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Exemplary performance limits for on-site renewables

Schools-2009 IDc1: Innovation in Design
posted by Keelan Kaiser on Jan 18, 2011, 1:34 pm

In 2007 Schools, can we apply for two ID points if we get our on-site renewable production up to 22.5% (12.5% + 5% + 5%)? 25.5%? This seems like a possibility if I read correctly the limit of up...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jan 20, 2011, 5:32 pm

Option 1- Can All Three(3) Spaces be Classrooms

Schools-2009 SSc10: Joint Use of Facilities
posted by James Keohane on Jan 16, 2011, 2:21 pm

The credit language for Option 1 states in part that...... "at least three(3) of the following spaces included in the school are accessible to and avilable for shared use by the general public:...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jan 20, 2011, 5:12 pm

Number of Students

General forums
posted by Maura Adams on Jan 12, 2011, 1:06 pm

I'm working on a boarding school classroom building. We have 535 students, but they'll spend a maximum of 2 hours/day in the building. The form seems to assume a traditional school building,...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jan 20, 2011, 4:58 pm

LEED NC or LEED Homes?

LEED Rating System Selection
posted by Rob Hink on Jan 13, 2011, 12:42 pm

We are designing a building to serve as the Deans Residence for a large University. While serving as the deans home it also will be designed for receptions and meetings. Its is a 2 story...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jan 20, 2011, 4:40 pm

Draft forms

General forums
posted by Susan Walter on Jan 20, 2011, 3:18 pm

So far, these forms are still generic and the changes I do see in them I am anticipating seeing in the newer versions of LEED. The balloted version of LEED HC is more helpful to me in...

blow-out fixtures

EBOM-2009 WEp1: Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Pablo Fortunato Suarez on Jul 20, 2010, 6:47 am

the exception above. If this were my project, and #1 was prohibitively expensive or problematic, I would certainly recommend #3. Hope that helps a little, Dan ps I would welcome input from other forum users...

Last reply: Pablo Fortunato Suarez, Jan 20, 2011, 1:25 pm

Feed-in-tariffs and energy modeling in EAp2 and EAc1

Schools-2009 EAc1: Optimize Energy Performance
posted by Ward Miller on Jan 20, 2011, 5:10 am

In LEED, energy savings are calculated in monetary amounts rather than energy units. I'm working on a project in Europe where feed-in-tariffs are the official energy rate for energy produced from...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Jan 20, 2011, 9:24 am

More than 1 application for Innovation?

NC-2009 IDc1: Innovation in Design
posted by Clare Parry on Jan 19, 2011, 7:55 pm

We have a significant office project (NC-2009), which is highly innovative and is carbon neutral, effectively disconnected from the water grid and contains a number of innovations, both world-...

Last reply: Clare Parry, Jan 20, 2011, 12:35 am

MR Materials Credits (recycled/reuse/regional/biobased)

General forums
posted by Tom Lent on Jan 10, 2011, 8:39 pm

This comment applies to issues across several of the MR Materials Credits (...

Last reply: Laura S. D'Ardenne, Jan 19, 2011, 8:01 pm

For those who need Verification

Pilot-Credits PC27: Reconcile Designed and Actual Energy Performance
posted by Marcus Sheffer on Dec 12, 2010, 3:21 pm

Beyond just measuring consumption. This credit explores the verification process for determining if the predicted savings during design and construction actually happened once the facility is...

Last reply: Marc Mondor, Jan 19, 2011, 5:14 pm