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Building Height to Street Width Ratio Issues

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posted by Shenhao Li on May 10, 2011, 2:39 am

NPD P1 Walkable Street requires at least 15% of existing and new street frontage within and bordering the project has a minimum "building-height-to-street-width ratio" of 1:3.

Can anybody...

Last reply: Eliot Allen, Jun 2, 2011, 6:14 pm

existing furniture moved to new office

CI-2009 MRc3.2: Materials reuse - furniture and furnishings
posted by Elizabeth Eason on Jun 2, 2011, 5:43 pm

MRc3.3 & MRc5

We received the comment below. I am still a little confused. Are we to include costs of existing furniture (some new, some used, when purchased 6+ years ago) moved by...

Last reply: Anthony Brower, Jun 2, 2011, 5:49 pm

Phase I for an Existing School

Schools-2009 SSp2: Environmental Site Assessment
posted by John McFarland on May 26, 2011, 10:57 am

Do we need a formal Phase I assessment for a school remodeling project (major renovation)? The school site was a...

Last reply: Larry Sims, Jun 2, 2011, 11:31 am

Firewall?

Pilot-Credits PC23: Quality Views
posted by Sabina Ernst on Jan 18, 2011, 5:20 am

I am unable to access the 'Feedback Survey' web page. I'm located in China and acess to sites is often blocked. Can someone out there check if this is a local (china) issue?
If it is, via...

Last reply: Batya Metalitz, Jun 2, 2011, 11:26 am

From USGBC Website

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posted by Candace Small on Jun 2, 2011, 12:43 am

"LEED for Retail is designed to guide and distinguish high-performance retail projects, including banks, restaurants, apparel, electronics, big box and everything in between."

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posted by Candace Small on Jun 1, 2011, 5:55 pm

Omer-
LEED for New Construction would be used for both the hotel and the residential units assuming it is more than seven stories of residential. They use the same rating system so I don't...

vinyl windows in LEED

General forums
posted by Tristan Roberts on Jun 1, 2011, 4:28 pm

Jesus, in general LEED does not award points for use of specific products or technologies. It awards credits for good design, which makes use of certain products. Vinyl windows, for example, can...

Calculations Required?

NC-2009 IEQc7.1: Thermal comfort - design
posted by Greg Hackett on Jan 11, 2011, 9:40 am

Page 538 of the reference guide states that no calculations are required for this credit; and seems to suggest a narrative format. However, the On-line template says to "upload supporting...

Last reply: Rick Servoss, Jun 1, 2011, 4:08 pm

Exterior envelope reuse

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by Susan Robertson on Jan 12, 2010, 1:31 pm

I am working in a 35.000 s.f. student union building in a cumpus. The owner wants to remove the 40 year old exterior...

Last reply: Anne Nicklin, Jun 1, 2011, 3:07 pm

Demolition and New Construction as separate phases

Schools-2009 MRc2: Construction Waste Management
posted by Caroline Kilbane on Jun 1, 2011, 1:33 pm

Does the demolition of an existing building have to be included in the Construction Waste management Plan if it is part of an early Site package which is happening about 8 months before the...

Last reply: Renee Shirey, Jun 1, 2011, 1:58 pm