Advanced Energy Modeling for LEED states "Existing buildings with less than 50% renovation should not be rotated,...". How can one calculates renovation percentage of an existing building?

We have a project that has multiple phases, the first of which is just a the erection of a temporary retail facility.

We want to use non default occupancy values for some rooms in our project. Do anyone have experience what the reviewers might have for thoughts regarding this.

Hi all, We have just received our Construction Prelim results and comments.

For this credit the form has three columns - Column 1 - % Regional Colum 2 - Extraction Miles Column 3 - Manufactured miles We are not going for the regionally extracted point only the regional

I am working on a project whose majority of fixtures are LED. I am wondering what the LED equivalent to a lamp/blub is when documenting this credit.

We are working on a factory project where the building meets all the requirements stated in the LEED NC Guideline to prove credit compliance.

Okay, the baseline model has no overhangs and canopies, but the design has.

If the building has a health/fitness club and is not free to all tenants - does this credit apply?

I am working on a residential building, and we are deciding whether or not the kitchens in each residential unit would be included in the daylighting calculations.