Greetings, We're doing a CI project where the glazing far surpasses the 40% wall area allowed on the north wall. However, the envelope will not be altered for this project.

I am working on a government project and half of our building is a garage space. 1. Do we have to put 10 ft long floor mats at each exterior door to the garage?

i probably know the answer already, but i just want to test my understanding: we are in the process of registering a manufacturing plant (BD+C), which consists of an office building and a manufac

I'm bringing up a topic discussed but not solved in previous comments. What does the USGBC include in "equipment installed as part of the tenant's scope of work"?

Dana,

I recently recieved this response from GBCI:

Hi everyone, I'm working on an office building in which efficient bathrooms will be installed as part of the Core and Shell scope.

Hi! In Ashrae 90.1 2007 appendix G, in baseline simulation, what is the system type for humidification? (If the proposed building has humidification) Many thanks Ricardo

What is the correct way to account for kitchen hood exhaust and the consequential 100% OA makeup energy? This is a commercial kitchen and serving area in a hospital. Thanks in advance.

In base case, how to calculate bhp/cfm value for AHUs if we know flow (in CFM) & cooling capacity (btu/h) details?

GS-11 on page 13 says that for non-flat topcoat the v.o.c. limit is 100. Is is 100 or 150 (please take a look at the bird's eye view)?