This, from p. 365 of LEED 2009 Green Building Design and Construction (sentence fragment not mine): "Other reused material found on-site. Components that are retained and continue to serve their...

we adapted a vegetated area nearby our project space. i wonder the collected stormwater can be used as irrigation towards this new habitat?
because we would like to make use all our 15%...

This sounds more like NC since the building owner/ developer is in control of selecting finishes for more than 60% of the building. Even if the residential units are eventually sold to other...

We have to document that, for LZ2, max. 2% of initial fixture lumens are emitted at an angle of 90 degrees of more from nadir.

In your experience how would you achieve this? We have the...

I registered a number of 0.0 footcandle locations, with lights both on and off. Will that be a concern or problem in submitting the data?

I am doing energy model for LEED for Interiors 2009.
We work on a project that occupies 2 floors of a 7-story building. The
building has already got LEED for Core and Shell . Energy...

Many projects have requested more detail or more flexibility on completing the requirements of this credit. As requested, here are some submittals that would be acceptable. As with all pilot...

Can we claim the fill used on the site for Regional Material and/or recycled material?

I am all for regularly scheduled LEED/sustainability mtgs with the team, but to have that many (12!) and require the owner to be at each of them stops them from being beneficial working mtgs and...

I started a previous thread on DX systems. Let me step back and see if anyone can help me with my larger question - Do we have to model the design airflow rate of our proposed system? A comment...