This credit specifies that MEP equipment are not to be included in the regional materials calculations, but can someone define exactly what that includes? Does that just mean equipment and large...

Ryan, would you mind reposting this question to our LEED-CI MRc4 forum? I think you're more likely to get an answer there. Thanks!

Hi LEEDusers -

The idea behind pilot credits is to get feedback from project team members on the concepts we're testing so that USGBC can learn from your experience and make these credits...

Our landscape features a lot of areas with trees and shrubs located over turf grass. In other words, the groundcover is completely turf grass.

I know that if, for example, groundcover and...

Does anyone know if Daysim can be used to meet LEED requirements? It uses local whether data, but it uses the Perez all-weather sky model. I've been told it is one of the more accurate programs...

Since V3 I have not been able to acertain whether the exceptions on "Non-Occupied Spaces" (Janitorial, Storage, Equipment Rooms and Closets) and the "Non-Regularly Occupied Spaces"( corridors,...

The building had a large amount of pre-existing interior non-structural materials that had to be removed due to fire damage. For example the entire suspended ceiling had fire damage and was not...

Marc - My experience is that there's some wiggle room, as long as its not excessive and is explained to the...

I think you'll find people working in a variety of forms right now Elliot. The marketplace is still new enough that customary protocols haven't really developed. My personal preference is to work...

Hi,
As part off a recent CI design review we have found a building where as part of the enticement for the tenant to move has offered to upgrade portions of the building and in particular...