How do you account for the difference in service hot water efficiency from the proposed design to the baseline design if the proposed design is using electric point-of-use water heaters? Is...

Hi, I've got a 9,400 SF building which serves as the offices for the athletic faculty at a small public university. Two of the offices, both facing north, are overlit when calculated with the...

Is it required to submit the info on the...

Hi. I am a graduate student doing my thesis on the feasablity of making a building LEED compliant. The building is a university building with class rooms. There are 40 permanent staff in the...

Dear all,

Do you have any sample of POE survey form that can satisfy this credit?

Thanks and regards

Page 36 of the Ref Guide, section 4, states that monoculture plantings (such as turf) cannot contibute to the credit requirements. I could interpret this 2 ways:
a. landscapes that use on...

We have a stadium project that will be retrofitted (major renovation) and will be certified under the LEED NC rating system. The stadium will be used for the 2014 World Cup and has developed a...

We're working on a 40,000 sf existing building undergoing significant interior renovations and lighting upgrades, but will be using the existing mechanical system. We will also be adding 40,000...

According to a post above, Ecotect cannot be used for Option 1 because it doesn't simulate "clear-sky" conditions, which is something Radiance can do.

How about using SPOT, which has a...

Do we have to use the template table or can we upload our own spreadsheet using the same calcs? The template spreadsheet takes much more time than our spreadsheet that is used during the design...