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Final Review Denial with no Preliminary Comments?

LEED Reviews: Appeals, Design/Construction Submittals, and more
posted by  Nita Christopher  on 

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.

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LEED Fellow
7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
4454 thumbs up
Fri May 20, 2016, 2:35 pm

Recycled Content Percentages

NC-2009 MRc4:Recycled Content
posted by  Jace Christensen  on 

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

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Building Enclosure Consultant
BPL Enclosure
LEEDuser Basic Member
58 thumbs up
Thu May 19, 2016, 1:37 am

Visitor Count - Dormitory

NC-2009 MPR5:Must comply with minimum occupancy rates
posted by  Todd Bundren  on 

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.

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Associate Principal - Director of Sustainabilty
Lawrence Group
LEEDuser Premium Member
10 thumbs up
Wed May 18, 2016, 10:08 pm

Entryway systems

CS-2009 IEQc5:Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Control
posted by  José Solis  on 

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?

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Big and Bright Strategies
LEEDuser Basic Member
2 thumbs up
Mon May 16, 2016, 6:57 pm

LEED project boundary and Data Centers

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Bethany Beers  on 

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.

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Commissioning and Energy Consultant
Mazzetti
LEEDuser Basic Member
5 thumbs up
Sat May 14, 2016, 7:08 pm

Site visitors vs. FTE's

EBOM-2009 SSc4:Alternative Commuting Transportation
posted by  Kimberly Hosken  on 

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

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Project Director
WSP USA
LEEDuser Basic Member
381 thumbs up
Wed May 11, 2016, 9:28 pm

Regular Bus Service to Light Rail Station

CS-2009 SSc4.1:Alternative Transportation—Public Transportation Access
posted by  Deborah Lucking  on 

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.

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Director of Sustainability
Fentress Architects
LEEDuser Expert
224 thumbs up
Tue May 10, 2016, 3:36 pm

Waste Stream Audit

EBOM-v4 MRp1:Ongoing purchasing and waste policy
posted by  Trevor Anderson  on 

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

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Project Director
WSP USA
LEEDuser Basic Member
381 thumbs up
Thu May 5, 2016, 5:32 pm

Purpose behind the 60% RH parameter?

NC-2009 IEQc3.2:Construction IAQ Management Plan—Before Occupancy
posted by  Landry Watson  on 

The reference guide is clear that 14,000 CFM of OA per SF (that is >60deg and

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Assistant Vice President - Sustainability
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
LEEDuser Premium Member
26 thumbs up
Wed May 4, 2016, 11:56 pm

Path 2 Flushout

NC-2009 IEQc3.2:Construction IAQ Management Plan—Before Occupancy
posted by  Amy Harmon  on 

Our project went with Path 2 Post-occupancy flush out. All AHUs required 2-4 days of flush out before occupancy could occur and about 24 days post occupancy.

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Representative
Vermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
7780 thumbs up
Wed May 4, 2016, 10:08 pm