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Prescriptive Path or PRM Path to be followed for recommendation of envelope U value/SHGC values during tender design stage

NC-v4.1 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Anurag Ghosh on Feb 14, 2025, 7:13 am

February 14, 2025- 1:49 pm I assume this is the same project you have been asking about in other forums? For a LEED project you should be doing early stage energy modeling to evaluate your options and inform...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Feb 18, 2025, 11:52 am

Green Cleaning no longer an option?

NC-v4 INc1: Innovation
posted by emily reese moody on Jan 25, 2018, 6:27 pm

Hi all, 

I was just looking for the criteria for Green Cleaning for my v4 NC project, but do not see it listed on USGBC in neither the Innovation Catalog, nor the Pilot Credits. I double-...

Last reply: mia alice, Feb 17, 2025, 4:06 am

Major Renovation Project- Spaces out of Scope of Work

NC-v4 EQp1: Minimum indoor air quality performance
posted by Zeynep Cakir on Feb 6, 2023, 3:40 am

Hello everyone,

My question is related to major renovation projects. Are the spaces not undergoing renovation and out of scope of renovation work exempt from the credit requirements?

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Last reply: Taylor Gawthorp-Cruse, Feb 14, 2025, 3:51 pm

Occupant usage of tenant fixtures is less than 100%

CI-v4 WEp1: Indoor water use reduction
posted by Nadia Azzam on Jan 23, 2025, 1:34 pm

We are working on a tenant fit-out for a specialty group occupying the entire 3rd floor and part of the 1st floor in a LEED-certified building. The office is designed for 110 employees, with most...

Last reply: emily reese moody, Feb 13, 2025, 10:18 pm

Long and short term bike parking for TI project

CI-v4 LTc4: Bicycle facilities
posted by Lisa Adams on Feb 13, 2025, 5:27 pm

For a CI tentant improvement project, the LEED Rating System Variation language states a minium of two short term and two long term bike parking spaces are required. For a tenant in a multi-...

Skylight > 5% of roof area

NC-v4 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Junaid Mujahid on Nov 27, 2024, 8:40 am

If the skylight area is greater than 5% of the...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Feb 13, 2025, 12:34 pm

IPpc90 Social Equity within the Project Team- Option 1

Pilot-Credits IPpc90: Social equity within the operations and maintenance staff
posted by Atlas Turner on Aug 19, 2024, 2:25 pm

Greetings All,

This innovation credit has proven highly beneficial for projects funded by local, state, or federal governments. Such projects often need to comply with the Federal Davis-...

Last reply: Mini Laird, Feb 12, 2025, 4:53 pm

Autocase inputs slightly different than LEED Outputs

Pilot-Credits INpc113: Informing Design Using Triple Bottom Line Analysis
posted by Jill Kurtz on Aug 7, 2022, 6:05 pm

We use the Autocase tool for this innovation credit and find some of the inputs they require are slightly different than how LEED outputs information. I thought it would be good for anyone else...

Last reply: David Krisa, Feb 12, 2025, 1:26 pm

Option 1: Climate Related Risk Management Planning Step

Pilot-Credits IPpc98: Assessment and planning for resilience
posted by Marina Rullo on Oct 27, 2023, 1:04 pm

Our firm pursued this credit for a project site in Baltimore, MD. I found that the prerequisite and Option 1 overlap a great deal, especially when they are presented in the same worksheet. In the...

Last reply: Juan Carlos Valenzuela , Feb 11, 2025, 5:39 pm

Regd. glazing U value to be considered as per ASHRAE 90.1 2010

NC-v4 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Anurag Ghosh on Feb 11, 2025, 2:33 am

Hi All,

I just want to get clarified for a glazing U value that we have received from a vendor. The technical datasheet from vendor specifies 2 U values i.e. Ug for winter & Ug for...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Feb 11, 2025, 11:32 am