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Existing grassland habitat within LEED boundary

NC-2009 WEc1:Water efficient landscaping
posted by  Lisa Meniketti  on 

If within our LEED site boundary we have a large portion of existing grassy land areas to remain as they are, as (SS1 and/or SS2) protected habitat, and we do not add irrigation to these grass

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Metricorps
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Thu Mar 7, 2019, 9:27 pm

Do water features need to be included in calculations?

NC-v4 WEp1:Outdoor water use reduction
posted by  Cindy Quinn  on 

I have a project that will have a water feature which will be a splash pad during most of the year and an ice rink for 6 weeks in the winter.  How do I account for this in the Outdoor Water Us

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Tue Mar 5, 2019, 9:47 pm

Unfinished Tenant Spaces

NC-v4 EQc8:Quality views
posted by  James Keohane  on 

Working on a NC v4 project that has unfinished spaces with no ceilings or HVAC.  The exterior glazing and building envelop is complete.  To put this into perspective about 85% of the

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HKS, Inc.
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Thu Feb 28, 2019, 7:57 pm

Exterior Noise

Schools-NC-v4 EQp3:Minimum acoustic performance
posted by  Marcus Sheffer  on 

Regarding the exterior noise requirements - are projects required to implement acoustical solutions to exterior noise in accordance with ANSI Standard S12.60–2010?

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7group / Energy Opportunities
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Thu Feb 28, 2019, 5:21 pm

Natural Ventilation monitoring systems?

NC-v4 EQp1:Minimum indoor air quality performance
posted by  Avideh Haghighi  on 

Hello, we have a project that is naturally ventilated, but doesn't have direct exhaust airflow (offices are ventilated through a central atrium, atrium is naturally ventilated with gravity ventilat

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Process energy clarification

NC-v4 EAc2:Optimize energy performance
posted by  MAUDE PINTAL  on 

Hi,

Is heated sidewalk considered as process energy ?

Thank you, 

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Tue Feb 26, 2019, 4:24 pm

Construction Waste Management Core and Shell and Tenant Upfit Spaces

CS-v4 MRc5:Construction and demolition waste management
posted by  Summer Minchew  on 

Can a Core and Shell project include tenant construction debris in overall CWM calculations? Often tenant construction is concurrent with core and shell construction.

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Metricorps
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Tue Feb 26, 2019, 6:22 am

Best /easiest/fastest way to measure density?

CI-v4 LTc2:Surrounding density and diverse uses
posted by  Deborah Stadler  on 

For a site in Manhattan, just by using Google Earth and drawing a 1/4 mile circle is easy to see that the density is met without any issues.  But for sites near open spaces, or in suburban are

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CannonDesign
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Mon Feb 25, 2019, 4:43 pm