacent to a public street, alley or transit corridor, the lighting...

calculations? I have already tried to include no irrigated areas to calculations by assigning the value 0 (zero) to the ks (species factor), the value 1 (one) to IE (irrigation efficiency) and 'other'...

Although it has not been mentioned on LEEDUser before, there are now a number of online tools to assist the design and construction community with their LEED projects. Most importantly, one can work offline in these programs and then synch with LEED Onlin...

the manufacturer's will need to update their data sheets.     3. Yes. A lot of radiology equipment is self shielding.     4.I took this to acknowledge the heavy metal exists in these items and that there isn't...

We installed low flow toilets throughout our newly constructed 1.3 million square foot building and now experience line clogging issues. We still believe the installation of the fixtures was the right thing to do but need a solution to get additional pressure into our lines without adding huge additional costs, as we have over 70 toilets in the building. With only a portion of the building occupied, we have already incurred costs to have clogged lines flushed out. Any advice on a resolution would be appreciated. WEp1 ...

This is great news-and it adds to the transparency of who GBCI is. It helps to know our colleagues will be answering some of the most challenging technical questions. In my "contact us" emails to GBCI, I have always prefaced the questions by stating in all caps: "Please forward to our review team / technical staff." If you don't do that, you get a reply using the infuriating and non-responsive "stock language." It does eventually get to the skilled experts and we've had good communication after that. Also, I must admit that I don't spend a lot...

Am working with a project on LEED NC version 2009 which is located in Melaka, Malaysia.......... I have a doubt in species factor for Axonopus compressus.... Whether i can consider Cow grass (Axonopus compressus) as zero species factor? Or kindly help me to find the species factor for Axonopus compressus............... WEc1 ...