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Free Thermal Comfort Tool

NC-2009 IEQc7.1: Thermal comfort - design
posted by Julia Weatherby on Jul 12, 2013, 4:28 pm

Many thanks to Christopher Schaffner for linking in his post below to the Berkeley CBE free online comfort tool at: http://cbe.berkeley.edu/...

Sustainable Sites credit in LEED for Homes

LEED for Homes (LEED-H) Forum
posted by radwa rostom on Jul 15, 2013, 7:05 am

Hi all, I have an inquiry in the sustainable sites category. in 1. site stewardship, point d "build on a lot of 1/7 acre or less, or 7 units per acre" what does "lot" mean? does it mean the zone...

Military installation with male dominated population

Pilot-Credits WEpc10: Sustainable wastewater management
posted by Joanna Switzer on Jul 15, 2013, 8:55 am

I am part of a team working on a multiple building complex LEED project at an Army Infantry installation. It consists of several Company Operations Facilities along with several Tactical...

CS with penthouse appartments

CS-2009 IEQp1: Minimum indoor air quality performance
posted by charles bell on Jul 19, 2013, 12:48 pm

We have a CS with five floors of tennant spaces (mechanical vent) and five appartment on the top floor that have operable windows for vent. Can we have each one of the appartments as zones? And...

AHPBC writes op-ed in the Washington Post

General forums
posted by Paula Melton on Jul 23, 2013, 4:58 pm

"Developed by the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council, LEED has been criticized for shutting out many stakeholders, being unbalanced in its committee representation and lacking transparency,"...

HVAC baseline model

Retail-CI-v2009 EAc1.3: Optimize energy performance - HVAC
posted by Francesco Passerini on Jul 24, 2013, 10:09 am

p. 171 of LEED Commercial Interiors: “For the baseline HVAC model (no modifications to the central plant), change only those items within the project area to the mandatory and prescriptive...

Industrial Flooring- Concrete Waterproofing / Sealer

Healthcare-v2009 IEQc4: Low-emitting materials
posted by Catherine Blakemore on Jul 26, 2013, 6:11 pm

I have an industrial flooring product that is a 3-part system (primer, waterproof membrane and topcoat (which is solid gray).

It would be installed on the concrete slab of a mechanical...

ASHARAE 90.1 HVAC terminolgy

Retail-CI-v2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by FABIO VIERO on Aug 1, 2013, 12:09 pm

Hello all.
I have some questions about the terminology of the HVAC's components.
1) Could a typical rooftop for retails (...

Percent Annual HVAC Energy Cost Reduction

CI-2009 EAc1.3: Optimize energy performance - HVAC
posted by Saju Varghese on Aug 6, 2013, 6:22 pm

Which Cost reduction equation should be used on template when cooling plant has been updated with a high efficiency chiller and therefore proposed has been modeled including all the areas that...

I am also an independent LEED

General forums
posted by Brad Miller on Aug 6, 2013, 7:15 pm

I am also an independent LEED consultant that is considering having to change my membership from regular to Silver because I have some large projects coming up that will have a substantial...