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Avoidance of Chemicals of Concern in Building Material

General forums
posted by  Tom Lent  on 

I'm very pleased to see this credit (the last one in Table 2 above) added to the mix.

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Assistant Project Manager, LEED v4
U.S. Green Building Council
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Mon Aug 22, 2011, 9:29 pm

# Of Testing Locations

NC-2009 IEQc3.2:Construction IAQ Management Plan—Before Occupancy
posted by  Dan Forino  on 

Our project single floor mixed use space, with a large single heat recovery unit providing outside air to all of the spaces.

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Sustainability Director
RDG Planning & Design
LEEDuser Basic Member
8 thumbs up
Mon Aug 22, 2011, 7:33 pm

Views and Line of Sight

EBOM-2009 IEQc2.4:Daylight and Views
posted by  Sonrisa Lucero  on 

If only a HORIZONTAL direct line of sight from 42" to the exterior window will ultimately allow an area to qualify as having a view, why have the discussion about glazing from 30" to 90" at all?

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Sustainability Consulting Director
McKinstry
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Fri Aug 19, 2011, 3:21 pm

Don't misread the outcome

General forums
posted by  Bill Swanson  on 

The judge only said the plaintiffs have no standing to file a lawsuit.

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Vermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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Thu Aug 18, 2011, 5:35 pm

Expanding on the Judges ruling

General forums
posted by  Barry Giles  on 

Judge Sand said, “Because there is no requirement that a builder hire LEED-accredited professionals to attain LEED certification".

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Founder & CEO, LEED Fellow, BREEAM Fellow
BuildingWise LLC
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224 thumbs up
Thu Aug 18, 2011, 4:47 pm

VOC's for exterior paint?

Schools-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Renee Shirey  on 

Has anybody had any problems with the issue of exterior paint on exterior door frames?

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President
Silverberg Associates
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Thu Aug 18, 2011, 2:08 pm

Modeling program advice

NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylight
posted by  Susan M. Kaplan  on 

We are trying to evaluate the best way of meeting this requirement through Option 1 - Simulation according to the latest (May 2011) Addenda changes (min. 10 fc on Sept.

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CEO, former USGBC Faculty
Innovative Design, Inc.
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Thu Aug 18, 2011, 12:42 pm

Using Solatubes with the Prescriptive Method

NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylight
posted by  Dana Murdoch  on 

Has anyone been able to calculate the daylighting provided by Solatube's with the prescriptive method?

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CEO, former USGBC Faculty
Innovative Design, Inc.
LEEDuser Basic Member
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Thu Aug 18, 2011, 12:40 pm

Daylight Simulation with Relux

NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylight
posted by  Christoph Dewald  on 

Hi, I am working on a project that is targeting IEQ 8.1. We are going to use option 1 to show credit compliance. For the simulation we use Relux.

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Thu Aug 18, 2011, 12:33 pm

Do strippers need to comply with VOC requirements?

Schools-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Louise Schlatter  on 

We are working on a large school renovation. They need to clean some floors with strippers... do those need to comply with VOC requirements? If so, would it fall under paints and coatings?

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Sustainability and Environment Director
PROSOCO, Inc.
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Thu Aug 18, 2011, 11:37 am