Hi there, I am currently calculating the power allowance for exterior lighting in a school project. In this case, there is quite a lot of exterior spaces and landscaping. Almost one-third of the trees are illuminated, however, I am not sure which could be an acceptable and effective way to measure the illuminated area for the LPD allowance calculation. As per now I have considered "approximately" the area that will "feel" illuminated. That is about 3m around the trees lighting. I could not find any example nor information about how to perform this calculation. Have you addressed...

Glenn Heinmiller Principal Lam Partners LEEDuser Basic Member 100 thumbs up November 1, 2023- 9:07 pm To me, the idea of getting points for the Lighting Quality credit for a parking garage doesn't make a lot of sense to me. And in any case, I don't see how it is even possible because so many of the requirements only apply to regularly occupied spaces.  And in a parking garage, there aren't any. This seems to be the case with either the 4.0 or 4.1 version of the credit Log in or register to post comments Summer Minchew Managing Partner Ecoimpact Consulting LEEDuser Expert 170 thumbs up...

to post comments Sara BENLOUBA Green building manager Confidential LEEDuser Basic Member 13 thumbs up November 27, 2023- 9:49 am Dear Glenn,  Thanks a lot for your answer.  Log in or register to post...

towers, no permanent irrigation system, at least some onsite vegetated area (i.e. NOT zero lot line), and 'not a factory' seem to be the best fit for this ACP.  This ACP may also be a nice fit...

Hello everyone, I am currently working on a project consisting of two residential towers (deep retrofit). Although they appear to be connected from the outside, the only connection they have is through the underground parking lots. It is important to note that they have the same owner, are connected to the same thermal district, do not have cooling, have the same type of ventilation but do not have a centralized system, and have the same connection to the potable water network (a single meter). Clearly, the parking lot is not conditioned, but there is a gym and a laundry room...

heating system with its respective supply temperatures, but I will set the default pump assigned by the software to zero consumption and non thermal distribution losses. In the other loop, which represents...

Joshua Radoff Renewable and Sustainable Energy Specialization Lead, MENV University of Colorado Boulder LEEDuser Expert 45 thumbs up August 31, 2009- 9:11 pm This caveat applies to all project types, whether you've got a zero lot line site or a sprawling parking lot. The intent here, I believe, is to improve over the previous version of LEED, that didn't stipulate how much landscaping...

projects to get SSc6 credits is to pay the weather service lots of money for the adapted information. Log in or register to post comments Jean Marais b.i.g. Bechtold DesignBuilder Expert LEEDuser Basic...

Tristan Roberts Representative Vermont House of Representatives LEEDuser Expert 11477 thumbs up December 2, 2009- 11:16 am Alex, LEED-CI SSc3.3 does not look at who is using the parking — it only looks at how much parking the project has, relative to the minimum required by zoning. In other words, it doesn't give you an "out" if you want to focus on limiting parking for staff while providing lots of parking for customers. Does that answer your question? Are you seeing something about signage somewhere? Log in or register to post comments Devon Bertram Sustainability Manager YR&G...

Jenny Carney Vice President WSP LEEDuser Expert 657 thumbs up December 29, 2009- 11:59 am I'm not sure if there's been any consideration of offering a similar approach to pin-based CFLs, but I think the main motivation for the screw-based allowance is to make sure this credit doesn't discourage a switch from incandescents to screw-based CFLs. Since that possibility doesn't exist for the pin-based lamps, there's no special allowance. If you do happen to have a lot of pin-based CFLs that are pushing your picogram/lumen hour value up, you can always exclude up to 10% of lamps from...