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Can building in operation for 1 year but only 50% occupancy apply LEED EB?

EBOM-v4.1 MPR3:Must comply with project size requirements
posted by  Hieu Huynh  on 

My project is an office building for lease and has already been in operation for 1 year but only 50% of the tenant office area is fit out. Is it still eligible to apply for LEED EBOM? Whe

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Heat Island Reduction

NC-v4.1 SSc5:Heat Island Reduction
posted by  Maria Gamero  on 

Our project has 85% of parking covered by the building, but on the roof we have a vegetated area and solar panels. In the credit of Heat Island Reduction can we opt for Option 1?

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Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance
Jacobs
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Wed Mar 5, 2025, 9:47 am

Equipment efficiencies when LEED boundary covers two floors of the building

CI-v4.1 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Samer Hassanie  on 

Hi,

We have a project where only two floors of a whole building (>5 floors) will be certified under commercial interiors.

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7group / Energy Opportunities
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Tue Mar 4, 2025, 3:23 pm

District Energy for Partial Building Load

NC-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performance
posted by  Jess Scanlon  on 

I am modeling a new building on a university campus following LEEDv4 Option 1, Whole Building Energy Simulation.

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Tue Mar 4, 2025, 2:36 pm

Social Equity Pilot vs High Priority Credit Equity Plan

Pilot-Credits IPpc89:Social equity within the community
posted by  Michelle Rosenberger  on 

A question arose whether a project could pursue both the Social Equity within the Community Pilot and the v4.1 High Priority Credit Option 2 Path 1 Equity and Community Benefit.

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Flooring with resin coated broadcast quartz

NC-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials
posted by  Michelle Rosenberger  on 

I have seen several flooring product systems now with resins and coatings that use a broadcast quartz or other inherently non-emitting material as one layer.

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Director of Sustainability
Fentress Architects
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Mon Mar 3, 2025, 7:48 pm
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Assistant Sustainability Manager
L&T Construction
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Mon Mar 3, 2025, 4:32 pm

Regd. Path A or Path B water cooled chiller efficiency selection for base case as per ASHRAE 90.1 2013

NC-v4.1 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Anurag Ghosh  on 

We have a hospital project using varable water cooled screw chiller with the minimum COP of 5.9 which is defined as per Path B ASHRAE 90.1 2013

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Assistant Sustainability Manager
L&T Construction
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Mon Mar 3, 2025, 12:50 pm

We are looking to use LEED v5 MR Reduce Embodied Carbon Credit as an Innovation Credit

CI-v4.1 IN101:Innovation
posted by  Donald Green  on 

What is the expectation in Option #2 for the comparison to a Base Project, Since we have an ID+C Project and there is a high amount of existing walls etc.

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