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Tile finishes for flat roof
CS-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roofposted by Magda Aghababyan on
We are working project C&S the client need to use white colour ceramic tile on roof top.Should need to test it ? and value has to be more than 78 for the flat roof ?
How is an area/square footage assigned to a tree?
NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscapingposted by Tricia Loe on
I have a plaza with 32 trees, with each in their own tree grate. I am trying to determine how to input this vegetation type into the EPA WaterSense calculator.
FIT Program vs LEED Points
posted by Fayoke Banjo on
Hi, Does it matter if the energy is consumed by the building directly or fed into the grid (what we do with FIT projects) to get the LEED point associated with Renewable energy category.
ULEF documentation and LEED Online form
CI-2009 IEQc4.4:Low-Emitting Materials—Composite Wood and Agrifiber Productsposted by Erica Downs on
Hi all - I posted this under NC already, but have not received a response, so thought I would try here. How does one document use of a ULEF melamine in LEED Online?
Open Plan office served by 4 AHUs
CI-2009 IEQp1:Minimum IAQ Performanceposted by Michael Wahjudi on
Hi all, we received comments from reviewer that requesting the system computation should be separated for each system. Our development consists of few meeting rooms and open plan offices.
Projects in Europe may use the values defined by EU standards?
CI-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reductionposted by Michael Smithing on
Does anyone have any idea what these standards are or where they can be found? The European water label gives its highest rating (Green) to WC taps with a flow of 6 liter/minute or less.
non smoking hotel rooms
NC-2009 IEQp2:Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Controlposted by Noriko Nagazumi on
Our project is hotel new construction project. Smoking is prohibited in all hotel rooms. In this case, no blower door test for hotel rooms is needed, is this correct?
LEED CI - HVAC Syatem selection and Fan power Modeling
CI-2009 EAc1.3:Optimize Energy Performance—HVACposted by SAMY Chamy on
Dear All:- How to select the Baseline HVAC system for LEED CI Project and how I calculate the fan power for fan interlocked with HVAC system Can we us the 7Group fan power calculator for baseline
USGBC’s residential midrise simulation guidelines
Mid-Rise-v4 EAp1:Minimum energy performanceposted by Amber Wood on
Where is the guideline document downloadable and does it include appendix B? I've found the residential midrise simulation guidelines in a table here http://www.usgbc.org/node/9462224?view=resource
Institute for Research
Healthcare-v2009 SSc2:Development density and community connectivityposted by Rachel Manoguerra on
Do you think an Institute for Research and Astrology counts as a "school" for community connectivity?