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Building Envelope Seasonal Testing & General Comment
CS-v4 EAc1:Enhanced commissioningposted by Brian Salazar on
Hi! In general, the guidelines for this credit are...very general and vague.
Peak electricity demand
CS-v4 EAc4:Demand responseposted by Tobias Berge on
A LEED v 4 Core & Shell Project in Sweden (office and hotell) will try to apply for this credit.
Daily transit count for street cars
NC-v4 LTc5:Access to quality transitposted by soha yamani on
How can i calculate transit average trips for street car?
1.5 FAR for a residential project
NC-v4 SSc2:Site development - protect or restore habitatposted by Katherine Ann Resurreccion on
Hi, The credit states that projects with 1.5 FAR will allow vegetated roof or roof gardens to be qualified in the area calculations.
Energy Metering
EBOM-v4 EAc5:Advanced energy meteringposted by Zachary Hayes on
Is it acceptable to use energy monitoring software to meet this credit or does it need to be a physical meter?
Garage lighting
NC-v4 SSc6:Light pollution reductionposted by Brightworks Sustainability on
This may be a silly question, but are fixtures attached to the garage considered building-mounted? The garage is separate from our LEED project but within the site boundary.
Bioretention
NC-v4 SSc4:Rainwater managementposted by Himanshu Agarwal on
Dear All, In my project, we are using two plants, namely, Vernonia elaeagnifolia, Bougainvillea species. I just wanted to know weather they have bioretention facility or not?
CLO level adjustments
NC-v4 EQc5:Thermal comfortposted by Adam Kingsbury on
I am struggling to make spaces with a low metabolic rate (1.2 or below) comply with ASHRAE 55 at the current temperature setpoints (75 summer, 70 winter - air speed is 40 FPM and RH is 55%). I can
Thank you USGBC for Energy Performance Calculator
NC-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performanceposted by Jean Marais on
Thank you USGBC for Energy Performance Calculator. I remember the days before...where you had to make your own more or less whilst fumbling through projects.
Metered energy data
EBOM-v4 EAc4:Optimize energy performanceposted by LEED Pro Consultant on
We are in the process of certifying a LEED EBOM project. We have an inquiry for the required 12 months of continuous energy data.