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Bioretention Area Calculation

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posted by on Sep 6, 2016, 5:57 pm

will be that I went to school for a long time to learn how to do this, and it isn't something you're going to learn in a forum post. You can try to follow along with that Direct Determination Method,...

Last reply: Marc-André Cloutier, Jun 15, 2023, 6:42 pm

Small Storm Hydrology Method- Run off volume Question on metrics

NC-v4 SSc4: Rainwater management
posted by Stephan Zweig on Mar 2, 2023, 2:11 pm

Hello to all Users,

I have following question:

The run off Volume calculation method : V=P*Rv*A/12 as given in the reference guide does it refer to Run off volume per month...

Redirecting rainwater to bodies of water outside the project site?

NC-v4 SSc4: Rainwater management
posted by LEED Pro Consultant on Jan 23, 2023, 4:57 pm

Hi everyone,

Does redirecting rainwater to bodies of water outside the project site count as low-impact development (...

Last reply: Gustavo De las Heras Izquierdo, Jan 23, 2023, 5:21 pm

Calculation Rainwater Amount V4 vs V2009

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posted by Anna Korinkova on Oct 10, 2022, 2:26 am

Hello everyone,

I have managed to read trough the comments in the forum and from what i have read i understood that the calculation that indicates the amount of water to be managed on site...

Last reply: Anna Korinkova, Oct 18, 2022, 1:18 pm

Problem with Rainfall Event Calculator

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posted by Timothy Ian Middleton on Oct 5, 2022, 4:29 am

We have just realised that the percentile value given by the LEED Rainfall Event Calculator (https://www.usgbc.org/...

Last reply: Gustavo De las Heras Izquierdo, Oct 5, 2022, 1:03 pm

FAR Calculation

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posted by Kene Akunne on Sep 6, 2022, 2:26 pm

Please can someone explain how to calculate residential...

Zero lot line projects

NC-v4 SSc4: Rainwater management
posted by Gustavo De las Heras Izquierdo on Mar 26, 2015, 12:47 pm

Path 3 states: "manage on site the runoff from the developed site for the 85th percentile ". I guess this requirement was made to exclude the sidewalk from calculations. Am I reading this...

Last reply: Dave Hubka, May 16, 2022, 2:10 pm

Historical Rainfall Data- Input for Calculator

NC-v4 SSc4: Rainwater management
posted by Hieu Huynh on May 30, 2019, 8:27 am

Hi LEED experts, It is difficult to find rainfall data of 10 years in my country. I'm just lucky to find an international source for that long data. But they just recorded the average rainfall...

Last reply: PARITALA sudhakar, Mar 13, 2022, 12:18 pm

Rainwater Management- Exemplary Performance

NC-v4 SSc4: Rainwater management
posted by LUCY WILLIAMS on Oct 9, 2017, 3:09 pm

Per page 194 of the v4 BD+C Reference Guide, the Exemplary Performance section indicates "Manage 100% of rainwater that falls within the project boundary".  This is a fairly vague statement.  Is...

Last reply: Lyle Axelarris, Jan 10, 2022, 2:35 pm

Green roof

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posted by Dina El-Sady on Jan 4, 2022, 7:30 am

Is my understanding correct that the building roof must be green to satisfy this credit ? The project is an office building with most of the parking underground and a small surrounding paveway...

Last reply: Gustavo De las Heras Izquierdo, Jan 6, 2022, 5:17 am