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EBOM-2009 WEc3: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Kevin Kelly on Jul 15, 2010, 12:02 pm

Is drip irrigation considered a conventional practice for rooftop gardens? Is turf grass considered a typical landscaping practice in the northeast?

Last reply: Dan Ackerstein, Jul 19, 2010, 4:56 pm

EBOM 2009: Performance period possible before registration?

EBOM-2009 EAc1: Optimize Energy Efficiency Performance
posted by Kelly Knauss on Jul 13, 2010, 12:59 pm

It's not clear to me if energy consumption data collected for EA credit 1 (energy performance) needs to be from the period after registering an...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jul 19, 2010, 4:53 pm

Fabrication Labor

NC-2009 MRc5: Regional Materials
posted by Evan Shook on May 24, 2010, 11:30 am

We are bidding on a job where the large curtainwall are being assembled at a joint vernture's headquarters that is within 500 miles of the job site. Can the cost of the fabrication labor be...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jul 19, 2010, 3:44 pm

Regional Content- Raw Material Locations

NC-2009 MRc5: Regional Materials
posted by Travis Layman on Jul 16, 2010, 10:49 am

We are finding that some manufacturers of products that contain several raw materials or proprietary sources of materials are not providing a breakdown of specific...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jul 19, 2010, 3:42 pm

Regional Content- Manufacturer Documented Raw Material Location

NC-2009 MRc5: Regional Materials
posted by Travis Layman on Jul 16, 2010, 10:54 am

We have a LEED submittal from a major manufacturer that indicates the location of extraction of adhesive raw materials is 244 miles from project site. When a major manufacturer documents this as...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jul 19, 2010, 3:41 pm

Car Parking Shaded with PV Panels

NC-2009 SSc7.1: Heat island effect - nonroof
posted by Omer Moltay on Jul 9, 2010, 5:44 am

Dear All,

Option 2 of this credit requires that parking shading surfaces must have minimum...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jul 19, 2010, 3:17 pm

Industrial Coating

CI-2009 IEQc4.2: Low-emitting materials - paints and coatings
posted by kelvin duen on Jul 13, 2010, 12:39 pm

My office had a bunch of file cabinets repainted. A industrial coating was used. I have the...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jul 19, 2010, 3:02 pm

Major Renovation: Reuse: Foundation, Structural Steel, Etc.

NC-2009 MRc1.1: Building reuse - maintain existing walls, floors and roof
posted by Sara LeMone on Jun 21, 2010, 1:37 pm

Currently working on a project where a 100,000sq.ft. PEMB is being demolished down to the steel...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jul 19, 2010, 2:40 pm

Are smoking receptacles allowed at doorways?

NC-2009 IEQp2: Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control
posted by John Klein on Jul 19, 2010, 12:32 pm

There will be no smoking in our buildings (DoD requirement); we will have smoking allowed outside the 25' perimeter outdoors. As such, would it violate the requirements of IEQp2 to have smoking...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jul 19, 2010, 12:38 pm

pest management control

EBOM-2009 SSc3: Integrated Pest Management, Erosion Control, and Landscape Management Plan
posted by Pablo Fortunato Suarez on Jul 13, 2010, 12:39 pm

my client has existing pest management control policies but not as detailed as in the attached template (specific means of treating each pest - from ants, rodents, etc). will this be acceptable...

Last reply: Pablo Fortunato Suarez, Jul 16, 2010, 1:15 pm