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Non-potable river water vs. cooling tower

EBOM-2009 WEc4:Cooling Tower Water Management
posted by  Katie Anthony  on 

I am working on certification for a building that doesn't have cooling towers, but uses the adjacent river (non-potable water) for the similar purpose as a cooling tower.

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Mon Oct 14, 2013, 12:50 pm

LEED NC v. 2.2 certification is eligible?

EBOM-2009 SSc1:LEED Certified Design and Construction
posted by  David Faltenhine  on 

SSc1 Option 1 states, "Show that the building has previously been certified under LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations.", which seems to imply a LEED 2009 certificaton.

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Sun Oct 13, 2013, 9:33 pm

Modifying landscape area for appeal review

EBOM-2009 WEc3:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Alicia Villanueva  on 

My team and I are in the appeal phase for our project. WEc3 was denied because the total area of exterior landscaping is 3,276 square feet, which is less than 5% of the total site area and therefor

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WSP USA
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Sat Oct 12, 2013, 2:36 pm

Average Pressure Differential Calculation

NC-2009 IEQc5:Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Control
posted by  Sunayana Jain  on 

How is average pressure differential calculated? What is the condition of door assumed to calculate above. Thanks!

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Sustainability Specialist
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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 6:00 pm

Building Envelope in Baseline for Major Renovation

CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Maria Porter  on 

In the Baseline model for a major renovation, for the envelope part: Do we use the “normal” Baseline elements as are in appendix G or do we model the envelope as it was before the major renovation

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Skanska Sweden
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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 5:28 pm

Marine Grade Plywood

NC-2009 IEQc4.4:Low-Emitting Materials—Composite Wood and Agrifiber Products
posted by  Nicole Seekely  on 

I've been told there's no marine grade plywood product that I can use on foodservice millwork that complies with this credit.

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Metricorps
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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 4:42 pm

Baseline equal to zero

ND-v2009 GIBp3:Minimum building water efficiency
posted by  Karyn Rodrigues  on 

Hi, I have three buildings within the LEED ND boundary, and one of them is not going to pursue any green building certification.

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Arup
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Thu Oct 10, 2013, 10:57 pm

ID credit: Aluminum form-work system

NC-2009 IDc1:Innovation in Design
posted by  Eric Carter  on 

Our contractor would like us to consider attempting an Innovation credit for their use of an aluminum form-work system for all of the tilt-up concrete elements built in the project: the intent of t

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Metricorps
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Thu Oct 10, 2013, 4:55 pm

Exhuast fan and 62.1 compliance

NC-2009 IEQp1:Minimum IAQ Performance
posted by  Jatuwat Varodompun  on 

If we use an exhuast fan for an office and have no clear location of OA intake, can we comply with 62.1?

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Optimized Systems
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Thu Oct 10, 2013, 1:06 pm

Tenant design and construction guidelines- CS Sc9

LEED Guidance for Campuses and Multiple Buildings
posted by  Noriko Nagazumi  on 

Hi All, Th Appendix A - AGMBC Applicability for Credits and Prerequisites in LEED 2009 Design & Construction Rating Systems describes a Mater Tenant Design and Construction Guideline for SSc9

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GBCI
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Thu Oct 10, 2013, 11:26 am