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Alternative Compliance Paths for projects Outside the U.S.
NC-2009 SSc4.4:Alternative Transportation—Parking Capacityposted by Lewis Hewton on
Hi all, This alternative compliance path for projects outside US with no minimum parking requirements seems to exist http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=10335 However the referenced F
VOC content for concret additive (curing enhancer)
CS-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealantsposted by Michael E. Edmonds-Bauer on
Our project has a milan wall wich has some water filtrations, a mortar made out of cement and an additive is being used to seal these filtrations. The additive consists on a powder added to the co
Campus on-site solar installation
NC-2009 EAc2:On-Site Renewable Energyposted by Courtney Royal on
Hello! We have a Student Commons building going for certification on a campus.
Relationship with other existing buildings
NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by FABIO VIERO on
Hello all. We are working on a building whose reversible heat pump serves also another building not included in the LEED boundary. How do we have to consider this situation?
Definition of Street / Paseo
ND-v2009 NPDp3:Connected and open communityposted by Omer Moltay on
Hi, We are having difficult interpreting the credits related to street frontages and connectivity, as our project is a pedestrian shopping district with non-motorized walking paths between two sto
Waste Diversion : Trees
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by Mark Cloud on
We are having to remove a couple of medium trees from the site. We will be sending these to the local city for mulching, which will be used as landscape materials for residences.
Water Bodies
Schools-2009 SSc1:Site Selectionposted by PAULA HIDALGO on
I have a school project that is actually the reconstruction of the school in the same site that it was previously located.
Interpolation of bimonthly water bills for monthly summaries
EBOM-2009 WEc1:Water Performance Measurementposted by Ryan Nelson on
Similar to how extrapolation of data for a submeter that was recently installed is appropriate, can I interpolate between bimonthly water bills in order to produce the monthly consumption summary?
swimming pools - baseline
NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performanceposted by Sonia Martini on
Hi The building I'm coping with includes some swimming pools. In the proposed case I've modeled them so that they conform to the project. How should I model them in the baseline case?
Lighting Power Density Calculation
NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performanceposted by J Douglas Dietrich on
Should under-cabinet, individually-controlled, task lights be included as part of the ASHRAE building area method lighting power density calculation?