Can I use the garage doors in a Fire Department Apparatus Bay as a window to calculate my ventilation for ASHRAE 62.1.? We have have exhaust louvers at the rear of the building.

Thanks for sharing this experience. I'm sure you're not alone.
This strikes me as a fall-out of the effort to scale-up certification capacity--which means more of it is done by people who...

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ASHRAE 90.1 mandatory provisions require amongst other things to have vestibules for all main building entrances.
In a retail project, is there a possibility to replace the...

Like Heather's question above, what if the equipment to be installed is less than 5 hp AND doesn't fall under the HVAC equipment categories listed in section 2.9 of the CPG, such as Variable...

The majority of these projects have pursued LEED-NC. I'm not aware of any that have done CS - but there is movement to extend LEED-H to high-rise residential projects, and I think that Pilot...

I am surprised that the portfolio manager takes the number of freezers instead of capacity of freezers. I calculate that by increase number of nine freezers we can increase Energy star rating by...

Is international project (outside US) not eligible to get EPA rating for LEED EB certification? is it necessary to choose national benchmark option to earn these points.

My performance period includes April, May and June for a project in Atlanta. I am comparing the actual water use to the calculated water use. The credit says that when I establish the baseline...

The leed online v3 website shows separate file upload categories. If the mechanical engineer has provided the Sequence of Operations and the Systems Narrative as part of the...

The LEED Online template for EAc6 asks to "Upload completed protocol tools or calculators presenting data for building energy use emissions." in addition to the formal documentation from Energy...