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Credit Substitution Point Mismatch

NC-v4.1 SSc4: Rainwater management
posted by Grace Friedhoff on Feb 3, 2023, 8:59 am

We are registered as a v4 project but would like to substitute the Rainwater Management credit for version 4.1. However the credit thresholds do not update in LEEDonline when you substitute. How...

regional priority credits V4.1 New Construction

NC-v4.1 RPc1: Regional Priority
posted by Angela Loughry on Feb 3, 2023, 12:14 pm

Hello-

Per the Regional Priority Search screen our project qualifies for 2 regional priority points zip 81621 (surrounding...

HVAC Background Noise Measurement- must be done by Acoustic Consultant?

NC-v4.1 EQc9: Acoustic performance
posted by Eunice Chong on Feb 6, 2023, 9:59 pm

Hi fellow LEED experts, 

I have an office project which does not have an Acoustic Consultant (this is an ID project but thought I might get better luck posting it here too as it may also...

BeCx- Ongoing commissioning plan

NC-v4.1 EAc1: Enhanced Commissioning
posted by Manuelle Croft on Feb 7, 2023, 2:47 pm

The...

Is Option 2 AND Option 3 possible?

NC-v4.1 MRc1: Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Ian McCall on Mar 6, 2023, 2:50 am

Dear LEED Experts, 

In v4.1 is possible to combine "Option 2 AND Option 3" together or is just limited to "Option 1 AND/OR Option 2     OR   ...

Outdoor Water Use credit- LEED V4.1

NC-v4.1 WEc1: Outdoor water use reduction
posted by Maria Farah on Mar 17, 2023, 12:57 pm

In LEED BD+C: New Construction V4.1, the outdoor water use reduction credit (2 points) states that alternative water sources can be used to achieve an additional 30% reduction. However, unlike in...

Wooded Area as open space?

NC-v4.1 SSc3: Open space
posted by Nadia Azzam on Apr 6, 2023, 4:52 pm

Would a wooded area with lots of trees count as open space for this credit? Our project is surrounded by wooded areas that are basically...

Zero Lot Line with required streetscape?

NC-v4.1 LTc6: Bicycle facilities
posted by Elena Khoury on Apr 10, 2023, 6:41 pm

Can streetscape can be excluded from a project boundary if it's required by municipality? For context, there's civil and landscape work that's occuring in front of my project that is required/...

Zero Lot Line with required streetscape

NC-v4.1 MPR2: Must use reasonable LEED boundaries
posted by Elena Khoury on Apr 11, 2023, 11:42 am

Can streetscape can be excluded from a project boundary if it's required by municipality? For context, there's civil and landscape work that's occuring in front of my project that is required/...

Do non-contiguous habitat areas qualify?

NC-v4.1 SSc2: Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by Jennifer Rennick on Apr 21, 2023, 12:48 pm

We are working on a 4-acre site with multiple buildings that aims to landscape with natives as much as possible. The available planting areas are distributed across the site (a perimeter path,...