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No new parking
NC-2009 SSc4.4:Alternative Transportation—Parking Capacityposted by Tom Warner on
Our project site currently has three existing buildings and over 300 parking stalls. All of these buildings and parking areas will be demolished under separate contract.
LEED Project Data Transparency
posted by J. Yudelson on
Interesting that there are more data details in my 2013 book, The World's Greenest Buildings:Promise vs Performance in Sustainable Design (Routledge), privately funded and researched, than there is
LEED Data Set - Energy Use Way Too High!
posted by J. Yudelson on
If you were to break out new buildings, especially offices, and compare them to the "best achievable" results in common practice today, i.e., below 40 kBTU/sq.ft./year, you would find the average n
Minimum Performance Measuring Time
EBOM-2009 EAc3.2:Performance Measurement—System-Level Meteringposted by Marina Andrade on
Greetings, We have a doubt about the credit EA C3.2 from LEED EB O&M. What is the minimum time to measure performance of the major’s building systems by the breakdown of energy?
Minnesota's LEED certified building study
posted by Peter Dahl on
The Minnesota USGBC chapter evaluated the operational energy and water performance for all LEED certified buildings in our state. You can find our report here: http://www.usgbcmn.org/resources/per
Baseline HVAC system for a naturally ventilated Building
NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performanceposted by Jayanthi Raju Vadivelu on
In one of our projects, we've 100% naturally ventilated school building, which will have ceiling fans for comfort, a total area of approx 80,000 sqft, Ground + 2 floors.
Pressure Drop Adjustment
CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Jan Hesse on
We are working on a Project with a central 100%OA AHU. We calculated the pressure drop adjustment for the baseline Systems 7 following ASHRAE 90.1-2007 table G3.1.2.9.
Primary Secondary Pumping Power
CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Matt Humphreys on
When modeling a project that has a baseline building requiring system #8, the system cooling tonnage is > 600 tons therefore G3.1.3.10.
Banking branch: LEED for Retail NC or CI?
posted by Silvia Ruiz on
Hi, This is the issue: the banking branch in question will be located in a new shopping center.
Calculation of the required area
NC-2009 MRp1:Storage and Collection of Recyclablesposted by Magda Aghababyan on
Dear all, We are doing a project with an IT office complex. The largest possible waste stream is E-Waste, food and paper. We do not see much potential for glass and metal waste streams.