According to the guidance I've seen from LEED, your performance period for recertification is from the time you were certified initially up until the time you submit for for recertification....

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I did a basic walkthrough and counted the computers and people for the Energy Star data calculations and some questions came up.

1.) It was a Friday, so I expect the...

I've recently come across a deblitating problem as it pertains to the energy modeling of an ABSL-3 space. The sensitive, high-containment nature of these spaces predicates an essentially CAV,...

We are building a healthcare project and have registered our project as LEED for NC. We have a question concerning exterior lighting. In LEED Healthcare it states "Note: The following areas may...

Talking about a VRF HVAC system. Is it a mandatory requirement that the VRF condenser and evaporative units must be ARI Certified, according with the Standard 90.1-2007? They should be labeled...

I am modeling a building that directs all building exhaust through an energy recovery ventilator, including bathroom exhaust. Can I take credit in the baseline for the ERV exhaust fan since it...

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I am modeling a building which has no heating or cooling system in the design, so, according to Appendix G, I have modeled these systems exactly the same as in the baseline...

I am working on a large (250,000 square-foot) addition to a 250,000 square-foot building, both are mixed-use but primarily hospital. We are simulating the addition as a separate building,...

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We have some canopies in our project, but one of these canopies is 5w over-lighted. It's our understanding that we can make it up by under-lighting other tradable surface.

Can...

Our healthcare project is planning on capturing condensate water and excess rain water from a 12,000 s.f. vegetated roof in a cistern to irrigate plantings which include a small lawn area in a...