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What areas to include for planted areas?
NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscapingposted by Lauren Bellamy on
We have a project where only about 1/3 of the planted area will be irrigated.
Policies - credit's pursued
EBOM-v4 SSp1:Site management policyposted by Allison Smith on
I'm looking for some guidance regarding drafting policies. I've downloaded the USGBC templates, however do we need to include sections related to credits that we are not pursuing?
Previously Developed AND Wetlands
NC-v4 LTc2:Sensitive land protectionposted by Becky Johnson on
My building is being constructed on previously developed land, however there is a strip of jurisdictional wetlands on site that we are relocating.
Garage Space - Negatively Pressurized Rooms
NC-2009 IEQc5:Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Controlposted by Panda Aumpansub on
Hello there, For garage spaces that are designed for CO/NO₂ monitoring and have a neutral (Exhaust air – Supply air = 0) pressurization.
Spreadsheet from USGBC is password protected
CI-2009 MPR6:Must commit to sharing whole-building energy and water usage dataposted by Keith Steurer on
Is there any way to modify / add new tabs to the USGBC-Approved Data Template for MPR #6? It seems to be password protected and allows only limited editing.
Grout additive?
NC-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealantsposted by Erin Holdenried on
What category would a grout additive fall under? Thanks!
Multi-Flow Showerhead
NC-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reductionposted by Annalise Reichert on
I am working on a project that plans to install a shower head with three flow options: 0.5 GPM-1.0 GPM -1.5 GPM. How do we account for multi-flow showerheads on the WEp1 form?
Shared underground parking with non LEED certified buildings
Healthcare-v2009 MPR3:Must use a reasonable site boundaryposted by Jorge Lopez de Obeso on
Our project, a 200,000 sqft CS office tower (much more to the 20% of the total area) shares 3 levels of underground parking lot with two other buildings (Movie theater, shops, restaurants).
Towers as part of a single building
NC-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performanceposted by Francesco Passerini on
A building is composed by three towers that have the basement, the ground floor, and the first floor in common. The system for the baseline model shall be System 8.
MBTU = 1 million BTU, which is also MMBTU
posted by Jamy Bacchus on
It's come to my attention that there's some unit confusion in the LEED Treatment of District Thermal Energy Guide where DES virtual rates are calculated. The Guide includes equations on page 14 in