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Runoff calculations & rainwater harvesting

EBOM-v4 SSc2:Rainwater management
posted by  Gail Vittori  on 

If I can calculate the volume of runoff using the site impervious area in square feet and the 95th percentile rainfall over 24 hours in inches, do I also need to use one of the tools identifie

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Tue Mar 6, 2018, 9:24 pm

Big News at SERA's California office!

Green Commons
posted by  Clark Brockman  on 

Hi everyone -
Some of you already have heard some or all of this news, but I thought I'd share today's press release with the whole group.
The headline is: 

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Wed Jan 31, 2018, 7:37 pm

Shop-applied primer/touch-up paint for field

NC-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials
posted by  Shaunna Shaw  on 

I work for a structural steel contractor working on our first LEED v4 project and we are having difficulty getting our standard shop primer approved by the GC.  The paint does not meet th

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Wed Jan 31, 2018, 6:41 pm

Renewable fuels and "green" natural gas?

CS-v4 EAc7:Green power and carbon offsets
posted by  Adolfo Silva  on 

Is it possible to account for externally-produced renewable fuels in the "total energy use" calculation?

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 6:16 pm

Office, conference room to Hallway, stairs STCc Interpretation

CI-v4 EQc9:Acoustic performance
posted by  Jeffrey Fullerton  on 

In this credit, there is a requirement for an STCc 50 rating for "Office, conference room" to "Hallway, stairs".

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Wed Aug 8, 2018, 1:52 pm

How to calculate the Tank size

NC-v4 SSc4:Rainwater management
posted by  Patrick Y P Lui  on 

I am working a hotel project with 6090 sq.m greenery + 14210 sq.m pavement and willing to get 3 points by Percentile of rainfall events (Option 1) - Path 2 98th Percentile.

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BE CxA - Rules and Regulations? Who can do it?

Retail-NC-v4 EAc1:Enhanced commissioning
posted by  Brian Salazar  on 

Do the same restrictive rules apply to the Building Envelope CxA as they do to the MEP CxA?  I don't see any detail about this on the USGBC site.

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Wed Jan 31, 2018, 4:31 pm

ASHRAE BPACS and SIMBUILD Conference Call for presentations

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posted by  Vikram Sami  on 

The deadline for submitting presentations is coming up. This year ASHRAE is hosting a joint conference with Simbuild.

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Preserve and protect from all development and construction activity 40% of the greenfield area on the site

NC-v4 SSc2:Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by  Jason Garvens  on 

I'm hoping someone can make this requirement interpretation crystal clear for me as I'm struggling to fully grasp what it mean.

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Tue Feb 27, 2018, 3:15 am

Fertilizer from pee: Planet Money podcast

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posted by  Nadav Malin  on 

Some of you saw my 5-minute presentation about the Rich Earth Institute in Brattleboro, Vermont and how it is inventing new ways to keep excess nutrients from urine out of surface waters and u

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