Our school project has an outdoor track made of rubber. Is this considered a hardscape or can it count as open space?

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Does the flow rate to be specified in the online template for all the kitchen/public and private lavatory faucets/showerheads to be at a specific PSI? For. eg. the showerhead used in the building...

I'm a little new to LEED CI (got my AP cred. in NC) and have had intermittent confusion on the scope of LEED CI certification. As I understand it, only work performed as part of the tenant fit-...

I have been informed by a General Contractor who has a lot of LEED construction experience that substrates such as...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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?

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...