In Section 9. Lighting Requirements (ASRAE 90.1-2007) on page 141 of the reference guide, in the third paragraph it states that Section 9.4 describes the mandatory provisions for controls,...

I'm working on two projects (LEED - CS v2 and LEED 2009 - NC) that both require the demolition of existing buildings on the project sites. The existing buildings have asbestos and other...

Lauren, thanks for your comments above on the 20% adoption criteria. That said, it still seems that achieving and documenting anything less than complete adoption quickly gets into a big grey...

For prescriptive compliance, is a CI project required to meet continuous insulation requirements for building envelope if it is not part of their project scope, even if there is nothing in the...

Would fixed auditorium seating be included in the MR credits, or considered furniture? Same for a demountable wall system?

We are working on a major renovation of an existing office building built in 1951. A Phase I ESA study and sampling of suspectg asbestos-containing materials, lead-contatining paint, mold and...

We are working on a LEED for Schools 2007 version project. (Yes, I know I"m posting this under the LEED v2009 Schools, but there isn't a section of LEED USER which allows you to search on older...

For IEQ2, in the fire truck bays,we have windows on the rear of the building and operable doors on the front. Can we count the doors as operable windows under "Natural Ventilated Spaces".

I read the referrence guide and saw an example posted under documentation toolkit and neither really match with the form that is used for the credit. This form asks for number of zones, daylight...

Most of the chemicals being used for my project are not listed in the 2007 San Francisco Reduced-Risk Pesticide List.Does it mean that the credit cannot be achieved or if we are issuing the...