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Doubts regarding MR c3 - Option 3 - 2 questions
Healthcare-v2009 MRc5:Furniture and medical furnishingsposted by María Fernanda Aguirre on
Hi everyone, please help us with these 2 questions: 1.- We have a furniture assembly made up by an imported steel structure (which has no sustainable characteristics) and by a top which is an FSC
ANSI/ASTM-E779-03 vs E779-10
NC-2009 IEQp2:Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Controlposted by María Fernanda Aguirre on
For Mid-rise residential buildings it is required to perform a blower door test according E779-03 but international ASTM web site indicates that this standard has been superseded by ASTM E779-10.
Bike Lanes "in two directions"
Schools-2009 SSc4.2:Alternative Transportation—Bicycle Storage and Changing Roomsposted by Greengrade User on
Please clarify the meaning of "in two directions" from the credit language regarding bike lanes for schools? Does this mean a lane for "coming" and a lane for "going"?
ECNZ (Environmental Choice New Zealand) certified toilet tissue
EBOM-2009 IEQc3.3:Green Cleaning—Purchase of Sustainable Cleaning Products and Materialsposted by Lily Chen on
Hello! Can anyone help? Could ECNZ certified toilet paper meet the criteria of toilet tissue in IEQc3.3?
demand control ventilation
CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by tiantian zhou on
Dear sir, according to G3.1.2.5 of 90.1, Minimum outdoor air ventilation rates shall be the same for the proposed and baseline building designs except that When modeling demand-control ventilation
Manufacturing / Laboratory environment
CI-2009 IEQc5:Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Controlposted by Gina Dederer on
We are working on an pharmaceutical production building that requires all building occupants to enter a changing / locker area right after the main entry to the building.
No new parking
NC-2009 SSc4.4:Alternative Transportation—Parking Capacityposted by Tom Warner on
Our project site currently has three existing buildings and over 300 parking stalls. All of these buildings and parking areas will be demolished under separate contract.
LEED Project Data Transparency
posted by J. Yudelson on
Interesting that there are more data details in my 2013 book, The World's Greenest Buildings:Promise vs Performance in Sustainable Design (Routledge), privately funded and researched, than there is
LEED Data Set - Energy Use Way Too High!
posted by J. Yudelson on
If you were to break out new buildings, especially offices, and compare them to the "best achievable" results in common practice today, i.e., below 40 kBTU/sq.ft./year, you would find the average n
Minimum Performance Measuring Time
EBOM-2009 EAc3.2:Performance Measurement—System-Level Meteringposted by Marina Andrade on
Greetings, We have a doubt about the credit EA C3.2 from LEED EB O&M. What is the minimum time to measure performance of the major’s building systems by the breakdown of energy?