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Steel
Schools-2009 MRc5:Regional Materialsposted by Jose Martinez on
For steel products, would the extraction location be the mill where it is produced?
Elevated Air Speed
CI-2009 IEQc7.1:Thermal Comfort—Designposted by Natalie Terrill on
Anybody else having a problem with elevated air speed (over 40 fpm)? I have a commerical office building with ceiling diffusers with 60 fpm and the credit has been audited for elevated air speed.
USGBC Overhauls Demand Response Pilot - in Response to Critics
Pilot-Credits EApc8:Demand responseposted by Tristan Roberts on
My colleague Nadav Malin has been investigating this credit and just wrote up the following about it, which he emailed to me:
WEp1- Kitchen Sink for Cafeteria
CI-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reductionposted by Sharon Chen on
I am working on a LEED CI project. It’s an office building with kitchen sinks in pantry areas throughout the building, which is available for all the occupants.
Smoking areas
CS-2009 IEQp2:Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Controlposted by charles bell on
We prohibit smoking in our office buildings, but have a central plaza which will provide designated smoking area. Question: does that designated smoking area need to be covered? Thanks!!
One single treatment plant for two LEED projects
NC-2009 WEc2:Innovative Wastewater Technologiesposted by Michael E. Edmonds-Bauer on
We have a project in which site two independent buildings will apply for LEED certification.
Weighted calculation - lower SRI value
CS-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roofposted by LEED Pro Consultant on
Hello! We have a project in which the client will install a roofing material with an SRI value of 70 (low slope: requirement-78) for 100% of the roof area. Can this be compliant with this credit, u
Incorporating LEED interpretation to SSc5.1
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Phil Meyer on
Hi all, I have a question regarding a recent LEED interpretation citing SSc5.1.
Shower/Changing Room not Required?
CS-2009 SSc4.2:Alternative Transportation—Bicycle Storage and Changing Roomsposted by Marci Schreiber on
Our CS project has 66 FTEs. When I completed the SSc4.2 template on-line it automatically populated the "number of showers required" as "0". Can that be correct?
Alternative materials
CI-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealantsposted by Michael E. Edmonds-Bauer on
This might sound strange and totally out of the scope of LEED, but we wanted to check within LEED User since there are so many experts here. There is a project where the tenant has installed some