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Reconstructing a floor to account for sea level rise

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by Deborah Lucking on Jun 18, 2015, 3:04 pm

Our project is required (by code) to raise the elevation of the ground floor slab, to account for future sea level rise. Because there are numerous (very, very numerous) floor boxes in the slab...

Last reply: Deborah Lucking, Jun 18, 2015, 4:17 pm

Adding floors to existing building, plus addition

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by Erica Downs on Apr 29, 2014, 5:25 pm

Our project is reusing an existing church, and adding an adjacent 4-story wing, with a connector in the middle. The existing church...

Last reply: Erica Downs, Jun 18, 2015, 3:34 pm

Building Reuse

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by David Browne on May 12, 2015, 5:30 pm

With regard to Credit MRc1.1-Exisitng walls, floors and roof: I have a building which has a fake mansard around its perimeter. This fake mansard is outside the building envelope (beyond the face...

Last reply: April Brown, Jun 1, 2015, 5:13 pm

following v4 requirements?

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by Erica Downs on Jan 15, 2015, 4:08 pm

Any idea if the v4 version of this credit (MRc1 Building Life-cycle Impact Reduction) could be substituted here? Or maybe pursued for an innovation point?

We are reusing an historic...

Last reply: RETIRED, May 13, 2015, 1:25 pm

Reused area of column and beam

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by Zhantong Chen on Jan 7, 2015, 2:39 am

In MR c1.1, how to calculate the column and beam area? I acknowledged that the...

Last reply: Deborah Lucking, Mar 25, 2015, 5:57 pm

Reuse of envelope but not structural floor

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by Alfred Servodidio on Dec 3, 2013, 2:43 pm

I am working on 14,000sq ft 8 story historic high profile project in NYC that is keeping almost 100% of the exterior skin and framing but is removing almost all of the structural floor and roof...

Last reply: Alfred Servodidio, Mar 17, 2015, 11:16 am

How are doors calculated?

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by David Gruss on Sep 9, 2014, 12:35 pm

Are doors excluded in the same way as windows are excluded? If not, would new doors in existing frames count against your percentage reused number for a wall area?
Cheers, David

Last reply: April Brown, Dec 8, 2014, 1:19 pm

Can reusing a parking garage count toward this credit?

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by Caleb Lesselles on Jul 21, 2014, 11:57 am

We are currently working on a multiple building mixed-use project that is reusing a 3 level parking garage. The garage is an unconditioned space, and we are renovating the lighting and making...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jul 26, 2014, 12:35 am

Building Reuse of a previous LEED buiilding on same site

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by Dan Milewski on Jan 11, 2013, 8:36 am

I have a question regarding compliance with this credit as long as MR Credit 1.2. Would this credit apply to a situation in which we are renovating (i.e. finishing an extension) an existing...

Last reply: Jamison Hill, Jun 19, 2014, 3:35 pm

Steel Joists

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by MT A on Apr 7, 2014, 11:32 am

We have reused and relocated some steel roof joints in an existing building (between additional existing joists to reduce the spans in an area). We are not pursuing MRc3 as we do not foresee...

Last reply: April Brown, Apr 25, 2014, 11:17 am