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Waste Recycling Area

CI-2009 MRp1:Storage and Collection of Recyclables
posted by  Seung Shin Na  on 

Our project boundary is limited to building only excluding land area. One problem is..waste collection area is installed outside.

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Wight and Company
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Tue Jun 5, 2012, 2:30 am

Steel

NC-2009 MRc5:Regional Materials
posted by  Lu Anne Nielsen  on 

I've heard that the location should be taken from where the steel in formed (manfactured) to determine the milage for Regional Materials since it is difficult to document the extraction location.

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Nucor Corporation
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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 9:24 pm

Multiple Use Highrise Baseline Building(s)

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Wes Lawson  on 

Hello, We have a situation where we are attempting to model a highrise building of approximately 450,000 square feet. The predominant use of this building is residential.

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7group / Energy Opportunities
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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 6:15 pm

spaces,zones and systems in the energy model

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Tarek Dalati  on 

do the spaces,zones and air systems in the baseline should have the same names as in the proposed design and the ones in the upploaded drawings? in the mechanical equipments schedules the engineer

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CRHI
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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 5:01 pm

electrical room/swimming pools cooling

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Tarek Dalati  on 

is the electrical rooms and internal swimming pools cooling is considered as a process load or not? and what leed reviewer should see in the energy model output. regards

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7group / Energy Opportunities
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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 2:51 pm

Building Area Method applicable for Multi-use-building

CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Marco Abdallah  on 

Assuming a 10 storey building where the first three floors are retail floors and the remaining 7 floors are office floors, is it generally possible to use the building area method? Is it possible t

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Mon Jun 4, 2012, 1:06 pm

Roof Garden over existing building

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Julie Blue  on 

WE have a roof garden that is irrigated over and existing building that is not part of the LEED certification. We are defining a LEED boundary for our 2009-NC project.

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Emerald Built Environments
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Thu May 31, 2012, 8:00 pm

Washer/Dryer closets in student housing project

NC-2009 IEQc5:Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Control
posted by  Kenneth Van Riper  on 

I'm working on a university student housing project where the dwelling units each contain a small closet to house a stackable washer and dryer.

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WSP Built Ecology
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Thu May 31, 2012, 3:52 pm

Travel Distance

NC-2009 IEQp2:Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control
posted by  Sara Heppe  on 

Please verify that when calculating the minimum 25 linear foot distance from an opening to an exterior designated smoking area, whether or not the measurement can go around solid obstacles.

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Entegrity
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Thu May 31, 2012, 3:09 pm
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Metricorps
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Wed May 30, 2012, 7:19 pm