Can an apartment rental project meet the requirement of IEQp2 if they designate a percentage of rental apartments as smoking?

Smoking rates are declining approximately 20% in US according...

In keeping with the orginal announcement indicating that the Interpretations database was "Beta," USGBC has rolled out an updated version. Among the key changes to the database are the following...

My team opted to use the measurement approach to document this credit for a recent 48,000 sq ft interior project. The space has an amazing amount of natural light due to 2 story perimeter...

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I'm currently working on a project where the local code defines no minimum amount of open space. Instead, they define a maximum amount of open space (at 19% of site area...

Are awnings part of roofs? My project has a large roof and then some metal awnings over entrances, do the tops of the awnings also need to comply with/be counted in the roof credit documentation...

The project we are working on has very small green area and the investor is not planing to install irrigation system, but will have the vegetation manually irrigated with potable water and...

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We have a roof above an unconditioned floor with the mechanical equipment and we dont know what to do about the SS c 7.2. We have some questions:
1_ Some of the elements of...

We actually construct a high rise office building with commercial area at the first level. One of our projected commercial tenant want to modify his frontage, that we previously made, by adding...

Our site area includes a variety of species of plants (including native and adapted) as well as turf, and there are overlaps. We were advised to remove the turf areas from the area calculation...

I am trying to understand how to account for native trees. I understand that we do not count the area of the canopy, but what is at ground level. If I have a native tree that is surrounded by...