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0.125 gpf (1 pint) urinals: scale & pipe maintenance problems?

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Andrew Tse on Apr 4, 2012, 1:29 pm

All urinals require maintenance and all urinals have scale buildup. With reduction of flow rates the potential for drain line scale build-up and pipe corrosion is increased. Pint-flush urinals...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Apr 6, 2012, 12:22 pm

Green roof in terrace covering parking lot

NC-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Marcio Alberto Casado Pereira on Feb 24, 2012, 1:40 pm

My project has a parking lot on the underground, groundfloor and also on the 1st pavement of the building (7stories high). Above the 1st pavement, there are some offices with private terraces (...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Apr 6, 2012, 10:56 am

SS 5.1 Case 2. Previously Developed Areas or Graded Sites

NC-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Ray Argue on Mar 1, 2012, 9:05 pm

Within the notes to this LEED gives specifics on 'previously developed areas',
but I have not come across what there definition of 'graded sites' is.

A current project has a natural...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Apr 6, 2012, 10:51 am

FTE or School population?

NC-2009 SSc4.4: Alternative transportation - parking capacity
posted by Nelina Loiselle on Mar 1, 2012, 6:56 pm

The ITE Parking Generation Study refferences school population for units in determing # of parking spaces for University/college buildings. For LEED review purposes does ou school population need...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Apr 6, 2012, 10:47 am

Existing Parking Lot

NC-2009 SSc4.4: Alternative transportation - parking capacity
posted by Dan Forino on Mar 27, 2012, 3:13 pm

For a NC 2009 project we are building an addition to a building on an which will replace part of an existing campus parking lot. The campus provides parking in existing parking garages on the...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Apr 6, 2012, 10:41 am

Sidewalks and all-weather access

NC-2009 SSc2: Development Density and Community Connectivity
posted by Dave Barg on Feb 17, 2012, 5:39 pm

I currently have a project on a military base that was denied this point because "not all of the listed services have sidewalk pedestrian access from the project site....dirt trails do not meet...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Apr 6, 2012, 10:22 am

SSc2: Sidewalk connectivity between services

NC-2009 SSc2: Development Density and Community Connectivity
posted by john davi on Feb 28, 2012, 2:03 pm

I'm working on a suburban site that has over ten services within the the 1/2 mile radius, but there is not a sidewalk connecting them. Can you still achieve the credit without a sidewalk access...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Apr 6, 2012, 10:20 am

Multifamily mid-rise and the IEQ prereq re: ASHRAE 62.2-2007

LEED for Homes (LEED-H) Forum
posted by Andrea Marzullo on Apr 5, 2012, 10:23 am

ASHRAE 62.2-2007 was required in the Florida Building Code in 2007. This basically says that a multifamily building 4 to 6 stories must have a certain amount of outside air introduced into EACH...

Last reply: Samantha Harrell, Apr 6, 2012, 7:41 am

Central daylight control applicable?

CI-2009 EAc1.2: Optimize energy performance - lighting controls
posted by Marco Abdallah on Mar 13, 2012, 4:06 am

Hello,
there are also systems on the market which measure the daylight amount at a central weather station on the roof of the building and then calculate the shadow and control each...

Last reply: Dane Sanders, Apr 5, 2012, 9:23 pm

Sedums as Habitat

CS-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Maria Fiorelli on Mar 9, 2012, 8:41 am

I've heard recently that Sedum roofs are no longer being accepted as providing enough habitat to achieve 5.1. Is there any truth to this?

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Apr 5, 2012, 7:11 pm