lot to give people some perspective of scale. SSc8 ...

Brenden McEneaney Director, Northern California City of Santa Monica LEEDuser Basic Member 47 thumbs up September 17, 2009- 6:41 pm It is certainly more challenging, but it also can strongly depend on your occupant types. In a hotel project, you'll find that showers dominate water use (at least, the water use that's considered in LEED...). If you've got a lot of students/visitors, waterless urinals have a more significant contribution. 1.5 or 1.6 gpm showerheads are out there and are good. For a typical office building, you might also go to the 1.0 gpf pressure-assist toilets....

Are their points available for over achieving on this prerequisite (ETS control), such as a no smoking campus policy? The LEED On-line Letter Template has a box to check for alternative path compliance that suggests possible points, but no explanation of how to proceed. IEQp2 ...

Joshua Lloyd Phillip Markwood Architects LEEDuser Basic Member 3 thumbs up October 8, 2009- 3:15 pm What we have done to determine the access to views is to start your line on the outside edge of the window and take it to the opposite inside edge of the window. And then just extend those lines until they hit a wall. So in most cases, your angle is much greater than 45% from the center point. Log in or register to post comments ...

Jenny Carney Vice President WSP LEEDuser Expert 657 thumbs up November 15, 2009- 5:58 pm Good news, Kathy. There's a compliance path for just this type of situation. As long as the property's landscaped area is equal to at least 5% of the total site area, the Rating System and other documents state you are eligible for the credit. If the project is registered, check out the form in LEED Online for how to document compliance based on zero use of irrigation (and if it's not registered yet, it's a good idea to do so and always look at the submittal forms early on to get a full...

Does anyone know where I can get a ASHRAE 62.1-2007 calculator to figure the CI IEQ p1. The LEED on line credit page is asking for it. IEQp1 ...

is that only a portion of the factory aim to be LEED certified (leased area form my client), the building envelop and this ventilation system has been already provided by the building owner. Thanks a lot! Log...

"Prohibit on-property smoking within 25 feet of entries, outdoor air intakes and operable windows." Anyone know why 25ft? As it applies only to "on property" what about buildings where the openings are on the property boundary line, such as directly facing a public side walk? Would it not be appropriate to allow an engineering solution, e.g. air curtain at an entrance door for example? IEQp2 ...

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...

What you are saying is indeed in line with the comments we received. However, what is the value in completing two calculations when, for stormwater, the Master Plan is a worst case scenario, and that is basis you're using to size the system as you're building it now. For example, if your retention ponds are sized for the full development, what is the value of completely re-doing the calcs for the current phase when the runoff quantity and rate are necessarily going to be lower? SSc9 ...