We currently working on a project that will be pursuing LEED certification. The building resides on a campus but we are only certifying one building as part of our contract. We are currently...

Can we count the capacity of underground drainage pipes as the retention capacity? The pipe capacity will then add to the stormwater retention capacity. This method will significantly reduce the...

Michael DeVuono Regional Stormwater Leader Arcadis North America LEEDuser Expert 187 thumbs up January 30, 2013- 7:12 am Ivan, if you dig through this forum and the 6.2 forum, I know I posted a link at one time that gave international rainfall totals. I don't have it bookmarked. I just googled "international rainfall data" from the US, and found a ton of sites. Good luck. Log in or register to post comments ...

We are working on a Core & Shell project on Cayman Islands and would like to pursue SS Credit 6.1 & 6.2. The project is on a previously developed site.There are deep wells existing on the...

I have a few questions on this credit that are buggering me off. Since I'm working on a site with with existing imperviousness higher than 50%, the main objective of this credit is to create...

Our site was recently demolished, filled with dirt and left for some time. The demo company left the foundation behind, so there currently exists approximately 10' feet of soil in what is...

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Our project is an adaptive...

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My question is in regards to the 2-yr, 24-hr requirement for calculating peak runoff rate. As far as I understand, by requiring the 24-hr duration to be used with the rational...

I was hoping I could get some advice on obtaining the quantity requirement of SS CR 6.1. We are trying to obtain this credit on an approximate 19 acre site. The site was originally a multi-...

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Can I presume that the imperviousness of a site is less than 50% if the overall runoff coefficient is less than 0.5 ?

Apologies if the answer is obvious but I am not an...