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New Bus Depot: LEED BD+C or C+S?
posted by Cynthia Kaplan on
My project is the new construction of a 3,000 s.f. bus depot in a small city. Part of the space will be leased to a retailer at a later date, most likely a convenience store or coffee shop.
Option 1: Limited Turf Area
EBOM-v4 SSc5:Site managementposted by Stephanie Donovan on
Hello - the site I'm looking at already has under 25% turf area. In fact it has no turf, only vegetation.
IAQ Procedure is NOT acceptable?
CI-2009 IEQp1:Minimum IAQ Performanceposted by James Keohane on
I recently received a Design Review comment advising that the IAQ procedure included in Chapter 6 of the ASHRAE 62.1-2007 is not an acceptable tool to demonstrate compliance.
Preferred Parking
Retail-NC-v2009 SSc4:Alternative transportationposted by Kevin Flynn on
The LEED NC-Retail v2009 credit 4.3 and 4.4 to provide preferred parking for LEV/FE vehicles and Carpools appears to require that the project identify employee parking separate from customer parkin
Existing Site Conditions altered w/in project boundary
NC-2009 SSc4.3:Alternative Transportation—Low-Emitting and Fuel-Efficient Vehiclesposted by Jim Pugh on
All, We submitted a dormitory project for a university in which there was a very substantial amount of existing parking between our new building and another part of our project (a new, relatively
Attempting to return ceiling tiles from demo
CI-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by Dean Wilson on
We are performing a 2009 Commercial Interior for the reuse of a 7000 sq ft decommissioned Army base building. In the demolition phase, we collected old ceiling tiles to return to the manufacturer.
MPR 6 for Single Tenant Building
CI-2009 PIf1:Minimum Program Requirementsposted by Jonathan Weiss on
We are working on a project where we are the sole tenant in the building. Can we use the whole building meters for our MPR6 reporting if there is no other user in the building?
View Preserving Shade
Retail-CI-v2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and views - daylightposted by Lon Stephenson on
Is there any criteria as far as what a View Preserving Shade actually is? There are openness factors as low as 1%; yes, you can see through them, but not much.
Mechanical System by Future Tenant
CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Andrew Chan on
We have an office core/shell project that we are considering for certification. The Owner may want to just design a small mechanical unit to service the restrooms and not much more.
Calculations for an Elementary School
Schools-NC-v4 LTc7:Reduced parking footprintposted by Cynthia Kaplan on
We are trying to figure out how to translate our ITE calcs properly for an elementary school project.