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Keep VOC Content restrictions for interior wet applied products

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posted by  Tom Lent  on 

I'm very pleased to see the VOC emissions testing requirements extended to all interior surfaces.

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Independent consultant on VOC issues
formerly with Eurofins Product Testing A/S
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Wed Sep 14, 2011, 5:10 pm

August 2011 Addenda

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posted by  Lauren Fakhoury  on 

Hi, Is there going to be an update for the August addenda? I would appreciate it, thanks!

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Vermont House of Representatives
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Wed Sep 14, 2011, 2:56 pm

MR Credits Sections - Revamp of Recycle/Reuse/Regional/Renewable

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posted by  Jessica McNaughton  on 

The MR Credit for Environmentally Preferable Non-structural materials is confusing to me. It says it is "1 point" but in the text it says a credit can be obtained for each attribute met.

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Tue Sep 13, 2011, 10:21 pm

LEED CI - Option 1 energy model

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posted by  Susann Geithner  on 

The lighting power density table and such is completely gone.

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Principal
Emerald Built Environments
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Tue Sep 13, 2011, 4:14 pm

How about a SI / IP version? A Spanish one?

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posted by  Ricardo Sobral  on 

Here's a suggestion for the nice people at USGB / GBCI: for international projects using the SI system (International System of Units- metric system), it would be great to have LEED Reference Guide

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Technical Services Director
Lend Lease (AR) S.A.
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Tue Sep 13, 2011, 2:45 pm

Keep the EPD credit, but don't inlcude wood

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posted by  Mara Baum  on 

Yesterday I attended a great workshop on a new life cycle impact assessment ANSI standard currently in development.

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Policy Director
Healthy Building Network
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Mon Sep 12, 2011, 8:33 pm

EA Credit: Green Power and Carbon Offset provisions

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posted by  Jem Porcaro  on 

First off, I apologize for the rather long-winded comments, but after having reviewed the proposed changes to the EA Credit: Green Power and Carbon Offset provisions, I believe there are several ar

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Sr. Electrical Engineer
Integrated Design Solutions
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Mon Sep 12, 2011, 8:26 pm

Responsible Sourcing of Raw Materials... FSC Certification

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posted by  Jason Gasperich  on 

I have noticed in the table above that a bio-based raw material must be FSC Certified, however, in the second draft of LEED 2012 it is mentioned that bio-based products must be "FSC PURE".

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ASSA ABLOY
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Mon Sep 12, 2011, 8:20 pm

MR Prerequisite Construction and Demo Debris

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posted by  Jon Texter  on 

"Establishes contractual requirements with responsible waste and recycling haulers, including waste reporting requirements for involved parties." We have found that the recycling programs in our a

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Assistant Project Manager, LEED v4
U.S. Green Building Council
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Mon Sep 12, 2011, 5:19 pm

Low Emitting Interiors - Move HC only criteria to all BD&C

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posted by  Tom Lent  on 

There are requirements in this credit that originated in LEED for Healthcare due to the extra concern about health in its development.

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Policy Director
Healthy Building Network
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Fri Sep 9, 2011, 4:16 pm