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Pool area within natatoriums excluded?

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posted by Lyle Axelarris on Nov 4, 2021, 8:45 pm

Does anyone know if pool decks and splash pad areas in an Aquatics Facility are exempted from this credit (similar to the exemption for gyms)?

Calculating Quality Views Credit

NC-v4 EQc8: Quality Views
posted by Divya Shroff on Apr 28, 2021, 7:58 pm

Have projects used softwares to document the quality views credit? I am looking into a 300k sqft school project and wanted to know whats the best way to document this credit.  

Last reply: Elliot Glassman, Oct 20, 2021, 3:37 pm

How to calculate Area with Direct Line of site without 90 degrees??

NC-v4 EQc8: Quality Views
posted by Elisaa Wu on Aug 17, 2018, 9:13 am

I am confused as to how to calculate the "Area with Direct Line of Sight to the Outdoors via Vision Glazing (sq ft)" on the excel calculator form. They explain how to do it for View Type 1,...

Last reply: Carla Rincon, Sep 29, 2021, 3:44 pm

Any LEEDv4 limits to borrowed views through interior glazing?

NC-v4 EQc8: Quality Views
posted by Joanna Switzer on Jan 26, 2018, 9:39 am

Under LEED 2009, exterior views "borrowed" by an interior space via interior glazing - basically viewing through an interior window to see an exterior window - used to be limited to (1) layer of...

Last reply: Maria Porter, Sep 13, 2021, 7:35 am

How to calculate "Area with Direct Line of Sight to the Outdoors via Vision Glazing" without a 90 degree angle?

NC-v4 EQc8: Quality Views
posted by Elissa Wu on Sep 21, 2018, 2:07 pm

I am working on a project that has two regularly occupied spaces that do NOT have two 90 degree apart windows. I am instead going for Type 2 and Type 4. However, I do not know what to put in the...

Last reply: Julie Hendricks, Aug 15, 2021, 7:26 pm

View Type 3 with Permanent Obstruction Near Ceiling

NC-v4 EQc8: Quality Views
posted by Laura Heagler on Jul 20, 2021, 4:16 pm

Ryan Harrington LEEDuser Basic Member 7 thumbs up July 20, 2021- 9:15 pm I would suspect the ducts would deduct from the available view. I would treat the ducts the same way you are instructed to treat furniture. Take a look here, https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forum/view-type-3-unobstructed-views-... i have posted some diagrams I used to define my views to suport my calculations. My submittal for the credit was approved and my documentation accepted.  Log in or register to post comments Laura Heagler GLMV Architecture, Inc. LEEDuser Basic Member 1 thumbs up July 21, 2021- 9:30 am Ryan, I think...

Last reply: Ryan Harrington, Jul 21, 2021, 12:01 pm

View type 3. Unobstructed views located within the distance of three times the head height of the vision glazing

NC-v4 EQc8: Quality Views
posted by Keith Robertson on Jan 8, 2018, 1:02 pm

Basic Member July 16, 2018- 12:19 pm I would also like some clarification on this point.  In another LEEDuser thread (https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forum/view-type-3-private-office-space), it states...

Last reply: Ryan Harrington, Jul 20, 2021, 9:19 pm

Sit-Stand Desks in Open Office

NC-v4 EQc8: Quality Views
posted by Kelli Kimura on May 11, 2021, 10:51 pm

Hi all,

We have a project that is mostly open office space. Each workstation will have partitions (54" high partition + 12" glazing panel). Our team is wondering,  how do sit-stand desks...

Last reply: emily reese moody, May 16, 2021, 8:32 pm

Using Lightwell/Atrium toward Credit Compliance

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posted by on Apr 9, 2021, 11:16 am

Hi there, 

We are performing an extensive remodel and rehabilitation of an existing...

Photos of Views

NC-v4 EQc8: Quality Views
posted by Summer Minchew on Nov 30, 2018, 1:31 pm

Has anyone been successful in achieving this credit using photos as documentation to demonstrate view type compliance? It seems to me this would be much simpler and perhaps a more effective means...

Last reply: Summer Minchew, Sep 21, 2020, 5:14 pm