Hi All,

Could someone please enlighten me as to the relevant of the requirement to “provide the lease(s) or sample lease(s) associated with the LEED project” please?

What leases?!...

It appears that although Natural Ventilation vs. Mechanical will save energy, this is not accounted for in the whole building energy simulation as the baseline building will also have natural...

matthew strong LEEDuser Basic Member 33 thumbs up September 22, 2011- 6:04 pm I see that the comment that I've posted here has gotten no responses. We would just like to know if anyone has modeled a system like this and, if so, do you think we have to model this as a district energy system since we are using the return side of the loop? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks. Log in or register to post comments Gerard Hazel Owner Sustainable Systems LLC LEEDuser Basic Member 14 thumbs up September 27, 2011- 8:13 am Matthew, You might want to try posting this in the energy modeling forums...

This might be a silly quesiton, but when should you submit the optional ASHRAE compliance forms? If it's optional then why should anyone ever submit these forms?

Dear all,

We received the Design Final Review for our project, and a total of 7 credits were denied.

1) If we have initially provided documentation which has not been interpreted...

For those of you that use Trace 700 and are familiar with the fairly new feature, the "LEED Energy Performance Summary Report", that Provides all the information for each section of the EAp2...

I have to model a building which is using solar pannels electric heaters. But they also have an electric resistance as back up for those moments when solar heat is not enough.
How should I...

I have a general code question regarding when a wall is considered interior and when it is considered exterior, as our team has looked for clear language in the NYS energy code as well as the...

We are doing LEED certification for a building in a campus which already has exterior lighting installed. Can we consider the exterior lighting load identical for base case and proposed case as...

Per ASHRAE 90 G3.1.3.11: Each chiller shall be modeled with separate condenser water and chilled-water pumps interlocked to operate with the associated chiller.

We have two chillers sized...