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DES heating and cooling plant using a unique heat pump

General forums
posted by  Elodie DUMAS  on 

Hi We work on a project pursuing Leed C&S 2009 certification in France.

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Tue Mar 10, 2015, 3:10 pm

Tree grates

CS-2009 SSc7.1:Heat Island Effect—Nonroof
posted by  sue bryant  on 

Can the metal grates used where trees are planted in a hardscape count as open paver area [as long as the 50% open grid is achieved]?

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Mon Nov 30, 2015, 5:18 pm

ADA Parking Exclusion

CS-2009 SSc4.3:Alternative Transportation—Low-Emitting and Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
posted by  Daniel Joseph  on 

Can we exclude ADA parking from the total parking capacity when considering the preferred parking 5% max?

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Tue Mar 10, 2015, 6:27 pm

LEED CI Regional Priority Documentation

CI-2009 RPc1:Regional Priority
posted by  Bethany Beers  on 

It's not clear to me where to document the points for RPC's. At the end of each template, there is a check box for ID points, but nothing for RPC points.

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Tue Mar 15, 2016, 7:53 pm

Cooling tower cycles

Pilot-Credits WEpc17:Cooling tower water use
posted by  Phuc Do  on 

Hi all, Our project is using Munters cooling tower in which the cooling tower cycles measured continuously and the dump cycle adjusted accordingly.

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PAUs not serve the occupied areas

NC-2009 IEQp1:Minimum IAQ Performance
posted by  study topenergy  on 

A data center is applying for LEED-NC v2009. There are 5 PAUs (Primary Air Unit). 4 of them will serve the equipment rooms. One will serve the equipement rooms and office areas.

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Tue Mar 24, 2015, 2:49 pm

Email as Client Letter of Commitment

General forums
posted by  Nandan Tavkar  on 

Can client's emails be used in place of letter of commitment form client? Does USGBC accept emails as evidence?

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Exterior lighting allowance

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Haojie Wang  on 

We have a project that specified exterior lgithing for 1120 W. Based on IECC, we could claim supplemental allowance of 1300 W regardless o the exterior area.

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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 4:07 pm

Overhead Vegetation

NC-v4 SSc3:Open space
posted by  Katherine Bachman  on 

I am looking for clarification on what is considered to be 'overhead vegetation.' Per the LEED v4 Reference Guide, "a minimum of 25% of outdoor space must be vegetated or have overhead vegetated c

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Thu Mar 26, 2015, 4:01 pm

Appeal mrc7

NC-2009 MRc7:Certified Wood
posted by  jorge calderon  on 

appeal on MRc7 Hi, we just received our final review, but we like yo get one more point to have 80 points instead of 79.

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