Dear All, I am working on a LEED project in Europe. Our architect is applying several products with Cradle to cradle certificates.

I have to model a heat pump that outside the building exchanges heat with the external air and it exchanges heat with the building, i.e. with the internal part of the HVAC plant, thorough water.

How can I find the evapotranspirtaion rate, ETo, for various plants in various regions, and can this be found on LEEDuser's website?

Does this apply to projects outside continental USA ? And about Alternative Compliance Paths in particular ?

Hi. Two brand new hotels in Boston in conceptual design now, one is 200,000 sf, the other is 150,000 sf. They are separated by a street (also owned by the developer).

We are working on a project with 4 different shifts. One regular 8 to 5 shift for office and morning afternoon and night shifts for factory workers, there no transients or visitors.

Hello, I'm on a New Construction project and Preform4 asks for Mechanical plans and/or drawings, i'm not sure if these refer to HVAC plans only, or if it includes other plans such as MEP ones (HVAC

I am designing a renovated surgical suite consisting of 39,789 sf of project area. The total floor plate is 103,223 sf. The building is type I construction with a primary I-2 Occupancy.

By using on-site renewable energy for 7% of the total energy, do we get now 7 points compared to the 4 points for NC? Thank you

Would VOIP phone integration lighting controllability of individual workstations (in open offices) count towards the credit, instead of using task lighting?