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Schools-2009 MRc5: Regional Materials
posted by Rebecca Griffith on May 23, 2011, 10:37 am

When calculating distance between the manufacturing plant & the project site, is the distance I should use, actual travel distance by land, or by "how the crow flies"?

I have a...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, May 23, 2011, 10:47 am

Which cost of materials to use?

Schools-2009 MRc5: Regional Materials
posted by Maya Karkour on May 23, 2011, 6:11 am

Dear all,

The retail price of a certain product is $15 (anyone can buy it from the supplier for $15).
However, the contractor has a special discount: he buys this product for $10,...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, May 23, 2011, 7:41 am

Lighting Power Density Calculation

NC-2009 SSc8: Light Pollution Reduction
posted by Ramesh Narayanan on May 21, 2011, 1:01 am

1. One of our project have around 1000 m2 landscaping area. In which they are using 20 numbers of 10W bollard external lighting in only 400m2 area. The remaining 600 m2 area does not have any...

LEED LCA score

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by Laura Whitehurst on Apr 7, 2011, 2:45 pm

I am having significant problems with the LEED LCA score calculator. I am doing 6 buildings of 1-4 stories, and they are all getting similar scores, in the 134-147 point range. The stated...

Last reply: Kelly Roberts, May 20, 2011, 4:20 pm

Thermal Comfort Controls for Part Time Occupants

NC-2009 IEQc6.2: Controllability of systems - thermal comfort
posted by Vishnu Jhaveri on May 19, 2011, 7:54 pm

1) On my current project, we have an office room which has three work stations, served by one thermostat, one diffuser and no operable window. The office will be occupied only part-time (1-2 days...

Last reply: Lauren Sparandara, May 20, 2011, 3:41 pm

Athena Eco Calculator- Cement replacement

Pilot-Credits PC1: Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Building Assemblies and Materials 
posted by Kelly Roberts on May 20, 2011, 3:19 pm

Can we scale our square footage inputs linearally to account for cement replacement in excess of 20%? This seems to be especially important when considering foundations where we generally push...

Last reply: Kelly Roberts, May 20, 2011, 3:24 pm

Path 12- more than one point possible

CI-2009 SSc1: Site Selection
posted by James Weiner on May 19, 2011, 7:56 pm

We're curious if the review teams have changed approach with this.

We've understood that Path 12 allowed up to one point for exemplary performance of one of the other SSc1 Paths (1-11) as...

Last reply: James Weiner, May 20, 2011, 1:10 pm

Exemplary Performance documentation

NC-2009 IDc1: Innovation in Design
posted by Ned Halling on May 5, 2011, 4:16 pm

After filling out a credit form online, the summary section has a 'Y' after exemplary performance points documented line. Do I still have to check the box saying: "The project team reserves one...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, May 20, 2011, 3:00 am

SS Credit 1, Option 2, Path 5 Heat Island Effect – Roof

CI-2009 SSc1: Site Selection
posted by Augusto Velazquez on May 4, 2011, 9:24 am

I am working on a CI project. The project’s area is part of a large commercial facility which includes many other tenants. For the SS Credit 1 Option 2 Path 5...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, May 20, 2011, 2:28 am

Is it possible to gain an ID credit by using Post Tensioning?

NC-2009 IDc1: Innovation in Design
posted by Amar Colakhodzic on Apr 28, 2011, 6:34 am

I am participating in a Value Engineering (VE) exercise for a potential LEED project that is in its final stage of design. Since the current project is designed as ‘concrete reinforced (CR)’, one...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, May 20, 2011, 2:26 am