in the process, often before LEED is under consideration, so the outreach done might not be in line with what this prerq asks for. There are also so many gray areas here (who are the right stakeholders, what...

building in North America, if not the world. I understand that potable water is a scarce resource, but there are a lot of other components required to earn SSc2 that result in some great environmental...

is requiring that the projects comply with ASHRAE what is increasing a lot the project budget and our client do not have enough money. Does owner impose us to meet ASHRAE 90.1? As per your previuos comment we...

to conduct the fixture inventory and perform the calculations, they could just use Option 2 to show that they meet the prerequisite. In doing so, they would leave a lot of points on the table, but even though...

of the best approach. In general, projects with high transient populations are actually required to install the number of bike racks required by the credit. While 433 bike racks sounds like a lot, so does 8,484...

if there is no conclusive evidence to the contrary, the baseline GPM should be the same for metered and non-metered faucets. This would also avoid a lot of confusion. Log in or register to post comments Tristan Roberts...

fixtures and fittings, so you must meet the minimum level of conservation that is targeted in WEp1. However, if your building was built after that date and has lots of high-efficiency fixtures...

Jana Schulz Architect- LEED AP Edificios Verdes LEEDuser Basic Member 43 thumbs up April 13, 2010- 9:41 pm Hi Cara, thanks for your response. The use of "Basement" is unclear. Thinking in two hipothetical cases: Case 1: Core & Shell Building, 50,000 sqf office area. 50,000 sqf underground parking. If underground parking is considered as "basement", Gross Floor Area = 100,000 sqf. Default Occupancy = 400. Case 2: Core & Shell Building, 50,000 sqf office area. 50,000 sqf surface parking, zero underground parking. Surface parking is non-enclosed thus, Gross Floor Area...

Nadav Malin CEO BuildingGreen, Inc. LEEDuser Moderator 844 thumbs up April 16, 2010- 12:33 pm Hi Christopher,The credit language on this (visible above, if you're a full member of LEEDuser) doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room: "Mechanical, electrical and plumbing components, and specialty items such as elevators cannot be included in this calculation." The answer is a pretty clear "no". Log in or register to post comments Christopher Sawyer STV INC LEEDuser Basic Member 46 thumbs up April 16, 2010- 12:50 pm Thanks Nadav, I got this idea from the Titus website:...

Tristan Roberts Representative Vermont House of Representatives LEEDuser Expert 11477 thumbs up April 16, 2010- 5:53 pm The IEQc3.5 credit language specifies "in the primary direction of travel," so this should work fine as long as the perpendicular route is in the line of travel, i.e. that someone entering the building basically has no choice but to walk the full 10 feet. If they could cut...