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Cementitious tile adhesive

CS-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealants
posted by  Joanna Bloniewska  on 

Does cementitious tile adhesive need to comply with VOC requirements of this credit? The adhesive is purchased as a dry powder and mixed on site by adding water.

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Wight and Company
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Mon Aug 27, 2012, 2:14 pm

WD-40 VOCs

NC-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealants
posted by  Monica Miller  on 

We have a job that we need to use WD-40 on. They have provided their VOC level of 50% VOC by weight or 412 g/l.

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Vermont House of Representatives
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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 6:42 pm

State by State

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posted by  Bill Swanson  on 

This is going to keep occuring. There are probably a dozen more States right now that SFI is activly lobbying to end LEED. We can already hear the arguements being made over and over again.

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Jason Grant Consulting
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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 3:17 pm

FSC Certified Products - Documentation?

EBOM-2009 MRc3:Sustainable Purchasing—Facility Alterations and Additions
posted by  Simon Sue  on 

In some of our current EB:O&M projects we have considered pursuing the MRc1 and MRc3 purchasing credits, claiming credit for FSC certified materials. How do we document compliance for these pu

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Manager, Sustainability and Technical Marketing
Masonite Architectural
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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 6:28 am

Occupancy Sensors in Mechanical Rooms

CI-2009 EAc1.2:Optimize Energy Performance—Lighting Controls
posted by  Victoria Robertson  on 

I am working on a LEED-CI project that has a large room used for mechanical equipment and general storage.

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YR&G
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Thu Aug 23, 2012, 9:03 pm

Modeling a Natural Ventilation Building

NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performance
posted by  Carolina Vergnano  on 

Hi, I'm working in a project that has 4 conditioned office rooms, which are enclosed by walls, and a café (adjacent to the office) that is natural ventilated.

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Thu Aug 23, 2012, 6:46 pm

VRF / VRV ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 ACCORDING

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Diego Escalona  on 

Hello friends, Anyone have the feedback of USGBC where equipment are ranked VRV / VRF to require minimum efficiencies ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 according in LEED 2009, or someone has this notion?.

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7group / Energy Opportunities
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Thu Aug 23, 2012, 6:09 pm

Hot Water use

Schools-2009 EAc5:Measurement and Verification
posted by  Jonathan Mesik  on 

I'm working on a building that is part of a larger facility. The domestic hot water is produced at a central plant.

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Holabird & Root, LLC
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Thu Aug 23, 2012, 12:52 pm

Electricity rate structure with demand penalty

Schools-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performance
posted by  James Chueh  on 

There is penalty in our local electricity company's rate structure, for each kW you are over your base demand, so can we include this penalty in the saving we got in the modelling then? E.g.

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Thu Aug 23, 2012, 2:03 am

Would this credit require that furniture be counted under MR?

CI-2009 IEQc4.5:Low-Emitting Materials—Systems Furniture and Seating
posted by  William Weaver  on 

I am in a peculiar position where I have the list of furniture installed, and their relevant Greenguard certificates to demonstrate compliance with this credit.

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Wed Aug 22, 2012, 9:41 pm