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Exemplary Performance for No Parking
NC-v4 LTc7:Reduced parking footprintposted by Risto Beatty on
If a project has no parking whatsoever, new or existing, can it claim exemplary performance for a 100% reduction?
Use ASHRAE 90.1 Appx G for modeling 3-story residential building
ND-v2009 GIBp2:Minimum building energy efficiencyposted by Mugdha Mokashi on
The scope of work for one of our ND project includes a 4 story residential building (new construction) and additions to 3 low-rise (3 storied) residential buildings.
Shades and blinds
NC-v4 EQc7:Daylightposted by Antonio Macedo Filho on
I'm working on an office project, and there's an atrium. We want to use a translucent and permeable tensioning fabric on the roof of this atrium. Could this structure be considered a shade?
office building
Retail-NC-v4 WEc4:Water meteringposted by Zahid Ahmed on
recently appointed as FM in commercial office building. what to do if we want to go for LEED certification. need details. thank you
Non-LEED-Certifiable Building on Site
Healthcare-v2009 MPR3:Must use a reasonable site boundaryposted by Krissy Buck Flickinger on
Hello everyone- I have basically two questions in one, regarding how to treat additional buildings on your site. Project Background: I have an 880,000 SF site.
Using the calculator tab for MRc5 credit
NC-2009 MRc5:Regional Materialsposted by Kavita K on
This is my first time handling LEED documentation for MR credits and I am confused as to how to use the calculator tab for MRc5.
Occupancy rate for disabled
NC-2009 WEc3:Water Use Reductionposted by Mark JIN on
Our supplier is providing basin taps with different flowrates for normal washrooms and disabled washrooms. How can I determine the occupancy of the disabled to estimate water usage?
Temporary roof over seating on terrace
CS-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roofposted by jesmin joseph on
Hi, We have a building with 80% of the terrace area is used as some seating place and also some sheet roof is planning to provide on that area.
Parking garage ventilation - Proposed vs. Baseline
NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Vassil Vassilev on
Hi Markus, Following our correspondence as of Jul/13/2017, we've modeled the garage ventilation claiming some energy savings. We've provided explanation reflecting all details including all conside
Credit Make-up Air Unit
NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by John on
Can we claim the credit for Make-up air unit? or do we need to model it in Baseline same as proposed? How to show this system in Section 1.4?