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Cool Code News from the White House

Green Commons
posted by  Mary Ann Lazarus  on 

Hi Fellow GG: I just wanted to make sure everyone saw the great announcement from the White House yesterday about Code updates to address energy efficiency and resilience.

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Open spaces - Turf Grass Calculation

Schools-NC-v4 SSc3:Open space
posted by  Michael J Turner  on 

Hi There, 

Is Turf grass included in the calculations as vegetated open space? We have a school project. It is LEED V4.0 and we are going with V4.1 for this credit. 

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Waste to Energy Facility

Schools-NC-v4.1 MRp2:Construction and Demolition Waste Management
posted by  Dianna Brockhoff  on 

Has anyone encountered a situation where the waste management facility they are using for diversion is in a test pilot for waste to energy?

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Associate Principal / Director of Sustainability
Bassetti Architects
LEEDuser Premium Member
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Wed Jun 1, 2022, 6:02 pm

Tenants installing glare control devices

CS-v4 EQc4:Daylight
posted by  Ricardo Sá  on 

According to Reference Guide, manual or automatic (with manual override) glare-control devices shall be provided for all regularly occupied spaces in order to comply with credit requirements.

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Wed Jun 1, 2022, 1:54 am

Updated Credit Requirements - resubmit or appeal?

NC-v4.1 MRc1:Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction
posted by  Deborah Lucking  on 

Wondering if anyone has experience with this - we submitted the Credit under the beta version of v4.1 in June 2021, not realizing that the April 2021 version of the Credit has lower thresholds.

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Associate, Built Ecology
WSP USA
LEEDuser Expert
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Tue May 31, 2022, 7:59 pm

Use of alternative standards - UK

CI-v4 EQc9:Acoustic performance
posted by  R Jones  on 

Hi - what other standards are allowed as an equivalent to the ASHRAE standard? is the British Council for Offices (BCO) guidance accepted for all parts ?

 

thanks 

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furniture reused

NC-v4 MRc3:Building product disclosure and optimization - sourcing of raw materials
posted by  Priscillia Champagne  on 

Hi, for a new school project, the client wants to recuperate a large part of his furniture not integrated to the building to reuse it (like desk).  For the raw material supply credit, it is sp

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Tue May 31, 2022, 4:06 pm

MR BPD&O Calculator v4.1 transfer from v4.0

NC-v4.1 MRc2:Environmental Product Declarations
posted by  Harry Flamm  on 

Hi,

Has anyone figured out how to transfer materials data from the v4.0 BPDO calculator into the latest v4.1? Or is it still prevented by USGBC spreadsheet 'security'?

 

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Wed Jun 1, 2022, 1:05 pm