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NC Building with no cooling tower

Pilot-Credits WEpc94: No Cooling Tower
posted by Paula Hernandez on Aug 2, 2023, 2:26 pm

Hi, I think that this is a very helpfull credit for all the buildings that does not have a cooling tower in their HVAC systems.

Although water cooled chillers may be sometimes more...

Option 2: Emergency Preparedness Planning Red Cross Form Examples

Pilot-Credits IPpc98: Assessment and planning for resilience
posted by Julia Manion on Aug 9, 2023, 5:50 pm

Does anyone have an example of the American Ready Cross 123 Assessment and Facility Description Forms to preview before attempting this credit??? I would like to determine if those forms are...

Patient Rooms

Pilot-Credits WEpc147: All-Gender Restrooms
posted by Vanessa Hostick on Aug 14, 2023, 12:23 pm

Does anyone have experience documenting this pilot credit on a hospital?  It's unclear if the patient room should be included or excluded from the documentation and count. Each of our patient...

Seed Evaluator Tool Effectiveness?

Pilot-Credits IPpc89: Social equity within the community
posted by Charles Boechler on Aug 16, 2023, 3:20 pm

Is the Seed Evaluator the best tool for measuring social equity?

A challenge for us in addressing social equity in plan development is engagement of the existing community is often not...

Relevant Trades/Contractors at Project Planning Stage

Pilot-Credits IPpc81: Green training for contractors, trades, operators and service workers
posted by Charles Boechler on Aug 16, 2023, 3:27 pm

From a contract perspective engagement of the professionals is difficulty due to the contract and level of awarenss at planning stages. We have a challenge getting certainty of the key...

Downstream Implementation of Analysis Outcomes

Pilot-Credits INpc113: Informing Design Using Triple Bottom Line Analysis
posted by Charles Boechler on Aug 16, 2023, 3:34 pm

This is such a critical part of informing plan decisions in relation to the marketplace value or buyer acceptance. I am curious how value engineering exercise at the construction stage has...

Menstrual product dispensors

Pilot-Credits WEpc147: All-Gender Restrooms
posted by Emily Smith on Sep 5, 2023, 3:22 pm

The biggest hurdle we faced integrating this credit into our project was the requirement regarding providing free menstrual products. Initially, we were told that the dispensors would cost an...

Cool wall requirements valid for colder climate zones?

Pilot-Credits SSpc154: Heat Island Mitigation with Cool Walls
posted by Brian Trimble on Sep 26, 2023, 10:48 pm

Some jurisdictions across the US are starting to address the heat island effect by instituting various requirements for cool roofs and pavements. It also appears that they are using this pilot...

Pursuing Whole Project Pilot in residential buildings

Pilot-Credits WEpc115: Whole Project Water Use Reduction
posted by Paul Erlichman on Oct 4, 2023, 10:44 am

Hello,
I posed a similar question in the forum for the Optimize Proces Water Use credit, but I figured I would post an addendum of sorts in the pilot credit forum.

My initial...

Additional Materials for Installation

Pilot-Credits MRpc103: Integrative Analysis of Building Materials
posted by Allison Smith on Oct 5, 2023, 7:04 pm

The project team received the following review comment, 

The reporting does not appear to follow the Integrative Analysis Guidance (found under the Credit’s Resources tab)....