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FSC and New Wood in LEED for Homes
posted by Judy Landwehr on
Regarding FSC certified wood-Is the calculation in LEED for Homes the same as in LEED NC as it pertains to only allowing "new wood" and if so, where is this referenced.
Minimum Thresholds for Landscape Credits
posted by Sam Watters on
My project is pursuing LEED for Homes: Multifamily Midrise, and I'm, wondering if it has enough landscaped area to qualify for some of the water efficiency and other landscaping credits. The build
EQc6.2 and EAc1.3 for Zoning and Controls
CI-2009 IEQc6.2:Controllability of Systems—Thermal Comfortposted by Megan Snyder on
Is it possible to achieve these simultaneously? One appears to require manual control and the other, auto control.
Option 2 Path 4 Heat island Effect nonroof
CI-2009 SSc1:Site Selectionposted by Sue Barnett on
so my CI LEED project boundary is half of one floor of an 8 story building, it's 14,000 square feet, and does include an exterior courtyard.
MERV 13
EBOM-2009 IEQc1.4:IAQ Best Management Practices—Reduce Particulates in Air Distributionposted by susan eguia on
Our building has existing MERV 8. The existing HVAC does not have the capability to to take MERV-13 filters. Can we get this credit if we have phase-out plan or need to replace all at once?
LEED CI eligibility
CI-2009 SSc1:Site Selectionposted by Sundararaj Subburaman on
Hi, The LEED CI reference guide (2009) mentions that a tenant who lease thier space and who do not occupy the entire building are only eligible.
IEQ 8.1 - Option 3
NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylightposted by Truex Cullins on
Does the measurement for this credit have to be performed by some certified, un-biased 3rd party?
Energy Star Score & New National Median Benchmarks
EBOM-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Efficiency Performanceposted by Eric Johnson on
Has anyone entered November energy data in Portfolio Manager and looked at the score?
Question about Scrubber Criteria
EBOM-2009 IEQc3.4:Green Cleaning—Sustainable Cleaning Equipmentposted by Mayra Portalatin on
When reading requirements in the guide, it states that the sustainable criteria to be met by an automated scrubbing machine is: "Automated scrubbing machines are equipped with variable-speed feed