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Building that Meets Requirements but ALSO has Lead Paint

NC-2009 SSc3:Brownfield Redevelopment
posted by  Sara Zoumbaris  on 

Has anyone come across a building that meets the credit requirements for SSc3 but also has Lead paint, of which the owner has chosen to paint over instead of remove (which is legally ok in the stat

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Wed Aug 20, 2014, 6:21 pm

Baseline HVAC system exceptions

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Ritwik Kakati  on 

I modeled a 10-story hotel building. Since the majority of space are hotel rooms, which are considered to be Residential spaces, the primary Baseline HVAC system type is System #1.

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Wed Aug 20, 2014, 9:29 pm

Another "is it a roof or is it hardscape" inquiry

NC-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roof
posted by  Susan Di Giulio  on 

We are working on a mixed use project in a dense urban environment.

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land that may be excluded from LEED project boundary....

Healthcare-v2009 MPR3:Must use a reasonable site boundary
posted by  Carrie Laurendine  on 

My understanding of defining boundary is pretty straight forward: the building, the site around the building that relates to that buildings operations, and the area of site disrupted by constructio

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Old HVAC equipment transferred from other site

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Yastimy Jupson  on 

Hello, I have a new factory project recently. The owner wants to transferred old HVAC equipment from their old factory to this new factory.

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Tue Aug 26, 2014, 1:30 pm

Parking Garages Abutting Conditioned Space

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Jon Clifford  on 

While we are on the topic of parking garages, I have had projects where a parking garage abutted a conditioned building.

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Thu Aug 21, 2014, 2:18 pm

Cork flooring on product doesnt meet Floorscore or CA, but.....

CI-2009 IEQc4.3:Low-Emitting Materials—Flooring Systems
posted by  Valerie Molinski  on 

On a recent project, some cork flooring was specified and got through submitalls that turned out to not be Floorscore certified or CA 01350 compliant.

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Mon Aug 25, 2014, 12:37 pm

Museum/Visitor Center Exhibit rooms

NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylight
posted by  Terry Squyres  on 

We are documenting this credit and ran up against an issue. While we have exhibit spaces currently listed under regularly occupied spaces under Plf2.

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Thu Aug 21, 2014, 4:47 pm

LEEDv4 MPRs - Definition of Single Building

General forums
posted by  kristine wander  on 

We are preparing to register a project for LEED v4 Existing Buildings O+M, and I need to determine whether we should use the Group Certification approach or register our project as a single buildin

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Commerical Clothes Washers

General forums
posted by  Laura MacSweeney  on 

In reviewing certification requirements for hospitality regarding commercial clothes washers it is stated that they should be CEE Tier 3A but that standard has expired according to CEE's website.

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