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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

General forums
posted by  Rudy De La O  on 

Hi Tristan, Above you mention "The credit for electric vehicle charging stations and preferred parking has been reinstated in this draft, with minor adjustments".

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Mon Oct 15, 2012, 8:53 pm

fifth public comment period is open

General forums
posted by  Tristan Roberts  on 

USGBC has taken your comments and opened the fifth public comment period with the new draft of LEED v4 (note the name change from LEED 2012).

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basecourse ,bedding sand and subbase materials

NC-2009 MRc4:Recycled Content
posted by  Benjie Herrera  on 

Are these materials-basecourse,bedding sand and subbase materials have recycled content? Can they also be qualified for Regional materials?

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re-upholstering of furniture

Credit Forums
posted by  SIG - Sustainability Main Account  on 

how do you quantify re-upholstering of furniture? if the base of the chair is re-used, and new fabric is installed. my best guess is to classify the item as 50% salvaged?

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 5:26 pm

OFF Site Application

CI-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealants
posted by  Gayle Borst  on 

So without my knowing it, the contractor had laminate applied off site to some cabinets- our LEED Reviewer flagged the fact that we had left out contact adhesive but had included the laminate on ou

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Sat Nov 24, 2012, 3:19 am

For Assemblies - What is the Location of Extraction?

CI-2009 MRc5:Regional Materials
posted by  Melissa Wrolstad  on 

My client has a chair which was manufactured within 500 miles of the project site. The chair is composed of foam (5%), plastic (2%), wood (13%) and steel (80%) by weight.

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Mon Nov 4, 2013, 3:49 pm

What to measure?

CS-2009 EAc5.1:Measurement and Verification—Base Building
posted by  Marcio Alberto Casado Pereira  on 

We are working on a multiple building campus, it's a residential project.

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 8:42 pm

Amount of recycling generated

NC-2009 MRp1:Storage and Collection of Recyclables
posted by  SmithGroup BG+LU FW  on 

Has anyone found baseline data for amount of recycling generated in an office?

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Mon Nov 5, 2012, 7:11 pm

Non-domestic VOC resources

NC-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealants
posted by  Bruce Maine  on 

I know this question has been asked before but I'm unable to locate the official USGBC interpretation for acceptable resources for VOC calculations for non-domestic projects.

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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 5:50 pm

EAp2 Prescriptive Path- Renovation and Addition

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Eric Elizondo  on 

EAp2- Option 2 Prescriptive Method The current project consists of an existing building that is being renovated along with a new addition to the building.

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Wed Oct 17, 2012, 2:34 pm