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Design Synergies Architecture
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Mon Dec 15, 2014, 12:58 pm

Renewable Energy Contract question...

NC-2009 EAc6:Green power
posted by  Rick Alfandre  on 

Our client is trying to sign a 2 year contract for renewable energy, and the company he is engaged with only offers 1 year.

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Alfandre Architecture
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Sun Dec 14, 2014, 11:29 pm

Residential building above

Retail-CI-v4 EQp2:Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control
posted by  Francisco Sanchez Arroyo  on 

I am thinking of upgrading a v2009 project to V4 but I am concerned if I will meet the requirements of this prerrequisite.

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YR&G
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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:01 pm

Please Consider Universal Accessibility

Pilot-Credits EQpc78:Design for active occupants
posted by  Jonathan Ramsey  on 

Requirement 5 states "Locate a main staircase to be visible before an occupant visually encounters any motorized vertical circulation (elevator/escalator).

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A3C Collaborative Architecture
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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 9:02 pm

Can Ice rink and Ski centre be excluded

NC-2009 IEQc7.1:Thermal Comfort—Design
posted by  Leanne Niu  on 

Recently, i am working for a complex commercial project including a ice rink and a ski centre. These two spaces are acturally very special, whether we can exclude them when we consider thermal comf

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LEED AP BD+C, O+M, Green Globes Professional
JLL
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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 8:05 pm

Non-smoking campus - are exterior signs required?

NC-2009 IEQp2:Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control
posted by  Renee Shirey  on 

My project is on a college campus that is non-smoking on the entire campus, there are no areas with permitted smoking. The streets themselves are university property, not public streets.

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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 4:53 pm

Sensor based lavatory faucet compliance

NC-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reduction
posted by   Faisal   on 

Hi, How should be the compliance (of 0.25gpc) for sensor based lavatory faucet be checked if the manufacturer mentions only “ adjustable from 1 - 20 minutes “ , the model in question is EAF-200-P-

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NH Green Consulting
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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 3:05 pm

PFP fan allowance in Table 1.4

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Omar Elrawy  on 

I have a VAV with PFP system for basecase, and I need to know how to count for the zone fan power in table 1.4, knowing that I did enter each AHU's fan power from the Energy model to table 1.4, the

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7group / Energy Opportunities
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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 12:49 pm
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HOK
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Thu Dec 11, 2014, 9:20 pm

Who can be CxA?

NC-2009 EAp1:Fundamental Commissioning of Building Energy Systems
posted by  Allan Vásquez  on 

How do I know which projects are a similar managerial and technical complexity than the one I am working on?

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Integrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC
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Thu Dec 11, 2014, 7:25 pm