I am working on an industrial LEED project in KSA. Most of electrical loads are for the industrial processes itself (i.e production line), while the other remaining loads are for HVAC and Lighting. I have noticed from a LEED Interpretation that in such cases similar to my case, I can model energy costs (EAc1) based on all loads except for the industrial process loads. If my understanding is true, then I can calculate the on-site renewable energy percentage mandatory for that credit (EAc2) following the same principle as in EAc1 (i.e. excluding the cost of energy specifically needed for the industrial...

Hey Tristan, any update on this LEED Dynamic Plaque? Last year there was a lot of pressure made to convert as many LEED credits into "dynamic" points for use in this plaque. Then last fall, USGBC's "Chief product officer", Scot Horst, took the Dynamic Plaque and formed his own, for profit company. http://www.usgbc.org/articles/arc-new-technology-venture-launched-facili... I still have a lot of problems with the Dynamic Plaque. Most of the credits are not dynamic. Like light pollution. Once the credit gets counted, it's always there. No further input. Most other...

Hello from Colombia, We have a C&S Project that has two different buildings (Hotel and offices building) in the same boundary. They share only three underground level parking garages and a pedestrian hardscape at the 1st level. Can they be LEED certie...

Hello, The contractor is planning to use a moisture barrier product that has 0 (zero) VOC content. Is this acceptable for LEED for Schools 2009 or do we need a Small Scale Chamber test for it? IEQc4.1 ...

I'm curious if this has become easier with time. We had a small fast-track (only a couple of months design and a couple construction) interior fit-out and we had so few products to begin with that coming up with 20 EPDs was near impossible. We did manage to get halfway. I'm wondering if other small projects "cheat" by selecting two completely different carpet lines and other workarounds to get to the 20. MRpc52 ...

Would patrons to the movie theater be classified as "transient" or "retail customer"? Based on the assumed flush/flow rates in the LEED calculator, it seems a movie patron are more in line with what the transient rates are, retail customer rates seem too low. please advise. thank you. WEp1 U.S. and Canada ...

Hello there, I have two project sites in question. 1) An very urban site that was previously a parking lot 2) A suburban site that was previously graded (need further analysis to see if it was previously developed). For both sites, no analysis or site surveys were completed prior to construction for the habitats of endangered/threatened species. How can we determine if this site was/has potential to have those habitats? Is it necessary to hire an ecologist for a site specific report? Can a report be made after construction had started? SSc1 Canada ...

Our project is a zero lot line. We would be able to install a green roof for 20% of the project site surface which is not enough since the treshold is 30%. However, we wonder if it would be acceptable to combine option 1 and 2 and complement the missing area with financial support.  SSc2 Europe – Western ...

There is a bus route I would like to count for this credit: the stop in one direction is within the 400 metre walking distance but the (paired) stop going the opposite direction is outside of the 400-metre limit. It's across the road and a block further away, just outside the limit. My initial thought was that I couldn't count this route, but there is this line in the reference guide: 'if a route has two separate stops to serve each direction (eg on opposite sides of a street) choose one stop from which to measure the distance to that route.' Also this: 'any transit stop...

a lot undefined. WEc3 ...