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Airport site included in Density Calculation?

NC-2009 SSc2: Development Density and Community Connectivity
posted by Susann Geithner on Oct 6, 2010, 6:52 pm

We have a project that is directly at an international airport. The area is actually very densely occupied, but if we have to include all site areas, which are used to taxi the plans or load and...

Last reply: R Jones, Oct 5, 2012, 10:32 am

Operational Guidelines for Educational Facilities: Custodial

EBOM-2009 IEQc3.2: Green cleaning - custodial effectiveness assessment
posted by Michael Smithing on Dec 5, 2011, 9:17 am

It appears that the guidelines references in the LEED 2009 manual have now been revised and are no longer available. Does anyone have any experience with the new updated (with revised title...

Last reply: Allison Beer McKenzie, Oct 5, 2012, 9:01 am

Exterior signage

CS-2009 SSc8: Light Pollution Reduction
posted by Mathilda Jonsson on Oct 5, 2012, 2:17 am

Hi,

I recall that I've read that lighted exterior facade signs are excluded from this credit. Am I right? Since we are building a CS building we can't know for now who the tenants will be...

How does LEED define a bicycle space?

NC-2009 SSc4.2: Alternative transportation - bicycle storage and changing rooms
posted by Rick Servoss on Oct 1, 2012, 2:13 pm

Does LEED have any requirements on spacing or the type of bike racks used? Can crowd control or wheel bender type racks meet the credit requirements? How does LEED define a bicycle space? The...

Last reply: David Posada, Oct 4, 2012, 10:08 pm

Commuter Rail = Amtrak?

NC-2009 SSc4.1: Alternative transportation - public transportation access
posted by Rebekah Burke on Sep 28, 2012, 4:41 pm

Looking for some experience or assistance with the definition of 'commuter rail'. Would an Amtrak station qualify as a commuter rail station?

Last reply: David Posada, Oct 4, 2012, 9:57 pm

certificate at the end of the site construction?

NC-2009 IEQc7.2: Thermal comfort - verification
posted by Nicolas MOLLE on Oct 4, 2012, 1:04 pm

Hello,
How does it run with this credit since the owner receives the Leed certificate after the end of the site construction and not one year after ? Has the owner to make a pledge that he...

Last reply: Ben Stanley, Oct 4, 2012, 2:29 pm

Material Cost- Contractor's cost or manufacturer's cost?

NC-2009 MRc4: Recycled Content
posted by Keith Steurer on May 24, 2012, 6:02 pm

When establishing the material cost for MR credits, is the cost of materials defined by what the general contractor pays to buy a product or what the manufacturer pays to manufacture a product?...

Last reply: Emmanuel Pauwels, Oct 4, 2012, 2:26 pm

Permanently Dimmed LED Lamps

CI-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Luis Miguel Diazgranados on Sep 28, 2012, 6:24 pm

Greetings Everyone,
We are working in a CI project, in which, by error, the lightning contractor obtained some LED bulbs with a larger wattage than the lightning designer specified wattage...

Last reply: Luis Miguel Diazgranados, Oct 4, 2012, 1:22 pm

certification boundary

General forums
posted by Jens Glöggler on Jul 18, 2012, 3:59 am

Hello,
I would like to ask some questions about the certification boundary.
1. A project of mixed use (retail+offices and hotel) is being certificated within 5 floors. The upper...

Last reply: Amanda Ross, Oct 4, 2012, 12:31 pm

Will "representative modelling" meet prerequisite/ASHRAE reqs?

CS-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Ward Miller on Oct 3, 2012, 10:45 am

The project at hand is ~500,000 sf and contains 4 buildings, each with 2 sub-floors, a ground floor, and between 4 and 11 stories and a district heating source. We are using the Application Guide...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Oct 4, 2012, 12:11 pm