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Water-resistant flooring
Homes-v4 MRp2:Durability managementposted by Alec Luong on
The credit states to "use water resistant flooring; do not use carpet." Is there a specific list of what LEED considers to be water resistant flooring?
Legal Wood -pilot alternative compliance path
Pilot-Credits MRpc102:Legal Woodposted by Dustin Davis on
We are very excited about this new legal wood alternative path and a question has come up during the DD phase.
Requirements for LEEDv4 BD+C Tenant Guidelines
NC-v4 MPR2:Must use reasonable LEED boundariesposted by Helene Lefkowitz on
I am working on a project that will have incomplete spaces that will be finished by tenants.
COVID-19 Impacts
NC-v4 MRc5:Construction and demolition waste managementposted by Joshua Mauldin on
I'm working on a university project and was just notified by our contractor that from February to June their waste hauler took all waste to landfill due to concerns about their employees being expo
500-year floodplain
ND-Plan-v4 SLLp5:Floodplain avoidanceposted by Marc Mondor on
The v4 reference manual states "locate on a site that is entirely outside any flood hazard area shown on a legally adopted flood hazard map...". For projects without a flood map, it says to l
Asphalt Paving Base Material
NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Managementposted by Randy Weatherly on
I understand that I can re-use asphalt and concrete paving on the site for this credit, but does this also apply to the 6" type "A" crushed stone aggregate base below these paving types.
The project is the central energy plant
NC-v4.1 WEc3:Optimize Process Water Useposted by Stephanie Graham on
Our project is a LEED v4/v4.1BD+C new central cooling plant which uses geothermal for cooling on a university campus. Besides the plant, the building has office areas for the operators o
Multi Attribute Optimization
NC-v4 MRc2:Building product disclosure and optimization - environmental product declarationsposted by Vibha Pai on
Is there any USGBC approved program which would help projects achieve credit points pursuing the option 2 multi attribute optimization of MR BPDO-EPD? Thanks in advance!
Vegetated external shades
CS-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performanceposted by Maria Grimm on
I am working on a project that is designing external vegetated shades/screens. For local code compliance, we are not allowed to include the vegetated shades in our energy model.
NC / CS Mix
NC-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performanceposted by Maria Grimm on
Question regarding a project that is registered as NC. The project is a approximately 70% residential (NC) and 30% core & shell office.