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Solar Reflectance of Porous Playground Paving Materials
NC-v4 SSc5:Heat island reductionposted by Steven Burke on
The reference guide does specifically mention that playgrounds are one of the non-roof areas that should receive shading, though after the one line where playgrounds are mentioned in parentheses, t
Number of thermal control panel and window needed
CS-2009 IEQc6:Controllability of Systems—Thermal Comfortposted by Cathy W on
It is a mechanical ventilated office building. To achieve this credit: 1.
manufacturer statement - lack of exact numbers
NC-2009 MRc5:Regional Materialsposted by Anna Bak on
Hi, We have a manufacturer's statement and it says: "materials used to manufacture above mentioned products are approximately in 90% extracted/produced within 500mile radious from the constructio
Parking Capacity - Police Station
NC-2009 SSc4.4:Alternative Transportation—Parking Capacityposted by Joe Malone on
Working on a new police station and trying to find a route to get SSc4.4 (LEED 2009). Anyone have any thoughts? We have public and secure parking which is for police vehicles only.
Appendix G Oversizing
CS-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performanceposted by Jorge Torres-Coto on
I have a reviewer requesting that we oversize the PROPOSED case for a "possibly conditioned in the future" warehouse. We have usually modeled the BASELINE case and PROPOSED case identical, then ove
Reuse of existing building materials in the building parking lot
NC-v4 MRc1:Building life-cycle impact reductionposted by Greenlab on
Hi. In option 3 of this credit “Building and Material Reuse” we must reuse or salvage building materials from off site or on site as a percentage of the surface area.
supplier and products UF
NC-2009 IEQc4.4:Low-Emitting Materials—Composite Wood and Agrifiber Productsposted by Jose Antonio Kovacevic on
To comply with IEQc4.4 credit in LEED NC It has been evaluated local furniture suppliers of MDF, used for new buildings and the most regular composite woord and agrifiber for new buildings. In Peru
Water Fountains in an Urban Setting
NC-2009 SSc5.2:Site Development—Maximize Open Spaceposted by Doug Snyder on
We have a tower project in SE Asia that will have several decorative water fountains.
Demand Control Ventilation
NC-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performanceposted by Victoria Watson on
Can you take credit for occupancy sensors that control HVAC systems? I am thinking probably not for system operation E.g setbacks, agree? But I am unsure for the ventilation.
Do ruderal vegetation areas count as vegetated areas or roof
CS-2009 SSc5.2:Site Development—Maximize Open Spaceposted by Paul Deinhofer on
I'm working on a CS project (v2009) and I have a question concerning the definition of vegetated areas/roofs and the compliance with SSc5.2, SSc7.1, SSc7.2, etc.: Do ruderal vegetation areas (so no