For the Whole Building LCA option (option 4 for v4; option 2 for v4.1)...Can anyone provide words of wisdom regarding when/how GBCI accepts the incorporation of EPD data to the WBLCA

Under LEED 2009, exterior views "borrowed" by an interior space via interior glazing - basically viewing through an interior window to see an exterior window - used to be limited to (1) layer of in

Hello, 

We are building a replacement elementary school on an existing school site.  The school will get water from new wells we are installing that require a separate 'pump house'.  This pump ho

We have always used industry standard steel letters as backup for structural steel recycled content from people like Nucor, Atlas Tube, Gerdau, etc.

This credit is called Interior Lighting. Option 2 Strategy C says "for total connected lighting load", so does exterior lighting need to be included for lamp life?

Hello!

So I recieved the following review comment for the Option 1, Surrounding Density credit:

Our project is an existing building, that is to be renovated in large parts and converted fron retail to office ues.

I would like to know if small combustible material can be counted as "Recycable" if the waste is transportet to a Power plant that burn the waste and turn it into power?

Can a building reusing existing steel structure claim the material (or any other existing materials to remain) as contributing to the calculations for waste being diverted away from landfill?