The USGBC raised the following query in our project design stage review: "It is not clear that the shower usage reported accurately reflects the usage patterns of the project.

If a CI project is located in a CS building and the tenant requires no fit out, can EPDs for products in the tenants space in the CS certification be used for the CI certification?

Hi! In the requirement for EAc5 (BD+C) it is stated: "The use of solar gardens or community renewable energy systems is allowed if both of the following requirements are met.

We have submitted our initial design stage submittal and received commentary on our Option 2 approach - Prescriptive compliance.

I'm having a hard time understanding why it is necessary to document cost, weight and "percentage of product contributing to this criterion", if the requirements are simply to use 20 different pro

I'm hoping to run by our approach to achieving WEp1 by some experienced LEED APs in the hope to reassuring myself that our approach is acceptable before submitting to USGBC at appeal.

Hi, If paints /sealants /adhesives are being applied on site but before the building has been enclosed do they still need to comply with the associated VOC limits?

Hello, I'm trying to assess how much of our project site qualifies as open space.

I have a LEED project where they plan a storm water tank that will be a shared one with two other buildings next to the LEED project building.

We have steel lockers on our project which shall be produced by a steel company and painted in the factory. They claim to use low VOC or zero VOC paints.