169 thumbs up March 27, 2012- 1:18 pm Mara: I wanted to share some thoughts with you even though this forum is now past the LEED 2012 PC3 formal deadline. In the interest of disclosure, I am...

Project I am working on is located within a college campus. Can I count such as a chapel, cafeteria or library as a part of servcie even though they are within the campus? It seems that since it...

I'm afraid that a lot of the arguments for raising the bar are being made by people who are a lot more advanced in their thinking and practice than the overwhelming majority of USGBC members. And...

We are trying to certify a store inside a mall, and are pursuing WEpr1 and WEc1. In order to pursue WEc1, we are installing toilets inside our store both for employees and for customers, but we...

Is it possible that a climate could be benign enough that RH sensors would be redundant or unnecessary, and a project would still gain IEQ 2.3 compliance with temperature monitoring alone?
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No CHP. I know there have been discussions elsewhere on this forum re: process loads, but our problem seems unique to the building type... must we treat secondary plant equipment for heat rejection...

I have a residential facility seeking LEED v2009 certification with small room loads (approx 2,000 BTU/hr).

My understanding of ASHRAE 90.1-2007 is that these spaces need to be modeled...

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I'm trying to work through how much more efficient my project will be over ASHRAE 90.1 2007, and I wondered if anyone had experience with how the standard compares to IEC 2006....

I am working with an owner who is developing a speculative office building under LEED CS 2009. The developer wants to specify a wall insulation above code (that's the good news) - using 6" studs...

As a newbee to LEED, I have a rather basic question. In the D&C reference guide 2009, on page 359, section 4 - Implementation, it mentions that all of the waste haul receipts should be...