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Phantom Requirements

General forums
posted by  Erica Downs  on 

Will there be any effort, perhaps in the next version, to specify requirements in the Reference Guide, so that team members are not surprised by the "phantom" requirements that appear in the LEED O

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Partner - Managing Director Boston Office
AHA Consulting Engineers, Inc.
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Wed May 2, 2012, 6:18 pm

School Daylighting - more than one type of VLT

Schools-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylight
posted by  Nanechka Pagan  on 

I am currently using the prescriptive method supporting LEED calculator. Each classrooms have two types of VLT.

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Energy Program Specialist
PA DMVA
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Wed May 2, 2012, 4:26 pm

zip car system

NC-2009 SSc4.4:Alternative Transportation—Parking Capacity
posted by  Gita Nandan  on 

my client is hosting a zip car car share program into the parking lot of the building. will this count towards meeting the needs to facilitate shared vehicle usage?

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Atelier Ten
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Wed May 2, 2012, 1:58 pm

E-Waste Line Item Division?

EBOM-2009 MRc8:Solid Waste Management—Durable Goods
posted by  Alexis Thompson  on 

Does LEED require that you break out the e-waste into line items and weigh each line item separately (ie "Computer Monitors... 30 lbs", "Copiers...100lbs")?

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Tue May 1, 2012, 9:07 pm

Capturing telecommuting and alternative work schedules

Doing the Alternative Commuting Transportation Survey
posted by  Lee Ann Walling, LEED AP ND   on 
Our building has a fair amount of telecommuters and employees who are on alternative work schedules (usually, every other Friday off). How do we capture those in the survey if they're not at work?!
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Ackerstein Sustainability, LLC
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Tue May 1, 2012, 7:21 pm

Restaurant Lighting as a Lease Requirement

NC-2009 IEQc6.1:Controllability of Systems—Lighting
posted by  Iris Amdur  on 

The only shared multi-occupant space in my project is the Restaurant Dining area. This space will be a tenant fit-out, and until then, temporary lighting fixtures will be installed.

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Tue May 1, 2012, 6:52 pm

Tenant Guidelines Now Required for all NC projects

General forums
posted by  Hernando Miranda  on 

A new unpublished mandatory requirement for LEED NC is that if the project includes any lease spaces non-mandatory Tenant Green Guidelines must be provided to the future tenants.

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Vermont House of Representatives
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Mon Apr 30, 2012, 9:34 pm

LEED Campus Certification with complex buildings conditions

Understanding the Cost of LEED-NC Project Certification
posted by  Alejandro Matos  on 
Hi Everyone!....just joining the LEED forum family. I am evaluating a case for LEED Campus Cert. in order to prepare a service proposal, but complex conditions are encountered in the site.
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Vermont House of Representatives
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Mon Apr 30, 2012, 4:05 pm

Hazardous materials

NC-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Management
posted by  Tanja Arnesson  on 

Hi, I have a question regarding hazardous materials, at one project the review team calculated the combustible materials for energy recovery as hazardous materials and tehrefore I wonder if this i

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Mon Apr 30, 2012, 3:23 pm

Sylvania Ecologic Lights

EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lamps
posted by  Patrick Culhane  on 

Our project team considering purchasing ECOLOGIC lamps from Sylvania to fulfill this credit, however we aren’t certain if these are accepted under LEED.

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Integrated Design Solutions
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Mon Apr 30, 2012, 1:44 pm