The USGBC just posted a new document providing additional guidance on WEp1 and WEc3. This document covers fixture groups, daily use calcs, dual flush flow rates, and autocontrol faucets. Link...

I just received an email with this question: "How do you know which calculator to use when trying to figure out the National Average. Your helpful hints indicate to use either calculator C or B....

It does appear as though the only option for SSc4.3 in the AGMBC is for alternative fueling stations. Although I don't know definitively why this is, I assume it is so that the appropriate number...

For anyone following this thread, Peter has taken a slightly different approach, as covered in a new thread under CI IEQc3.2.

I think you're wise to seek a good look at the credit templates before making that decision, particularly if your project is an EBv2.0 project, as there is important information found in LEED...

Concerning credit WEc1.1 and 1.2, there are some circumstances where it is unclear whether the water used for watering must be considered as irrigation water per intent of the credit or process...

Is there any real disadvantage to moving a project to LEED...

If removing the rocks from a ballasted roof to coat the roof with an ENERGY STAR "cool roof", can these rock qualify for MR Cr9 as a material to be reused from a facility alteration?

Overheard in an exchange about the possible use of...

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...