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Tracking / documenting items being reused from demo'd bldg

NC-2009 MRc2: Construction Waste Management
posted by Renee Shirey on May 20, 2011, 11:03 am

On our site we have several items that will be salvaged from our demo'd building/site (furniture, playground equipment) that will be used with the new building/site. How do we track this so we...

Last reply: Valerie Walsh, May 26, 2011, 5:56 pm

How to classify Hotel FTE's

CI-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Matt Wolfe on Apr 11, 2011, 1:47 pm

For Hotel project types, has anyone recently classified hotel guests as residents within the WEc1 plumbing template ?

I understand the distinction between treating the guests as an...

Last reply: Karen Blust, May 26, 2011, 5:56 pm

Non-Energy Star Rated Products

EBOM-2009 MRc2: Sustainable Purchasing—Durable Goods
posted by Matthew Macko on Apr 11, 2011, 9:08 pm

How do you count products that are not rated by ENERGY STAR, like microwave ovens? Can you exempt them entirely from the total cost of durable goods? As they cannot be ENERGY STAR rated, it...

Last reply: Dan Ackerstein, May 26, 2011, 5:31 pm

Construction Waste Theft!

NC-2009 MRc2: Construction Waste Management
posted by Jeffrey Westall on May 26, 2011, 11:35 am

We are having a serious issue with all of our metal scrap being stollen from the jobsite dumpster. This has impacted our percentage for recycling dramatically. We are currently at only 28%....

Last reply: Renee Shirey, May 26, 2011, 5:31 pm

Trees

NC-2009 MRc2: Construction Waste Management
posted by Norma Lehman on May 9, 2011, 9:03 am

We are removing a lot of trees on our construction site, if we turn it into mulch does this qualify toward our...

Last reply: Valerie Walsh, May 26, 2011, 5:29 pm

Hand Dryers- Are they Considered Durable Goods?

EBOM-2009 MRc2: Sustainable Purchasing—Durable Goods
posted by Geoffrey Tomlinson on May 19, 2011, 4:22 pm

We are purchasing hand dryers to eliminate paper waste, but since there are no EnergyStar rated hand dryers, would this count against us for our durable goods purchasing the performance period?...

Last reply: Dan Ackerstein, May 26, 2011, 5:26 pm

Restrooms removed from scope of work

CI-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Laurie Hughet-Hiller on May 12, 2011, 4:34 pm

I've read all the comments here, but I'm still at a loss. I have a 3-building campus project in which one building is LEED CI and the others are LEED NC. The LEED CI building just had a huge...

Last reply: Laurie Hughet-Hiller, May 26, 2011, 5:01 pm

Using Appendix A of ASHRAE 62.1-2007

NC-2009 IEQp1: Minimum indoor air quality performance
posted by Karen Stewart on May 12, 2011, 6:38 pm

Has anyone ever used the alternative compliance option for this prerequisite by following Appendix A of ASHRAE 62.1-2007? The equipment designed for our facility is a...

Last reply: Taylor Ralph, May 26, 2011, 3:36 pm

Automobile Service Garage

NC-2009 IEQc6.2: Controllability of systems - thermal comfort
posted by Erin Adkins on May 26, 2011, 10:35 am

In an automobile service garage with 25 "stations" (there are not 25 employees, but worst case, I am assuming LEED will require each lift to be considered a "workstation").

In the way of...

Last reply: Erin Adkins, May 26, 2011, 2:19 pm

Parking Garage ventilation

NC-2009 IEQp1: Minimum indoor air quality performance
posted by Robert English on Mar 30, 2011, 10:29 am

I am designing the truck bays at a fire station. The arrangement most closely resembles a parking garage. I am reading Ashrae 62 to require a constant run fan (assuming doors shut) with .75cfm/...

Last reply: Paula Hernandez, May 26, 2011, 1:58 pm