A new project, under LEED-NC, is a major addition to an existing building, in this case a manufacturing facility which will result in basically three sections New Office, Existing Office, and...

We are designing an office tower that is going for LEED Core and Shell certification. Under a separate contract we are doing a small portion of the interior fit-out (less than 40%) at the same...

The requirements for Pilot Credit 12 appear to be precariously similar to the requiements for LEED 2009 CI SSc3 Option 1, Exemplary Performance.

There is slight variation - for example:...

Apologies in advance if this belongs in a general forum... seemed more appropriate here

Just some food for thought. Reducing...

I have a client that would like to install charging stations for SS 4.3 Option 2 compliance. How do you demonstrate vehicle fueling capacity per station when each electric vehicle charges at a...

Hi everyone:

I'm working in a CS project, and I've been filling table PIf 3-1: Space Usage Type. In this project, offices are for sale, and therefore I'm not sure if the tenant spaces...

We are evaluating dual flush fixtures for our residential project. I see in the Water Use Reduction guidance the weighted average methodology. And they comment on the 1:2 ratio of full to low...

As 1.6 is a standard low flow toilet, in order to further reduce water use is it better to specify a 1.28 gpf or a dual flush toilet?
Thank you.

really just used Daysim that way a few times. I usually go from Ecotect to Daysim. Here is the link to the Daysim forum that may help answer your specific question. http://groups.google.com/group/daysim...

Can anyone tell me why Foundation and Footings are eliminated from the LEED LCA Claculator? We have to input this information in the Athena EcoCalculator, but not in the LEED LCA Calculator?...