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Would LEED for Cities and Communities certification count instead of LEED ND?

NC-v4 LTc1:LEED for Neighborhood Development location
posted by  Bettina Kaes  on 

Is a project viable to get points for this credit (LTc1 LEED ND location) if the project is LEED for Cities and Communities certified?

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Thu Jul 1, 2021, 6:41 am

Biophilic Strategies

Pilot-Credits EQpc123:Designing with Nature, Biophilic Design for the Indoor Environment
posted by  Terrapin BrightGreen  on 

My question concerns examples of biophilic design strategies.  The example strategies given sound more like descriptions that strategies, and in some cases are not even complete sentences

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Associate, Sustainability
Thornton Tomasetti
LEEDuser Basic Member
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Fri May 21, 2021, 6:31 am

Credit Requirement Clarification

NC-v4 SSc2:Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by  Michael Bidate  on 

Hi, I have a question about the requirement, if for example, all the land of my project has already been touched by construction activity, then is my project no longer qualified to claim this credi

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Fri May 21, 2021, 4:40 am

Water for cleaning

Pilot-Credits WEpc115:Whole Project Water Use Reduction
posted by  Dionisio Franca  on 

Is anyone aware of a method for calculating the probable water usage of janitorial faucets/ water for cleaning? 

Thank you!

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Fri May 21, 2021, 4:39 am

Comparing operational carbon emissions to embodied carbon emissions.

SD Leaders
posted by  Patrick Donnelly  on 

Here is a fundamental question regarding measuring operational carbon emissions that I'm sure many of you can clarify for me:  Let's say you are considering design options and you want to know

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Principal
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
LEEDuser Basic Member
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Thu May 20, 2021, 6:56 pm
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Thu May 20, 2021, 6:12 pm

Prohibiting Smoking in Residential Buildings

NC-v4 EQp2:Environmental tobacco smoke control
posted by  Jessica Malta  on 

I was wondering if anyone has experience with prohibiting smoking in residential units, and, if using condo corporation documents has been a sufficient legal tool for the prohibition of smoking in

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Wed May 19, 2021, 10:16 pm

smoking on private balconies

NC-v4 EQp2:Environmental tobacco smoke control
posted by  Andreas Hintz  on 

We have an upcoming international new construction project of a multi-family residential building. Due to its numbers of stories LEED NC v4 is the most appropriate rating system to use.

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Project Director
WSP USA
LEEDuser Basic Member
381 thumbs up
Wed May 19, 2021, 9:18 pm

Green Power Five Year Contracts

NC-v4 EAc7:Green power and carbon offsets
posted by  Sean Hogan  on 

I work for a corporate client seeking the green power credit but has noted they are never likely to enter into minimum five year contracts to procure green power as the constantly check market pric

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Director, Environmental Partnerships
Bonneville Environmental Foundation
LEEDuser Basic Member
4 thumbs up
Wed May 19, 2021, 8:35 pm

EAc5 Points

NC-2009 EAc5:Measurement and Verification
posted by  Jeannie Rueter  on 

Just trying to understand how the points are awarded for this credit. Option 3 is worth 1 point. Either option 1 or 2 are worth 3 points?

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LEED Fellow
7group / Energy Opportunities
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Wed May 19, 2021, 7:01 pm