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Modeling district purchased heat as hot water instead of steam

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Vernon Smith  on 

I am modeling a 50,000 sf college cafeteria. The campus central plant boiler will provide steam to the cafeteria through a utility tunnel at basement level.

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Smith Energy Engineers, LLC
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Thu Dec 22, 2016, 3:53 pm

V4 Demand Response

NC-v4 EAc4:Demand response
posted by  Jen Roberts  on 

I have a couple of questions regarding this credit: 1) The credit states that to design a fully-automated Demand Response or tp utilize a semi-automated DR.

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Metec Consultants
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Thu Dec 22, 2016, 3:03 pm

shower in adjacent existing building

NC-2009 SSc4.2:Alternative Transportation—Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms
posted by  Lyle Axelarris  on 

Does anyone have any experience using the showers in an existing non-LEED building adjacent to the new LEED building for this credit?

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Thu Dec 22, 2016, 2:57 pm

Financial support option

EBOM-v4 SSc1:Site Development- protect or restore habitat
posted by  Tracy Smith  on 

Hi, Just want to make sure I'm understanding this point correctly.

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Eight Associates
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Wed Dec 21, 2016, 11:11 pm

v6 Forms with Different Compliance Paths

CS-2009 SSp1:Construction Activity Pollution Prevention
posted by  Michelle Rosenberger  on 

This prerequisite has always had 3 compliance paths - photos, inspection reports or a maintenance narrative.

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Wed Dec 21, 2016, 7:35 pm

Existing building demolition

Healthcare-v2009 MRc2:Construction waste management
posted by  Micah Vainikka  on 

I work for a construction company that is building a new hospital for a client.

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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 7:48 pm

Raw Material Source and Extraction Reporting

NC-v4 MRc3:Building product disclosure and optimization - sourcing of raw materials
posted by  Dionisio Franca  on 

Hello, Tarkett, a flooring company, states that their CSR report meets LEED's sourcing of raw material option.

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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 6:35 pm

minimum vegetation area

CS-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Agnieszka Rylska  on 

Our project has a very limmitted vegetation area on the grounds because the building footprint covers almost the whole site.There are only some small parts of vegetation covered with grass and some

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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 12:49 pm

VOC Content Reporting

NC-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Mario S.  on 

We are working on a LEED project outside the U.S. The datasheets received for the paints and coatings state the VOC content in g/L excluding water as per ISO 11890-2:2006.

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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 6:57 am

VOC - exempt compounds larger than 1%

Retail-NC-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials
posted by  Ian McCall  on 

Hello, The LEED guidebook, states "If the applicable regulation requires subtraction of exempt compounds, any content of intentionally added exempt compounds larger than 1% weight by mass (total e

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Mon Dec 19, 2016, 3:26 pm