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Greenfield or previously developed?
NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Ilan Yahav on
I'm wondering if a project I'm working on, situated near the coast in Israel, is considers a greenfield or developed area.
Required to use facility weighted average?
Pilot-Credits MRpc87:Verified Construction & Demolition Recycling Ratesposted by Eileen Gohr on
"Recycling rates applied to a project's waste generation must be the weighted average for the facility over the time in which the project sent materials to the facility." Does this mean that proje
Water Heater efficiency per table 7.8 of ASHRAE 90.1-2007
NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Billy Condor on
Hello, As required by 7.4.2 Equipment Efficiency of ASHRAE 90.1-2007, for a water heater less than 12 kW and more that 20 gal, the required performance is EF=0.97-0.00132*V. My question is: is ther
Cooling Towers at Central Plant
NC-v4 WEp2:Indoor water use reductionposted by Risto Beatty on
If cooling towers are located offsite at a central utility plant, does the project need to comply with the cooling tower requirements of this prerequisite?
UE Ecolabel
CI-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materialsposted by Gabriela Mena on
Is a EU Ecolabel Certificate an USGBC approved program? Kind regards
Automatic Receptacle Control
CI-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performanceposted by Gabriela Mena on
Hi, We have a CI project in Mexico City, for the receptacle control we are specifying 50%of private and open offices with a timer.
Existing buidling assembly
Schools-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by soham babu on
If we are not knowing existing assembly values can we go with ASHRAE 90.1 values for existing assembly. USGBC will approve ?
Reduced parking footprint for College/University
NC-v4 LTc7:Reduced parking footprintposted by Iris Amdur on
The project is a single building which is part of a larger educational campus.
Battery Disposal
EBOM-2009 MRc7:Solid Waste Management—Ongoing Consumablesposted by Claire Bannister on
Sorry if this is a repetitive question, but just need clarification- we are meant to be weighing batteries such as AAAs and AAs prior to disposal? and same with light bulbs?
Composting
EBOM-v4 MRc4:Solid waste management - ongoingposted by Claire Bannister on
Are existing buildings that are not schools still able to get a points for composting food waste? Can it be included in the calculations of ongoing solid waste?