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Renovation of 3rd Floor Surgical Suite in Four Story Hospital

LEED Rating System Selection
posted by  Jeff Russell  on 

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.

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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 8:21 pm

How many credit points does one get by offsetting 7%.

CS-2009 EAc2:On-site Renewable Energy
posted by  Tuana Papile  on 

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

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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 6:34 pm

Control of verhead lighting through VOIP phone integration

NC-2009 IEQc6.1:Controllability of Systems—Lighting
posted by  Saju Varghese  on 

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

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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 5:33 pm

Glazing Sealant / Adhesive

NC-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealants
posted by  Catherine Blakemore  on 

Does a glazing sealant get logged under the structural glazing adhesive category? Or should it be logged under Interior Sealants - Architectural?

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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 3:46 pm

Additions

Healthcare-v2009 IEQp3:Hazardous material removal or encapsulation (renovations only)
posted by  Catherine Blakemore  on 

Our project is an Addition to an existing structure. The LEED boundary for the project is just the addition and does not include any of the existing building.

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Vermont House of Representatives
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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 3:21 pm

EAp2 for fill and finish plant with labs

EBOM-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Efficiency Performance
posted by  Ramon Gomez  on 

Hi, Our facility is a manufacturing plant (43% fill and finish space) with laboratories (8% space) and refrigerated warehouses (40%).

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WSP - Built Ecology
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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 2:56 pm

Does 10-4 Mandatory provision apply for process electric motors?

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Valentin Grimaud  on 

Dear community, I would like clarifications about the scope covered by the section 10-4 of the ashrae 90.1-2007: in an industrial project, there may be lots of electric motors related to the indu

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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 2:40 pm

European Project with LEED v4 strategy

NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Management
posted by  Jaida Anderson-Lozano  on 

We have a project in Europe and like many other projects in Europe we are incinerating majority of our construction waste for energy reuse.

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AF Gruppen Norge AS
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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 2:26 pm

Submeter Installation for Data Center in Office Building

EBOM-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Efficiency Performance
posted by  devin saylor  on 

We are experiencing problems with an office building that has a data center. We cannot find a subcontractor that is willing to install submeters on the power output (instead of input).

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Iconergy
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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 12:56 pm

Sharing "designated" exhaust systems

NC-2009 IEQc5:Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Control
posted by  Iris Amdur  on 

Can a project provide one shared exhaust system for two hazardous gas/chemical use areas? Or to comply with the term "designated" does each space needs its own exhaust system?

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Vermont House of Representatives
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Thu Apr 4, 2013, 12:00 am