LEED project boundary lines that “slice” through party walls must not pass through any MEP service infrastructure. Exceptions include buildings served by a common or shared chiller plant or...

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My project includes extraordinary energy consumption for HVAC resulting from maintaining clean room environments – specifically the amount of air changes and pressure...

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We are working with a building in Norway that has a ground-source heat pump as its main heating system and it is also connected to communal district heating as a back-up. The Central...

Is there a standard way the USGBC wants the R-value of a wall...

We have a darkroom in a facility but Im not sure if it should be classified as active, inactive storage or other type of classification for the space by space method. Darkrooms are very specific...

I'm working on a project with sitting areas and outdoor swimming pool on a building flat roof surface and installed with exterior lighting. ASHRAE 90.1 (Table 9.4.5) only covers the exterior...

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According to 90.1, the HVAC system shall follow the design for proposed case. I wonder what if the HVAC engineer under-sizes the cooling capacity. Certainly, it would lead to a...

I have just begun working on a project that features a small (under 20,000sf) office building on a large public plaza on top of a below grade parking ramp. Thus far, the team has assumed it...

I am relatively new to LEED and I would like to know if there are systems out there and gain many credits for a new office HQ in IrelandThe other question is related with how to prove a process...

Minimum outdoor air shall be model identically in both the cases. I am confused which outdoor air should be taken from either from IEQ baseline or from actual.