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Option 2, Outside US

Pilot-Credits PC12: Reduced Automobile Dependence
posted by Anna Korinkova on Aug 16, 2011, 8:22 am

Hi all,
We are working on a project situated in the Czech Republic, Prague.
Is it possible to go for Option 2 and use Prague Planning Office as a metropolitan planning organization?...

Last reply: Fred Dock, Aug 16, 2011, 4:31 pm

Hard copy signatures

General forums
posted by Mike Barker on Aug 16, 2011, 4:26 am

My observations, from an international point of view, are as follows :-

1) A hard copy, in the form of a comitment by the engineer on a company letterhead with his full signature, will...

AGMBC Part II

LEED Guidance for Campuses and Multiple Buildings
posted by Cara Mae Cirignano on Oct 26, 2010, 12:30 pm

Unfortunately, if your project is registered under a 2009 rating system, or not yet registered, we do not allow use of the 2005 document. We plan to publish AGMCB Part II in early 2011 - we...

Last reply: Lindsey Perez, Aug 15, 2011, 4:13 pm

Counting surfaces

Pilot-Credits PC19: Whole Building Reuse
posted by Bradley Guy on Aug 15, 2011, 12:33 pm

Hello Heather,
Your comments are just the kind of feedback this pilot process is intended to elicit. We need to figure out this ratio of non-structural and structural / envelope surfaces...

Last reply: Heather Walters, Aug 15, 2011, 1:16 pm

Varying sill heights

NC-2009 IEQc8.2: Daylight and views - views
posted by Sara Sweeney on Aug 12, 2011, 4:48 pm

I am working on a project - a preschool, and the architect has windows with varying sill heights. Some windows have a sill height of 48 inches AFF and other windows have a sill height of 6 inches...

Last reply: Heather Appell, Aug 15, 2011, 11:53 am

Method Choosing

EBOM-2009 EAc1: Optimize Energy Efficiency Performance
posted by Austin Evans on Jul 6, 2011, 10:06 am

This is an industrial manufacturing facility, and we have filed our data online with Energy Star as Other-Other. We have the 3 years of historical data, but really feel like it's unfair to be...

Last reply: Aaron Nelson, Aug 15, 2011, 11:12 am

Major problem with the credit, in my opinion

Pilot-Credits PC19: Whole Building Reuse
posted by Heather Walters on Aug 15, 2011, 7:37 am

As I see it the major issue with this credit is the 75% threshold in MR 1.1 &1.3.

Consider two possible assemblies.
- A 1920s 18" thick historic masonry and terracotta...

ID Credit for 100% Outside air?

NC-2009 IDc1: Innovation in Design
posted by Nelina Loiselle on Aug 12, 2011, 3:46 pm

Has anyone tried pursuing an ID credit for using 100% outside air in the building's HVAC systems?

Last reply: Robert Phinney, Aug 12, 2011, 5:12 pm

Window Replacement

Pilot-Credits PC19: Whole Building Reuse
posted by Patrick Castelvecchi on Aug 11, 2011, 3:47 pm

One thing to consider by requiring project teams to include windows in the calculation is areas where the exisitng windows cannot physically be retrofitted to meet the new performance criteria....

Last reply: Sarah Buffaloe, Aug 12, 2011, 4:18 pm

Sidewalk definition

Pilot-Credits PC14: Walkable Streets
posted by Jens Apel on Aug 10, 2011, 7:34 am

How would the sidewalk length for the category "Sidewalk Intrusions" be measured for a project consisting of several buildings on a plaza.
There are no defined sidewalks and nor driveways...

Last reply: Chris Marshall, Aug 12, 2011, 12:54 pm