When peforming the exterior illumination measurements, do both horizontal and vertical foot-candle measurements need to be taken? Or just one or the other?

Thanks for your input Tristan and Nadav,
I hope that LEED 2012 will incorporate at least the more comprehensive requirements in LEED for Schools. It helps to have more leverage in this...

In the US a registered engineer is one that a State has given the title Professional Engineer. I think the term registered was used in this text to keep the term generic to all countries and...

You don't actually have to meter the water. You have to establish a baseline under WEp1, but don't need an individual meter for the building. To get WEc1 you need to meter the individual...

The term "Registered" usually refers to having registered with the national body representing the engineers of that country. Not all degree qualified engineers bother to register. You also...

Thanks Chris, for your response. Sorry not to mention it more clearly, but I'm familiar with the requirement to meter the energy use of individual buildings - that's pretty clear in the existing...

Hi,
We have a student housing project in FL.
How to calculate the average daily transient number?

I'm trying to figure out a baseline water use for a hospital.

At the beginning of the "Bird's Eye View" section the language used referencing the credit's intent states, in part, that its purpose is to "reduce the number of conventional commuting trips made...

I have a project that is a 8 story high residential high rise with no natural venilation and was built in the 70's and its located in Long Beach california so there was no HVAC system ever...