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Clarification on GHG Emission Factors Source and Methodology for LEED GHG Emissions Savings

NC-v4 EAc2: Optimize Energy Performance
posted by Anurag Ghosh on Apr 15, 2025, 9:27 pm

Hello all,

For one of our airport projects in India, I have used the latest...

Opt 2 metered water use and building level water metering

EBOM-v4 WEp1: Indoor water use reduction
posted by OSCAR DE LA RED on Sep 3, 2014, 3:07 pm

Can the water meter installed to measure the monthly and total building level water (WEPR2) be used to determine the anual Option 2 metered water use baseline (WEPR1 option2) if there is no...

Policies- credit's pursued

EBOM-v4 SSp1: Site management policy
posted by Allison Smith on Mar 1, 2016, 12:14 pm

I'm looking for some guidance regarding drafting policies. I've downloaded the USGBC templates, however do we need to include sections related to credits that we are not pursuing? Do the policies...

just doing a survey is incentivized

EBOM-v4 LTc1: Alternative Transportation
posted by Tristan Roberts on Mar 16, 2016, 11:35 am

I wanted to note a key feature of this credit in v4, which was brought to my attention by Dan Ackerstein and Hannah Sokol.
In...

Purchasing Calculator updated 4/8/2016

EBOM-v4 MRc1: Purchasing - ongoing
posted by Trista Brown on Apr 14, 2016, 12:45 pm

USGBC released a revised Purchasing Calculator with an updated weighted average formula for lamps. The link to the calculator in the Resources tab will take you to the updated version.

Fertilizer and Herbicide Use

EBOM-v4 SSp1: Site management policy
posted by David ESPAGNET on May 2, 2016, 5:55 am

In the site Management Policy (and SSc5 Credit) soil testing requirement have been added since 2009. Do we need to test soil (and retest every other year) to establish soil type if no Fertilizer...

What are the baseline conditions?

EBOM-v4 SSc5: Site management
posted by Zachary Hayes on Jun 16, 2016, 4:05 pm

This says we have to reduce from the baseline, which I assume is our initial reported use. However, if this is the case how can there be any reduction? Is it suppose to read something along the...

Irrigation Submetering

EBOM-v4 SSp1: Site management policy
posted by Ileana Delgado on Jul 1, 2016, 10:30 am

Under the Site Management Policy template there is an area on irrigation management which explains the procedure for a proper preventive maintenance, and it mentions: Check for leaks using...

Required Documentation: All Projects for Site Management credit

EBOM-v4 SSc5: Site management
posted by JOHN COOK on Jul 21, 2016, 6:12 pm

Hello,
Is there an example of an acceptable "air quality protection log" that USGBC is looking for in this credit?

Normalizaiton

EBOM-v4 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Aqrab Ali Rana on Aug 5, 2016, 3:37 am

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