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Existing White Roof

CS-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roof
posted by  Emily Clark  on 

We are working on a Core & Shell major renovation which has an existing white roof. I've been having a hard time finding if we can just leave this roof and achieve this credit.

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Thu Apr 14, 2011, 7:15 pm

Interior Project inside a complex CS

CI-2009 SSc3.3:Alternative Transportation—Parking Availability
posted by  Paola Figueiredo, Newton Figueiredo  on 

We have a project inside of one tower that have like common area the parking spaces. However, this tower have a certification LEED and yours parking spaces makes part of complex (AGMBC).

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Fri Apr 22, 2011, 10:23 pm

Tunnels counted in building footprint?

CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by  Deborah Lucking  on 

Our project has a tunnel that is totally below grade. Our initial thought is to exclude the tunnel from the building footprint, as that does not get counted in the site open area calculations.

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Fri Apr 22, 2011, 10:52 pm

Regularly occupied areas in a stadium

NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylight
posted by  Carolina Vergnano  on 

My project is a Soccer Stadium and I'm having problems defining which are the "regularly occupied areas" I should consider when simulating daylight and views... Should I consider the grandstand, bo

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Wed Apr 20, 2011, 5:51 am

ASHRAE 62.1-2010

NC-2009 IEQp1:Minimum IAQ Performance
posted by  Andreas Hintz  on 

For this prerequisite it is necessary that the ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007 is met. But what about the newest version ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2010? Does that one count as well? Thanks for your help!

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Sun Apr 24, 2011, 12:49 am

FSC Project Certification and Chain of Custody documentation...

Schools-2009 MRc7:Certified Wood
posted by  Ward Miller  on 

The General Contractor (GC) in project I am currently working has specified FSC certified wood in the construction documents for the gym floor and window frames, which together will cost more than

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Sat Apr 23, 2011, 5:41 pm

LEED CS v3 - require actual invoices?

NC-2009 MRc4:Recycled Content
posted by  eileen hughes  on 

General Contractor has provided LEED submittal material form but the backup information ranges from a job specific letter from the manufacturer, to information from a manufacturer web site.

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Sat Apr 23, 2011, 8:25 pm

Heat Pipes

NC-2009 EAc4:Enhanced Refrigerant Management
posted by  Christopher Schaffner  on 

Here's a stumper for y'all. A "heat pipe" uses refrigerant migration (without compressors) between two coils for heat recovery.

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Tue Apr 19, 2011, 6:25 pm

Artificial Turf Cooling

Schools-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Lauren Fakhoury  on 

We have a project using artificial turf for the football field so it does not require irrigation, but it does need to be rinsed and cooled down.

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Tue Apr 19, 2011, 5:40 pm

Eligibility of Wood

NC-2009 EAc2:On-Site Renewable Energy
posted by  Jens Apel  on 

This is a more general question about the eligibility of wood as renewable fuel. Following the Reference Guide I get the impression that all wood apart from untreated waste and mill residue is inel

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Sat Apr 23, 2011, 5:28 pm