I am working on an office tower project in Panama, and rain season is about to begin. What should we do if the mineral wool used for insulation on spandrels should get wet?

The "LEED Project Submittal Tips: New Construction 2009" document, link below, only lists EBOM credits as credits that can be pursued for innovation credit under the NC rating system.

While I haven't done an in-depth review of the Credits available for input in the 6th comment period, there are a few items that, if left as is, will be dealbreakers for me.

The LEED language is pretty vague on requirements for staff cleaning hours & training time, so we understand that it should be developed on a case by case basis per building/circumstances, but

Our project is an office/retail building that is to utilize water source heat pumps for retail and water cooled self contained VAV units for the office floors.

Hi all, For some background on our project: - we have on-site rainwater capture as well as connection to a municipal non-potable water supply - the municipal water is used to top up the rainwate

We are working on an office building for LEED CS.

hi, i need an answer to calculate pump power. We know the how much gallon of hot water is required per day to serve 26 floor building to meets its DHW requirements.

Where can we get a copy of the New Buildings Institute Core Performance Guide? We have been scouring the web for it.

I'm wondering where to draw the line between consumables (which in my mind are things people use in the course of their business day) and the items used for the business (product raw materials, ite