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posted by Bill Swanson on Aug 18, 2010, 9:17 am

3) It's difficult to start with a fully formed idea that works everywhere. LEED is slowly growing and adapting. LEED started in the US and became very popular. Others outside of the US wanted...

Daylighting Option 2- LEED for Schools

Schools-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Maya Karkour on Aug 11, 2010, 7:41 am

Dear all,

LEED for Schools 2009 requires that 75% of classrooms be adequately day lit.

Say I have 40 classrooms. The requirement is that VLT*...

Last reply: Maya Karkour, Aug 18, 2010, 9:03 am

All things change, and we change with them.

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posted by Bill Swanson on Aug 18, 2010, 8:50 am

2) Those unwilling to change usually get left behind in the business world. There's always people willing to try new things and innovate.

I've been hearing stories that at some...

Green vs profit

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posted by Bill Swanson on Aug 18, 2010, 8:41 am

1) This can be a difficult topic. How do we put a cost on clean air and water. When someone is only interested in immediate profits then it usually takes the government issuing a new building...

vehicles

EBOM-2009 MRc2: Sustainable Purchasing—Durable Goods
posted by Pablo Fortunato Suarez on Jul 20, 2010, 4:57 am

The LEED guidebook (table 1 of MRc1 showing "ongoing consumables" and "durable goods") actually includes vehicles. Will purchase of electric vehicles count for this credit?

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Aug 18, 2010, 7:29 am

Micro climatic factor, Kmc

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Yong Lee Low on Aug 18, 2010, 1:44 am

The landscaping on my site doesn’t have any adjacent parking nor located in a slope, but has wind tunnel effect. The results of wind tunnel test at various points on site proves that on an...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Aug 18, 2010, 7:22 am

Controllability of Systems

CI-2009 IEQc6.2: Controllability of systems - thermal comfort
posted by Chris Hellstern on Aug 11, 2010, 4:39 pm

For a CI 2009 project, our building is able to allow occupants to control thermostats to a range of 70-74 degrees. Would having a specified range such as this be allowable to achieve this credit...

Last reply: John Bauer, Aug 17, 2010, 10:49 pm

New District Energy Guidelines

NC-2009 EAc1: Optimize Energy Performance
posted by Shillpa Singh on Aug 17, 2010, 5:03 pm

All- check out the new guidelines published on Aug 13th by USGBC on energy credits- EAp2/EAc1- Energy Efficiency, EAp1/EAc3- Commissioning, EAc5- M&V; EAc2- On site...

District PV Energy?

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posted by Eric Shamp on Aug 17, 2010, 1:15 pm

Would this guideline also apply to district...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Aug 17, 2010, 1:18 pm

Water Efficient Landscaping

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Yong Lee Low on Jul 25, 2010, 11:54 pm

I have the Landscape factors for all landscape type in my project, which includes tree, shrubs and ground cover. But When I key in the available data in LEED online submittal template, it asks...

Last reply: Allison Zuchman, Aug 17, 2010, 12:31 pm