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Approval of BMPs not fully installed
NC-2009 SSc6.2:Stormwater Design—Quality Controlposted by Rob Watson on
We have a client in a far northern climate that wants to achieve additional credit by installing rain gardens to handle runoff during the summer rainy season.
LEED Green Assocaite Practice Tests
posted by Michael Rogovin on
There are a number of companies providing online practice tests for Green Associate and AP+. They vary from $40 to $200 for 500-800 questions.
Group Certification - must buildings be "substantially similar"?
posted by Deborah Lucking on
An April 16 2013 article on the USGBC website, regarding multiple building certification, mentions "Group Certification, which allows project teams with separate buildings that are substantially s
Which is the HVAC load installed by tenant owner's or tenant's?
CS-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performanceposted by Minoru Kawashima on
The HVAC load in alternative path in LEED 2009 CS are counted as owner's load according to the instruction of two examples in "EAp2_TenantOwnerLoadAdjustment.xls".
LEED CS, do all techn. systems need to meet the requirements?
posted by Torsten Biernat on
An office building is undergoing a renovation of all tenant areas, including some of the overall techn. systems, see list below. The project team wants to use Major Renovation / CS.
District / Campus Energy - Modeling Option 2 (Full accounting)
NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Maya Karkour on
Dear All, I am intending to model a building on campus which is connected to a campus energy system providing chilled water and hot water.
Elevator Machine Room/ Electrical Room Ventilation?
NC-2009 IEQp1:Minimum IAQ Performanceposted by Xun Jia on
Does elevator machine room or electrical room need to comply with ASHRAE 62 for Ventilation?
trickle vents in apartments
NC-2009 IEQp1:Minimum IAQ Performanceposted by Courtney Royal on
How do you document if there are trickle vents in the apartments?
Existing landscaping, including turf, and no irrigation
NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscapingposted by Lew Bonadies on
We're renovating an Army barracks, with minimal changes to the existing landscaping, which includes turf. The landscaped area exceeds 5% of the site area.
Prerequisites for campus projects
posted by Crina Bosch on
I am working on a campus project that will have two distinct buildings - an office building and a hotel with an attached convention center.