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No new parking

NC-2009 SSc4.4:Alternative Transportation—Parking Capacity
posted 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.

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Wed Dec 4, 2013, 5:31 pm

LEED Project Data Transparency

General forums
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

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LEED Data Set - Energy Use Way Too High!

General forums
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

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Thu Dec 5, 2013, 5:02 pm

Minimum Performance Measuring Time

EBOM-2009 EAc3.2:Performance Measurement—System-Level Metering
posted 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?

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Mon Feb 17, 2014, 7:39 pm

Minnesota's LEED certified building study

General forums
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

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Mon Dec 9, 2013, 1:36 pm

Baseline HVAC system for a naturally ventilated Building

NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performance
posted 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.

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Mon Dec 9, 2013, 8:05 pm

Pressure Drop Adjustment

CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted 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.

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Fri Dec 6, 2013, 5:04 pm

Primary Secondary Pumping Power

CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted 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.

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Fri Dec 6, 2013, 6:56 pm

Banking branch: LEED for Retail NC or CI?

LEED Rating System Selection
posted by  Silvia Ruiz  on 

Hi, This is the issue: the banking branch in question will be located in a new shopping center.

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Tue Dec 10, 2013, 5:34 pm

Calculation of the required area

NC-2009 MRp1:Storage and Collection of Recyclables
posted 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.

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Fri Dec 20, 2013, 8:41 pm