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Vegetated Roof or Hardscape?
NC-v4 SSc5:Heat island reductionposted by Tricia Loe on
Our building has a portion of the roof area that is a terrace accessible from the top floor of the building. The terrace contains high-reflectance hardscape and vegetated areas.
Lighting Zones for BUG method of compliance
NC-v4 SSc6:Light pollution reductionposted by Tricia Loe on
Our project has two buildings on a corporate campus. We plan to use the “BUG” method to show compliance with this credit.
Source for Table 1 Maximum Parameters
NC-v4 WEc3:Cooling tower water useposted by Nathan Gauthier on
Does anybody know where USGBC / WE TAG came up with Table 1? I've not been able to find it anywhere, except where it is referenced as coming from LEED.
White Box Condominium Spaces
NC-2009 PIf3:Occupant and Usage Dataposted by Kevin Mowatt on
For the purposes of defining the regularly occupied GSF and related credits under IEQ, we are trying to determine how allocate several condo units that will remain as a "white box" for our LEED sub
Do toilet rooms count as non-regularly occupied spaces?
Pilot-Credits EQpc116:Daylight in nonregularly occupied spacesposted by Kristian Kicinski on
We are considering this credit for a large high school. We have some large toilet room areas and are wondering if these fall into the "non-regularly occupied" or "unoccupied category".
Flushing Out a Hockey Rink
NC-v4 EQc4:Indoor air quality assessmentposted by Cynthia Kaplan on
My project is a new construction hockey arena pursuing Option 1, Path 1 for the flush out. The thing is, we have ice. Ambient temperatures will not be above 60 degrees.
ASHRAE 90.1 - 2016 Mandatory Requirements, Submetering
NC-v4.1 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Parker Hall on
Can you please check my logic and confirm if submetering is required on all LEED v4.1 BD+C projects?
LI 10102 - Letter of Commitment - Register incomplete space separately?
NC-v4 MPR2:Must use reasonable LEED boundariesposted by Deb Favaretto on
Hi,
Low-Emitting Materials Calculator - Category Quantifying Option(s)
NC-v4.1 EQc2:Low-Emitting Materialsposted by Catherine Blakemore on
For each Category do all product need to be quantified the same way way....meaning if Volume or Surface Area are an option, do all products need to be quantified by volume for example or can both v
ASHRAE 55, patient rooms, and metabolic rates
Healthcare-v4 EQc5:Thermal comfortposted by Jim Nicolow on
Our HVAC engineer indicated that ASHRAE 55 cannot be met on a healthcare project because it is not applicable for metabolic rates below 1.0. Isolation room and ICU patients could be sleeping