Dear All we are evaluating the possibility of certifying a distributrion center. In what related LT C5 (“ Access to Quality Transit ”): the building is served both by a commuter rail (less than 800 m from entrance) and bus lines (both less than 400 m from entrance); the commuter rail frequency (27 during weekdays and 19 during weekends) complies with table 2 minimum requirement for 1 point; however, the combined frequency (commuter rail + bus lines) does not comply with table 1 minimum requirement for 1 point. Can the project earn the point related with compliance with table 2? Thanks, LTc5 Portugal ...

I am working on a resort project located at a remote location. The resort has a bicycle track that connects to single room chalets that will have an FTE of 2 and zero visitors due to its remote location. Since the chalets are designed for 2 FTE 's am i required to have 4 short term bicycle racks and the 4 long term ones as a minimum? LTc6 Oman ...

Hello. Our project is in a very dry area, with very little rain. The design team has already chosen plant species with very low water needs (over 40% reduction) but, to supply with the minimum irrigation necessary for plant survival, our team wants to use reclaimed water. Reclaiming rainwater is not an option, since there are many months a year when there is near to zero rain. Reclaiming water from...

We have a project in Saudi Arabia and are wondering if any other projects have approved equivalencies for the 2 year 24 hour storm? For this particular project location that would essentially be Zero. We are wondering if other projects in water-starved areas are recommended to use a 5 year, or more frequent storm, and for Saudi Arabia in particular if anyone can direct me to resources with daily rainfall values. Thank you! SSc4 Saudi Arabia ...

When finding the area of compliance for a single room under multiple view types, does the regularly occupied space that is entered for that space change? For example, in my project, the private office is 50m2 but 42m2 complies under View Type 2 and 3 while the rest 8m2 complies with View Type 1 and 2. When I enter this as two line items in the Excel calculator, the regularly occupied space of the meeting room (50m2) is getting double-counted. How are such scenarios accounted for in the LEED calculator? EQc8 Kuwait ...

room, and it would be quite a lot of extra scope for the project if we need to install some kind of monitoring into every individual room. In addition to that, take for example managers offices, could we...

I'm try to figure out how many tests I need to run for EQ3 V4. New building, 2 floors, 25K EA, some open areas, lots of office and meeting rooms on the perimter, not in a nonattaiment zone. At one test per 5K of floor area that would be 10 tests, 5 per floor. I think there are too many office and other closed area to try to use the rule of seven.  Suggestions, commets? Peter. EQc4 ...

If yes, should we count them as occasional (peak visitors) or regular occupants? Thanks a lot for your answers Marion LTc6 ...

Hi Would anyone know if the HFO R-1233zd is cleared by USGBC as a zero CFC refrigerent.  A number of large manufacturers are using this refrigerent in their large water cooled magnetic bearing chiller offerings.  There appears to be a very low CFC element of 0.00034 in the refrigerent depending on the source manufacturer.  There is an argument that the ODP is so low that this substance is not subject to restrictions. Its not any banned list of refrigerents or listed as an ODP substance in the Montreal protocol. https://www.coolingpost.com/world-news/german-agency-seeks-ban-on-r1233zd/ EAp4 ...

are recorded for 10AM!!!?? If you choose (properly) data at 8AM line, it results in 293-53=240 W/m2 DirHorRad, more then an half of reduction!! I want to share this because on some projects I'm working...