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Option 2 - No parking

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posted by  Julie Hardy  on 

Hello everyone,

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Thu Oct 23, 2025, 2:43 pm
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Hardscape Underneath a Cantilevered Terrace

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posted by  Crista Shopis  on 

Hello,

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Wed Sep 3, 2025, 3:08 pm

Painting HVAC Units on roof

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posted by  Deborah Stadler  on 

The client is close to getting the credit and wondered if painting the units on the roof would help.  I think it does from a heat island effect, but not from a LEED Credit point of view. 

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Determining area of tree canopy shading for calculations

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posted by  Erica Downs  on 

When determining the "Area shaded by plant canopy", do you count the entire tree canopy area, or only the area of hardscape that overlaps with the 10-yr tree canopy? I've received conflicting

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Wed May 14, 2025, 2:58 pm
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Concrete pavers on roof

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posted by  Max Zayika  on 

Dear All,

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Tue Apr 22, 2025, 1:59 pm

Open-grid pavement system - is gravel inside the openings compliant?

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posted by  Aleksandra Prawda  on 

Hi all,

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Double-counting non-roof measures

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posted by  Jacopo Cattaruzzi  on 

Hi,

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Heat Island Reduction - Question regarding what qualifies for a "vegetated roof"

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posted by  Philip Hamp  on 

Can an underground building, with an insulated roof and 24inches of fill and turf on top, qualify for a vegetated roof in NC-v4, SSc5?

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Andrey Kuznetsov
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Does gravel count in "Total Paving Area"

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posted by  Emily Larochelle  on 

Hi, 

I have seen a couple posts about how to count gravel in a nonroof measure. However, I am wondering if gravel counts in the "Total site paving area" of the calculation. 

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Mon Sep 2, 2024, 6:00 pm
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Roof or nonroof surface

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posted by  Glykeria Kourkouta  on 

An exterior ground area (level zero) above underground parking garage (level -1) is considered nonroof surface?

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Mon Sep 2, 2024, 6:05 pm