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posted by Shira Norman on Dec 22, 2009, 5:17 pm

The San Francisco List of Reduced Risk Pesticides is the LEED standard for least-toxic pesticides. Any chemical pesticide classified as Tier 3 on San Francisco's list is considered least-toxic...

Last reply: Drew Johnson, Dec 28, 2009, 11:08 am

Process water for EP point

EBOM-2009 WEc2: Additional Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by Tristan Roberts on Dec 22, 2009, 1:54 pm

In the Reference Guide (page 84) under WEp1, it says that process water appliances like dishwashers and washing machines don't count under WEp1, but may be counted under WEc2 -- but only in...

Last reply: Dan Ackerstein, Dec 23, 2009, 8:34 pm

engineered lumber (parallam, LVL)

NC-2009 IEQc4.4: Low-emitting materials - composite wood and agrifiber products
posted by Daniel Winkert on Dec 22, 2009, 11:17 am

Why is it that parallams, LVL's and other engineered lumber products are never listed under this category? It would seem this is covered. Under a...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Dec 22, 2009, 11:48 am

Great list. On my first

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posted by Jean Marais on Dec 22, 2009, 5:59 am

Great list. On my first project i ran into about 4 of those...and they still call it LEEDs.

Prescriptive Method Questions Cont'd

NC-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Melissa Wrolstad on Oct 1, 2009, 11:37 am

Thank you very much Carly for your answers, they were very helpful!

I'm still looking for an answer on whether or not a project can achieve this credit if one or more bays has a VLT x...

Last reply: James Weiner, Dec 22, 2009, 2:35 am

RE: Guidance from GBCI rearding multiple buildings

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posted by Leticia SooHoo on Dec 18, 2009, 5:47 pm

I had the same question and called...

How many showers & racks are needed?

CI-2009 SSc3.2: Alternative transportation - bicycle storage and changing rooms
posted by Adolfo Silva on Dec 17, 2009, 11:22 am

I'm working on a LEED CI project. Our client is a one of four tenants in the building. There are existing bike racks in the common space and a shower in the tenant space.
My question is, is...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Dec 17, 2009, 12:08 pm

What you are saying is indeed

Schools-2009 SSc9: Site Master Plan
posted by Erik Bergstrom on Dec 9, 2009, 12:42 pm

What you are saying is indeed in line with the comments we received. However, what is the value in completing two calculations when, for stormwater, the Master Plan is a worst case scenario, and...

Last reply: Shannon Gray , Dec 11, 2009, 3:55 pm

Flush Out & Off Gassing

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posted by Shannon Gray on Dec 11, 2009, 2:46 pm

Hi Peter,

I've never heard of off-gassing furniture before and it seems like it could be a difficult approach to document.This sounds like a good...

Retail space parking

CI-2009 SSc3.3: Alternative transportation - parking availability
posted by Alex Warburton on Nov 26, 2009, 1:21 pm

This retail space is aprox 2000ft2 and has more spaces (6) allocated to it than code requires.
How does LEED separate the discouragement of single use vehicles for full-time employees and...

Last reply: Alex Warburton, Dec 10, 2009, 2:44 pm