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Pursuing credits in recert that were denied during intial cert

Performance Period
posted by  Alexa Stone  on 

Hi LEED Experts, My question pertains specifically to two credits in the LEED v2009 EBOM rating system, SSc3 & EQ3.6. These two credits were denied during the original certification.

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Mon Aug 28, 2017, 6:00 pm

How much of the area inside the LEED boundary must be included?

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Lawrence Lile  on 

We have a project where a good part of the non-hardscaped area inside the LEED boundary will be planted in native prairie grasses, with no irrigation.

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Wed Jun 7, 2017, 10:02 pm

Regulated vs. Unregulated??

NC-v4 EAc2:Optimize energy performance
posted by  Edgar Arevalo  on 

I'm filling out the information from the energy model to the LEED v4 Minimum Performance Calculator and i noticed a check mark next to each end-use when filling out energy consumption and power dem

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Wed Jun 7, 2017, 1:39 pm

Wrong Diversion Method

NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Management
posted by  Chris Anderson  on 

I have a problem, our construction waste management plan didn't specify Load-specific diversion reports, so all of the reports we have received (5 months) have been facility average rates.

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Wed Jun 7, 2017, 5:22 pm

Points awarded for reduced conditioned space

NC-v4 EAc2:Optimize energy performance
posted by  Amrit Kaur  on 

LEED V4 homes awards ( and generously) for residential projects with areas smaller than an accepted reference standard, and deducts points for residential units exceeding these standards.

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Sat Aug 26, 2017, 12:59 pm

Case 2 Option 2?

CI-2009 SSc3.3:Alternative Transportation—Parking Availability
posted by  Gail Napell  on 

our client has far less than 75% of the building. the building has parking, but it is not allocated to any tenant and not subsidized. Please confirm this achieves NO points?

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Sat Aug 26, 2017, 10:44 pm

Applicable Cooling source in Propose case - LEED Group - v4 C&S

CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Ashraf Ali Khan Khan  on 

I am modelling for LEED GROUP - v4 BD+C: CS. Project has 40 Office buildings shared with same basement and served with multiple Water Cooled Chillers as cooling source.

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Fri Jun 9, 2017, 1:06 pm

LEED Group C&S - Applicable Cooling source in Propose case

CS-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performance
posted by  Ashraf Ali Khan Khan  on 

I am modelling for LEED GROUP - v4 BD+C: CS. Project has 40 Office buildings shared with same basement and served with multiple Water Cooled Chillers as cooling source.

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Fri Jun 9, 2017, 1:06 pm

Campus DES definition

NC-2009 EAp1:Fundamental Commissioning of Building Energy Systems
posted by  Luis Huertas  on 

While reading the definition in the District or Campus Guidance on what is a DES, it is not clear as whether one can consider each energy source an isolated DES or all the energy sources aggregate

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Thu Jun 8, 2017, 8:33 pm

25% vegetated requirement and accesibility

NC-v4 SSc3:Open space
posted by  Mercè Llorca  on 

I've been wondering if when the credit ask for vegetated área, it would be enough to take the 25% from the 30% required área or, if the project has larger outdoor space than 30%, the requirement fo

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Sun Aug 27, 2017, 8:35 pm