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Component Assembly

NC-2009 MRc5:Regional Materials
posted by  Frank Burkhart  on 

Sorry if this is a rudimentary for all you LEED guru's out there, but I am hoping you can clarify the question I have on a number of items we are specifying for our first LEED project We are speci

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Sustainable Investment Group
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Thu Mar 5, 2015, 10:52 pm

Path 7 and 8 reviewer comments, advice for resubmission

CI-2009 SSc1:Site Selection
posted by  Keelan Kaiser  on 

We had a CI project returned without approval for SSc1 paths 7 and 8. It is a school project, an addition, and the owner did not install any irrigation systems.

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Thu Mar 5, 2015, 10:27 pm

Duct Sealant

NC-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealants
posted by  Yaneth Galindo  on 

I used a duct sealant with VOC = 49 g/l and I am not sure if it complies with IEQ credit 4.1, because I do not know in which category it falls in the table.

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Thu Mar 5, 2015, 1:45 am

Warehouse Office

EBOM-2009 IEQc3.5:Green Cleaning—Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Control
posted by  Saul Pichardo, AIA  on 

My project has a 6,500sf office space serving a 207,000sf warehouse/distribution center (213,500sf total area).

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Thu Mar 5, 2015, 12:05 am

Laboratory 90.1 Modeling

NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performance
posted by  Victoria Watson  on 

Hi, I am modeling a laboratory which has a small area of office space for LEED and wanted to check a couple of approaches: 1) The engineers have informed me that the lab has to be a once through sy

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KJWW Engineering
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Wed Mar 4, 2015, 7:52 pm

How does LEED view buildings designed per UFC?

NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performance
posted by  Kevin O'Brien  on 

Can anyone advise how I should go about running the energy model for a building whose supply air & outside air quantities are being driven not by actual load, but by Unified facilities Criteria

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Wed Mar 4, 2015, 6:41 pm

District steam

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Haojie Wang  on 

If we convert district steam to hot water for space heating, is there any guideline on the efficiency (of heat exchanger) for baseline model?

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Wed Mar 4, 2015, 4:35 pm

Auditorium seating

NC-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials
posted by  Caroline PIN  on 

Dear all, Does auditorium seating fall under furniture category ? If yes, had we include it for calculation or it is optional ?

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Wed Mar 4, 2015, 7:11 am

ULEF products contributing to IEQc4.4

NC-2009 IEQc4.4:Low-Emitting Materials—Composite Wood and Agrifiber Products
posted by  Dawn Garcia  on 

In reference to postings dated 10/23/13 by Steve Keppler and Hernando Miranda, the response did not take into consideration the LEED Interpretation #10250 dated 4/1/13 stating that composite wood p

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Tue Mar 3, 2015, 7:59 pm

Is C&S allowed if you are eligible for NC?

LEED Rating System Selection
posted by  Isolda Strom  on 

We are in the very early stages of a project that is considering LEED certification. Demarcation is still unclear, but it the client is interested in all options.

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Tue Mar 3, 2015, 1:54 pm