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Reality Check on FTEs
posted by Louise Schlatter on
Just trying to make my thinking on FTEs more clear: Does this follow? A. 1 office person working at an office desk for an 8-hour workday, 5 days/week = 1.0 FTE B. 1 office person working at an offi
LEDs compared to their counterpart flourescent
EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lampsposted by Saju Varghese on
In order to compare apples to apples (efficiency) lets assume the unit as lumens/Watt.
Modeling Existing Trees
NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Marina Andrade on
Hi Marcus, I was reading the discussion about modeling adjacent shading for the both models (baseline and proposed models) that you had with Mark Benson, but It's still not clear for me. I’m work
Energy Star
NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Robert Sutton on
If my buiding type is not in Energy Star and I don't see it really in the 2003 CBECS PerformanceTargetsTable and I try to use what I think is closest.
Comply with a minimum building area to site area ratio
NC-2009 PIf2:Project Summary Detailsposted by Cassini Kit on
We are working on a small scale LEED-CI project that the area is about 8,700 sf. We currently face a problem when filling the information in the template.
Comments not addressed
posted by Bill Swanson on
Few to none of my comments seem to actually get an answer. I'm trying to be as clear and straight forward as possible and the response I get is a copy/paste answer to a different question.
LEED-NC for a residential building
NC-2009 IEQc3.1:Construction IAQ Management Plan—During Constructionposted by Michael E. Edmonds-Bauer on
We have a residential project that wishes to apply for LEED-NC, due to climate conditions no HVAC system will be implemented and 100% of ventilation will be natural (no mechanical equipment at all)
Views calculation
CS-2009 IEQc8.2:Daylight and Views—Viewsposted by Mike D on
For a CS project, we will show a plan of a typical floor with the layout. However, in the Views calculation spreadsheet do we need to include all floors or is one floor sufficient ?
Site disturbance question
NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Alicia Villanueva on
We have a huge project, if the project site is a greenfield, but it has neither trees nor plants; is it possible to install the "construction camps" outside the building footprint and once the proj
Purchasing Green Cleaning Equipment
EBOM-2009 SSc2:Building Exterior and Hardscape Management Planposted by Matthew Singer on
I would like some clarification as to whether the building itself needs to own the cleaning equipment or can it be owned by the vendor that cleans the building in order to receive the appropriate g