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Removing Hardscape

NC-2009 SSc7.1:Heat island effect - nonroof
posted by  Emily Catacchio  on 

Has anyone heard of an alternate compliance path where we count the new greenspace we're creating where we're removing hardscape, as a reduction in the heat island effect on the site?

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Fri Sep 2, 2011, 4:43 pm

SRI documentation

NC-2009 SSc7.1:Heat island effect - nonroof
posted by  Charalampos Giannikopoulos  on 

At a project attempting SSc7.1 white cement tile has covered 100% of exterior hardscape. According to the Reference Guide table (p.122) the SRI value of the white cement tile is 90.

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Tue Feb 18, 2014, 2:50 pm

Paking covering

NC-2009 SSc7.1:Heat island effect - nonroof
posted by  Julie Chagas  on 

Hi! My project will have a lot of parking spaces that cant be shaded by trees or with open grid pavement.

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Louvered Parking Cover

NC-2009 SSc7.1:Heat island effect - nonroof
posted by  Jonathan Weiss  on 

I've been working on this type of strategy for a long time but our design team asked me a question I could not answer: For a project in a hot, arid climate we are designing parking coverage for 10

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50% periouvs paving

NC-2009 SSc7.1:Heat island effect - nonroof
posted by  Magda Aghababyan  on 

May be this is a very basic question. But I would like to know from you all, how can we determine whether a open grid paving block is 50% previous or not?

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Fri Nov 27, 2015, 2:15 am

Vegetated area

NC-2009 SSc7.1:Heat island effect - nonroof
posted by  Charalampos Giannikopoulos  on 

How should non-roof vegetated areas be treated when completing the table in SSc7.1 form? What would be the SRI value for this area?

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Thu Oct 13, 2016, 2:06 pm

Future development

NC-2009 SSc7.1:Heat island effect - nonroof
posted by  Marcio Alberto Casado Pereira  on 

We got a review on this credit that we don't know how to address... We are working on a multiple building Project and there is an area within the site designated for future expansion of this indus

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Tue Oct 8, 2013, 5:43 pm

Deck over parking; do I have this right?

NC-2009 SSc7.1:Heat island effect - nonroof
posted by  Susan Di Giulio  on 

Our project has multiple levels of parking under a large podium plaza. I believe this is what what the Reference Guide (p 112) refers to as a "deck", right?

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Mon Aug 1, 2016, 9:48 pm
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Fri Nov 12, 2010, 5:20 am

Covered Loading Dock - What is a parking space?

NC-2009 SSc7.1:Heat island effect - nonroof
posted by  Richard Woodward  on 

We are working on an urban alteration project which extends an existing building to cover an exterior loading dock, enclosing it within the new building.

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Thu Dec 13, 2012, 9:41 pm