EA Credit 1 allows for different percentages of energy performance for "Existing Building Renovations" than for "New Buildings", but there does not appear to be any information in the reference gui

The ASHRAE Thermal Comfort Tool V2 software is based on ASHRAE 55-2010, but LEED-2009 uses 55-2004.

I am modeling an office building which has 2 open-plan offices facing 3 different orientation each.

We have a natural creek with undisturbed vegetation growing on both sides as part of our project boundary, and I was wondering if the calculation is the same for plantings on site?

Hi all, We have an existing building built in the early 1900s with three 100% make up air units supplying fresh air with no exhaust.

For those that are interested, I believe that it would be worth viewing the Subcommittee on Investigations & Oversight Hearing-Green Building Rating Systems: http://science.house.gov/hearing/su

Thanks for this helpful article Mark. We've been doing LEED consulting since 2002 and we typically offer assistance with specifications as a basic service.

Hello All, I have a building where we are performing calcs on a select number of assumed potential critical zones as opposed to every zone.

Item 6, while not specs specific, is an excellent point. It implies employing an integrative design path. This uses LEED as a framework that defines metrics and not the bar.

The Architect I'm working for is a Legacy LEED AP. I'm a LEED AP BD+C. This being my first project working on LEED, I'm trying to List the Architect on IDc2 and Complete the form.