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Raw Material Source and Extraction Reporting

NC-v4 MRc3:Building product disclosure and optimization - sourcing of raw materials
posted by  Dionisio Franca  on 

Hello, Tarkett, a flooring company, states that their CSR report meets LEED's sourcing of raw material option.

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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 6:35 pm

minimum vegetation area

CS-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Agnieszka Rylska  on 

Our project has a very limmitted vegetation area on the grounds because the building footprint covers almost the whole site.There are only some small parts of vegetation covered with grass and some

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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 12:49 pm

VOC Content Reporting

NC-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Mario S.  on 

We are working on a LEED project outside the U.S. The datasheets received for the paints and coatings state the VOC content in g/L excluding water as per ISO 11890-2:2006.

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Tue Dec 20, 2016, 6:57 am

VOC - exempt compounds larger than 1%

Retail-NC-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials
posted by  Ian McCall  on 

Hello, The LEED guidebook, states "If the applicable regulation requires subtraction of exempt compounds, any content of intentionally added exempt compounds larger than 1% weight by mass (total e

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Mon Dec 19, 2016, 3:26 pm

EBOM IEQp1-A1 Statement "Would need over 100% OA Intake"

EBOM-2009 IEQp1:Minimum IAQ Performance
posted by  James Doyle  on 

Our EBOM 2009 project credit data has to be completed by 8-5 and I am getting a message "Would need over 100% OA Intake" at the end of the IEQp1-A1 VAV data input form.

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Thu Dec 15, 2016, 10:53 pm

CxA Allowed to be Hired by GC?

CI-2009 EAc2:Enhanced Commissioning
posted by  LUCY WILLIAMS  on 

Hi, Does the GBCI accept the Cx Agent for the Enhanced Commissioning credit to now be hired by the Contractor in a design-build scenario? In reading Interpretation #10244, it seems this is now all

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Thu Dec 15, 2016, 7:07 pm

French VOC emission labeling

NC-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials
posted by  FABIO VIERO  on 

Hi all Could you confirm that for General Emission Evalutation, French VOC emission labeling is accepted even if in the document http://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/Low%20Emitting%20Third%20Pa

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Thu Dec 15, 2016, 4:45 pm

intumescent paints

CI-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Eszter Gulacsy  on 

Has anyone had any experience about VOC limits for intumescent paints for EQc4.2 (i.e. paints for fire-proofing steel)?

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Thu Dec 15, 2016, 1:58 pm

Baseline outdoor airflow with EN 15251 and DCV

CS-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performance
posted by  Sandra Holmström  on 

Hi, We have a LEED v4 project (office building) were the project team want to use the CEN option for IEQp1 (using EN 15251 instead of ASHRAE 62.1). Also, for the energy modeling, the Proposed bui

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Thu Dec 15, 2016, 7:07 am

Scrap as regional material

NC-2009 MRc5:Regional Materials
posted by  FABIO VIERO  on 

Hi everyone. Could a scrap of a production process be claimed as regional material, assuming that it is generated and harvested in the same plant (which is, of course less the 160 km from project s

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Thu Dec 15, 2016, 3:58 am