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With regards to the optional element “maintenance equipment”, we have a project looking to achieve this credit via reducing emissions by 50% for...

 This credit states that soil testing is required but the whole purpose is to determine appropriate fertilizer use. This client has never and will never use soil additives or fertilizer. The...

There are contradictory studies related to the use of glisofat as a herbicide. Would spraying with a mixture containing 30% glifosat be an aceptable practice?

Can a zero lot line building achieve this credit?

For SS Credit Site Management, the performance requirement says: "Monitor irrigation systems manually or with automated systems AT LEAST EVERY TWO WEEKS during the operating season and correct...

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I've been looking at deicers appropriate for this credit. After some chemicals were removed from the environmentally friendly list in the reference guide via the July addenda, I...

Hello - the site I'm looking at already has under 25% turf area. In fact it has no turf, only vegetation. According to a different credit (Site Improvement Plan) there is a 5% min vegetation...

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Is there an example of an acceptable "air quality protection log" that USGBC is looking for in this credit?

This says we have to reduce from the baseline, which I assume is our initial reported use. However, if this is the case how can there be any reduction? Is it suppose to read something along the...

Although an Equipment Emissions Reduction Calculator is provided, how do we address maintenance vehicles used on site? The calculator only accounts for equipment but wouldn't a pressure washer...