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Minnesota's LEED certified building study
posted by Peter Dahl on
The Minnesota USGBC chapter evaluated the operational energy and water performance for all LEED certified buildings in our state. You can find our report here: http://www.usgbcmn.org/resources/per
Baseline HVAC system for a naturally ventilated Building
NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performanceposted by Jayanthi Raju Vadivelu on
In one of our projects, we've 100% naturally ventilated school building, which will have ceiling fans for comfort, a total area of approx 80,000 sqft, Ground + 2 floors.
Pressure Drop Adjustment
CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Jan Hesse on
We are working on a Project with a central 100%OA AHU. We calculated the pressure drop adjustment for the baseline Systems 7 following ASHRAE 90.1-2007 table G3.1.2.9.
Primary Secondary Pumping Power
CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Matt Humphreys on
When modeling a project that has a baseline building requiring system #8, the system cooling tonnage is > 600 tons therefore G3.1.3.10.
Banking branch: LEED for Retail NC or CI?
posted by Silvia Ruiz on
Hi, This is the issue: the banking branch in question will be located in a new shopping center.
Calculation of the required area
NC-2009 MRp1:Storage and Collection of Recyclablesposted by Magda Aghababyan on
Dear all, We are doing a project with an IT office complex. The largest possible waste stream is E-Waste, food and paper. We do not see much potential for glass and metal waste streams.
MPR2 Defining 'one building'
NC-2009 MPR2:Must be a complete, permanent building or spaceposted by Mark Frey on
The building to be certified is an office, hotel and retail complex and is composed of two seperate buildings. There are no structural connections between the buildings above ground.
multi-use residential building, usage groups?
NC-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reductionposted by Courtney Royal on
The project is a residential building, but also has a small recreation space in cellar and a small retail space and gym on ground floor, how should the usage groups be defined?
LEED NC or CI?
posted by Catherine Maxemchuk on
We are working on a project, renovation of an existing 3 story building in an urban area.
Recycle area with mezzanine
CS-2009 MRp1:Storage and Collection of Recyclablesposted by Gabriela Hernández Castillo on
Hello, we are locating our recycling area at the underground parking lot.