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Energy modeling for unconditioned human occupied spaces

NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Yusuf Turab on Jul 15, 2010, 4:02 pm

I recently attended a course on energy modeling using eQuest. I was puzzled by the response of the instructor when asked how can one model an office building that is completely unconditioned....

Last reply: Muhammad Farooq Saeed, Mar 17, 2024, 9:26 pm

Does 100% previously disturbed area (or 100% greenfield) qualify for this credit?

NC-v4 SSc2: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Kathy Wong on Apr 13, 2021, 6:18 am

Hi all,

The credit requires 1) preserve 40% of the...

Last reply: Afogreen Build, Mar 17, 2024, 9:12 pm

No-irrigation documentation

NC-v4 WEp1: Outdoor water use reduction
posted by Alexia Anastassiadis on Dec 12, 2022, 6:22 am

Hi all, 
What sort of documentation do you submitt to demonstrate no need for irrigation in international projects? (i.e. we don´t have a tool like the...

Last reply: Afogreen Build, Mar 17, 2024, 9:04 pm

Inclusion of Process Waste in Waste Performance Calculation

EBOM-v4.1 MRp3: Waste Performance
posted by Subhashkumar A on Mar 16, 2024, 6:44 am

Hello,

Our project building is a garment building, and its final product is dresses. It generates fabric waste during the production process, inherent to the nature of the production...

Option 2 Path 1- any experience to share?

NC-v4.1 LTc3: High Priority Site and Equitable Development
posted by Emily Purcell on Jan 3, 2024, 4:52 pm

Hi LEED users! We had a thread in this forum back in 2022 about Option 2 Path 1, with a lot of good ideas for how to potentially earn the credit. But I don't think we ever had an update on...

Last reply: Nisha Kakde, Mar 15, 2024, 5:46 pm

Collection rainwater area outside the boundary- SS Rainwater Management

NC-v4.1 SSc4: Rainwater management
posted by Juliana Candido on Mar 15, 2024, 4:38 pm

We are working on a project whose LEED Boundary covers the whole exterior area of the site, but there is an existing building that will not be altered. We have the rainwater collection area on...

Concrete Mixes Counting as Separate Products- One EPD

NC-v4 MRc2: Building product disclosure and optimization - environmental product declarations
posted by Summer Gorder on Jul 2, 2019, 11:49 am

The Concrete supplier utilized multiple "mixes" of concrete in the project. A mix has slightly different functions, which I think would mean it is a separate product based on the USGBC definition...

Last reply: Allison Para, Mar 15, 2024, 10:10 am

Any HAP file that contain both of the proposed building and the baseline

NC-v4 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Mohamed Abdelrahim Abdelaal on Jul 30, 2019, 7:33 am

I’m new in modeling, I have a building need to be simulated for leed rating, Can you please share a "HAP" file that contain both of the proposed building and the baseline for any project as a...

Last reply: Abdullah Tahir, Mar 15, 2024, 5:04 am

IN- Heat Island Mitigation with Cool Walls

NC-v4.1 INc1: Innovation
posted by Jorge Ramírez Hernández on Mar 14, 2024, 3:04 pm

Greetings,

Currently I’m working on a building extension pursuing a LEED BD+C New Construction, the IN- Heat Island Mitigation with Cool Walls credit is being attempted, although some...

Mixed-use building

NC-v4 LTc8: Green vehicles
posted by CT G on Mar 13, 2024, 2:02 pm

We are working on a project with three towers (30 floors above grade) with a common base (ground floor and the first two floors are shared by the three towers).

Two towers are multi-family...

Last reply: Emily Purcell, Mar 14, 2024, 3:35 pm