Do you use Value Engineering in documenting this process?

We have a project that has six buildings on it. The owner wants five of them to be CS, and one of them to be NC. Are we able to mix rating systems within an overall LEED Campus registration?

We were recently denied a credit in the Final Review Phase on the basis of information that was presented in the Preliminary Review Phase that GBCI had no comments upon.

I am calculating the percentage of materials that contain recycled content. It says MEP type work is not to be included in the calculation.

We received our preliminary design review comments back and were asked to include a daily average visitors number. Our average users value is 3, peak users value is 27, and the FTE value is 3.

1) In the C&S 2009 requirements for IEQc5, there is a statement that says "Core & Shell projects that do not have entryway systems cannot achieve this credit." What exactly does that mean?

Hello, We have a new construction office building project in which a data center/computer room occupies about 10% of the area, but probably 95% of the load/energy.

In v2009 we are required to survey only the regular occupants and not the visitors regardless of how many visitors there are correct?

I can guess the answer to my question, but am hopeful to be proved wrong: our project is within the 1/4 walking distance to a bus stop with a single service.

Under LEED v4, is the waste audit requirement the same for projects achieving initial certification and recertification, or do recertifying projects need to conduct one waste audit for each year of