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Residential high rise with school at the base

NC-2009 MPR2:Must be a complete, permanent building or space
posted 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.

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Wed Aug 5, 2015, 2:32 pm

Do we include Non-certifiable structure in Building gross area?

NC-2009 MPR7:Must comply with a minimum building area to site area ratio
posted by  Anya Fiechtl  on 

We have a project with a main facility and a separate non-occupied, non-certifiable equipment/storage building.

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Wed Aug 5, 2015, 2:31 am

Vehicular control - Tire washing control

NC-2009 SSp1:Construction Activity Pollution Prevention
posted 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

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Tue Aug 4, 2015, 10:03 pm

Zone Floor Area Calculation

CS-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylight
posted 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

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Mon Aug 3, 2015, 5:31 pm

"incomplete spaces" treatment in LEED NC

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted 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.

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Mon Aug 3, 2015, 1:18 pm

Commissioning Documents

NC-2009 EAp1:Fundamental Commissioning of Building Energy Systems
posted 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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Mon Aug 3, 2015, 7:25 am

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NC-2009 IEQc7.1:Thermal Comfort—Design
posted 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.

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Sat Aug 1, 2015, 12:28 pm

Calculator from USGBC

EBOM-v4 EQc8:Green cleaning - equipment
posted by  Michelle Raigosa  on 

Anyone else running into a problem with the calculator provided by the USGBC?

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Fri Jul 31, 2015, 8:30 pm

Existing and New Construction

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted 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.

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Fri Jul 31, 2015, 3:55 pm

SRI of wood?

NC-2009 SSc7.1:Heat Island Effect—Non-Roof
posted 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?

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Fri Jul 31, 2015, 1:39 pm