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Using Concrete as a material for reducing Heat Island

Homes-v4 SSc1:Heat island reduction
posted by  Bryan Markkanen  on 

Can Concrete be used as a material on site for reducing the heat island.  The albedo or SR index seems to be quite high, so it stands to reason it would be accepted but I haven't found a defin

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MRc3 and reused furniture

NC-2009 MRc3:Materials reuse
posted by  Jeff Wiedmeyer  on 

My client wants to know what credits might be applicable to the re-use of furniture from another one of its projects for use in the current project.  I told the client that I believe the only

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Adaptability vs Flexibility

Healthcare-v4 MRc8:Design for flexibility
posted by  Margaret Montgomery  on 

We have a project planning a facility with about 200 beds, planning to use standardized prefab headwalls in the patient rooms, as well as standardizing room layouts to work for multiple room types

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Associated Grounds Metering

NC-v4 WEp3:Building-level water metering
posted by  Nathan Gauthier  on 

We got a response back from GBCI today for WEp3 after asking about the metering requirement for the "associated grounds".

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Thu Jan 23, 2020, 3:32 pm

Open space 30% requirement at Ground Level only?

NC-v4 SSc3:Open space
posted by  Susan Di Giulio  on 

Can you include open spaces at roof level (Green roof, accessible by all) as part of the 30% requirement, or does the entire 30% need to come from open space at ground level only?

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In multi-family residential units, can a VTAC unit provide mechanical ventilation to meet 62.1-2010?

NC-v4 EQp1:Minimum indoor air quality performance
posted by  Sherman Aronson  on 

In multi-family residential units, can a VTAC unit provide mechanical ventilation to meet 62.1-2010?

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Density Calculation - Parking garages and roads

NC-v4 LTc4:Surrounding density and diverse uses
posted by  Jon Penndorf  on 

We are pursing LEED v4 BD+C, NC. For the Location and Transportation, Surrounding Density credit, combined density:

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Wed Jan 22, 2020, 5:03 pm

Waste Management - Commingled

LEED v4.1 Discussion Forum
posted by  Alexis Stewart  on 

I read the below for LEED V4: How the language currently reads, if you recycle 10 different materials all in 1 commingled dumpster, that only counts as 1 waste stream.

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Lead Based Paint Waste

LEED v4.1 Discussion Forum
posted by  Alexis Stewart  on 

In the beginning of the project we had a large portion of Lead based paint that was disposed of. How does this count? Is there a way to not include this in our waste counts?

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