There's a lot of information out there to help novices. 3. If you are used to design modeling tools, the Energy Star approach is going to seem strange to you. It's not intended to identify the best...

What if our building(11F total) has three floors unoccupied which means our total annual energy use will be a lot lower than 100% occupied? Can you deduct the gross floor area of these 3 floors from...

Paola Figueiredo, Newton Figueiredo SustentaX LEEDuser Basic Member 119 thumbs up July 14, 2011- 2:08 pm Hello Andrea, That's really a tough one! I suppose a person who carpooled in a LEFE vehicle should respond only that he used the LEFE vehicle, and not that he carpooled. Think about it: on each day in which they carpooled together, for those 2 people, zero conventional vehicles were used. Therefore, 4 conventional trips were avoided on that day, right? Equivalent to both declaring that they used low-emitting vehicles. But I'm not quite sure exactly what the SCAQMD methodology says about...

in the trash/recycle stream")....and you're going to have to sort on site, find recyclers to take the various items (every different stream will need weighing and recording). Yes, I know that sounds a lot...

Chief Mechanical Engineer Design Alaska LEEDuser Basic Member 36 thumbs up April 25, 2012- 4:27 pm When I try to benchmark with Labs21, no results show up. Instead there is a small line that says:...

In Use does provide a benchmark pretty quickly where a property stands. Then you've got a lot of work to do (with no real support or examples from BREEAM on what you should do) to become more...

If performance periods for different credits have to end within the same 30 day period, and our solid waste was hauled and tracked during the period of the project's additions and alterations, this credit will not be able to line up (timing wise) with other credits' performance periods. We've diverted more than 95%, and should be able to receive 2 valuable credits but is it worth pursuing if the performance periods will not line up? MRc9 ...

Nena, since EBOM SSc4 has a lot of points available with it, and basically is a performance-based incentive to increase use of alternative transport (the survey gives you credit for what you are doing, so...

Response we will add a narrative stating that two dishwashers are in the kitchen areas, and we will add the hand washing sinks located in the kitchen as kitchen sink category. Thanks a lot! Log...

in LEEDUser's defense- you offer much more comprehensive guidance than the Reference Guide- there is zero guidance in there on how to track compliance with equipment which makes it seem a bit arbitrary...