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Soils in green roofs

NC-v4.1 SSc2: Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by Alexia Anastassiadis on May 17, 2021, 9:52 am

Hi! Our project has a...

Credit Application EB:O+M

Pilot-Credits SSpc82: Local food production
posted by Marina Andrade on May 17, 2021, 1:55 pm

We are in a preliminary review of an EB: O + M project, persuading the Local Food production credit. As a first alternative, the building included the minimum area required by the credit. However...

Does compost also count as a waste stream for MRp1?

Pilot-Credits SSpc129: Comprehensive Composting
posted by Robin Dukelow on May 17, 2021, 10:35 pm

Does the compost count as 1-waste stream for MRp1 or does the retail project have to store and collect 4-waste streams + composting if pursuing Comprehensive Composting?

Shops on the ground floor

Pilot-Credits SSpc55: Bird collision deterrence
posted by Adriana Hansen on May 19, 2021, 9:55 am

We would like to know if shops in the ground floor of a building, below and shaded by the building footprint, can be exempt from the building façade requirements.

We understand that in...

Guardrail in landscape area, clear acrylic or polycarbonate with cutouts

Pilot-Credits SSpc55: Bird collision deterrence
posted by Geoffrey Katz on May 21, 2021, 4:45 pm

Hello all, 

What experience is there using a clear acrylic or polycarbonate (typical brand names "plexiglass" and "lexan" respectively) with cutouts in a guardrail system?  This could...

Beneficial Soil Reuse Credits

NC-v4 SSc2: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Daniel Olshansky on May 22, 2021, 3:25 pm

ESA to only include what's in scope?

Healthcare-v4 SSp2: Environmental Site Assessment
posted by Garrett Ferguson on May 24, 2021, 4:20 pm

I've had this question come up on two separate projects in the last few weeks, from the companies asked to perform the ESA. "Does the ESA Phase 1 only need to cover what's in scope or does it...

Mid-rise residential project- LEEDv4.1 the only path now?

LEED Rating System Selection
posted by Anna Korinkova on May 27, 2021, 4:00 am

Hi to LEEDUsers, 

I would like to ask for a help with rating system selection for a residential multifamily project. 

We have a mid-rise multifamily project located in Europe,...

Sourcing of Raw Materials- Materials reuse clarification

NC-v4.1 MRc3: Sourcing of Raw Materials
posted by Anjanette Green on May 27, 2021, 2:45 pm

Several questions that lead to how /if one can apply the Materials Reuse strategy to a lighting fixture that uses reclaimed...

rainwater reuse on site

CS-v4 SSc4: Rainwater management
posted by Alfonzo Farber on Jun 2, 2021, 10:35 am

We are working with a building in an urban core area that wants to upsize the stormwater retention tank to capture all rainwater on site.  They then plan to use the water for irrigation, cooling...