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LEED v4 Outdoor Water Use Reduction Calculator

NC-v4 WEp1: Outdoor water use reduction
posted by Clara Pistoni on May 6, 2016, 12:03 pm

Hi All,
does anyone try to use the spreadsheet updated on 4/5/2016?
In the "Baseline Calculation" sheet, errors occur at anytime I tried to fill in a value under "Monthly Rainfall" or...

Last reply: saeed kazemi, Aug 4, 2018, 2:40 am

LPD of Building Area Method

NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Jatuwat Varodompun on Aug 18, 2016, 7:58 am

1. If we decides to use 'Building area method' for energy modeling. We have to building area type including office and parking garage. Office baseline model...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Jun 15, 2023, 8:35 am

Appendix G system type for addition

NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Hilary Giffen on Sep 8, 2016, 4:55 pm

I have an addition to a manufacturing plant. The addition has its own HVAC system so the LEED boundary encompasses just the addition. The addition is 56,000 SF and the whole plant is somewhere...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 7, 2018, 12:09 pm

Lavatory durations- justified deviation from "default" 30 sec?

NC-v4 WEc2: Indoor water use reduction
posted by Joanna Switzer on Mar 6, 2017, 12:55 pm

Hi all,

In LEED 2009/v3 the assumption for metered/sensor cycled duration in public lavatories was 12 seconds, per USGBC issued WEp1 "additional guidance" & the excel calculator notes...

Last reply: emily reese moody, Oct 3, 2018, 7:45 pm

Leed 2009 NC-District cooling path one

NC-2009 EAc1: Optimize Energy Performance
posted by Mark JIN on Mar 20, 2017, 10:53 pm

Dear Friends,

I have a project located at Dubai where a localized existing district cooling plant will be providing chilled water. However the DCP supplier is not willing to share any...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Mar 24, 2017, 9:48 am

Piping Insulation

NC-v4 EQc2: Low-emitting materials
posted by Megan White on Jul 17, 2017, 4:27 pm

For new construction projects, the Ref Guide excludes insulation around HVAC ducts from the IEQc2 requirements (p.668). However, there doesn't seem to be any mention of piping insulation.

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Last reply: Kristina K, Nov 30, 2022, 10:18 am

Laminating and Contact Adhesives- Shop Applied- in v4

NC-v4 EQc2: Low-emitting materials
posted by Landry Watson on Jul 31, 2017, 4:04 pm

I've scrolled, searched and reviewed the comments here on the thread and I'm still not clear on whether Laminating/Contact adhesives used for bonding laminates to substrates for shop assembled...

Last reply: Lou Niles II, Mar 25, 2019, 8:55 pm

LEED Compliant Faucets

NC-v4 WEp2: Indoor water use reduction
posted by Ann E on Oct 19, 2017, 1:49 am

Jens Apel LEEDuser Basic Member 134 thumbs up October 19, 2017- 1:59 am In Europe, many manufacturers do not have compliant faucets, and test pressure is different to LEED requirements. What we normally suggest is the use of pressure independent aerators that just replace the standard aerators in the faucets. They work with a lot of faucets, should be pretty low cost and allow the architects to select faucets from a larger variety of manufacturers and designs. I am unsure if forum rules prohibit promotion of specific manufacturers. In past projects we used products from www.neoperl.com, not sure...

Last reply: Ann E, Nov 28, 2017, 9:39 pm

Default light reflectance values for commodity materials?

NC-v4 EQc6: Interior lighting
posted by Joanna Switzer on Feb 5, 2018, 1:54 pm

Curious if anyone has had success claiming some type of Industry cited / average / worst case LRV for surface finishes such as standard poured in place concrete flooring.

If not,...

Last reply: Tatiana Luzardo, Jun 2, 2020, 8:40 am

Black box or transparent benchmarking?

LEED v4.1 for Building Operations and Maintenance
posted by Nick Semon on Mar 29, 2018, 7:54 am

My biggest question about v4.1 right now is whether or not the benchmarking that takes place for the LT and EA prerequisites is transparent.  Is there any way we can estimate a building's...

Last reply: Ricardo Filho, Feb 21, 2023, 4:42 am