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Residential high rise with school at the base
NC-2009 MPR2:Must be a complete, permanent building or spaceposted by Ilana Judah on
We are designing a high-rise residential tower with a school and retail area at the base. There is some entry and service space serving the residential tower on the cellar and ground floor levels.
Do we include Non-certifiable structure in Building gross area?
NC-2009 MPR7:Must comply with a minimum building area to site area ratioposted by Anya Fiechtl on
We have a project with a main facility and a separate non-occupied, non-certifiable equipment/storage building.
Vehicular control - Tire washing control
NC-2009 SSp1:Construction Activity Pollution Preventionposted by LEED Pro Consultant on
Hello all, I have a question regarding the control measure for the control for all the vehicles leaving the project, the most common is cleaning all the vehicles (washing the tires) before leaving
Zone Floor Area Calculation
CS-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylightposted by Maggie Hogan Skaug on
For the prescriptive method, how is Zone Floor Area calculated for a multi-floor office building with no tenant build-outs? Is the ZFA = 2 times the window head height? Thanks
"incomplete spaces" treatment in LEED NC
NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Ricardo Sá on
1) An office building that is being certified under LEED NC will have 20% of its gross floor area without a complete interior fit-out at time of construction work completion.
Commissioning Documents
NC-2009 EAp1:Fundamental Commissioning of Building Energy Systemsposted by Heather Anderson on
What documents are necessary to complete EA Prerequisite 1? So far, I have: 1. Fundamental Commissioning of the Building Energy System (Found on the USGBC website) 2.
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NC-2009 IEQc7.1:Thermal Comfort—Designposted by Leanne Niu on
I am dealing with a complex commercial center containing a indoor ski center and a ice rink, which clearly fall outside of the comfortable zone of ASHRAE 55.
Calculator from USGBC
EBOM-v4 EQc8:Green cleaning - equipmentposted by Michelle Raigosa on
Anyone else running into a problem with the calculator provided by the USGBC?
Existing and New Construction
NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Haojie Wang on
We have a building that contains both existing and new construction. I wonder how we should determine the LEED points we will achieve given certain percentage savings.
SRI of wood?
NC-2009 SSc7.1:Heat Island Effect—Non-Roofposted by Erin Holdenried on
I have a project with wood (not composite wood) deck areas. How does one determine the SRI of the wood? Is there a default value available for light, medium, or dark wood?