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NC-v4 WEc3: Cooling tower water use
posted by Saif Abdulameer on Apr 11, 2018, 10:54 am

Can I use the potable water analysis reports from the city utility to calculate the cycles?

Last reply: Jason Packer, Mar 27, 2024, 11:57 am

Calculating CO2 setpoint for carbon dioxide monitoring

NC-v4 EQc1: Enhanced indoor air quality strategies
posted by Edgar Arevalo on Nov 9, 2023, 11:19 am

I've been looking at Appendix C of ASHRAE 62.1-2010 for a way, and I keep scratching my head.  Does anyone how to calculate for the...

Last reply: Afogreen Build, Mar 26, 2024, 10:01 pm

Credit For Excess Chilled Water Rejected To Plant Site Chilled Water System

NC-v4 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Michael Hill on Feb 14, 2024, 4:53 pm

I am working on a project that is using heat pump chillers to generate hot and cold water for the building systems. When the building loads are cooling dominated, the excess heat is rejected to...

Last reply: Farooq Saeed, Mar 26, 2024, 4:29 am

No Cooling Tower ACP Feedback

Pilot-Credits WEpc94: No Cooling Tower
posted by on Mar 25, 2024, 4:02 pm

I found this pilot credit to be a great way to allow projects to earn credit for the design choice of choosing not to utilize cooling towers on the project even for buildings that are large...

What if Question- Bathroom removed from scope, how to comply with WEp1?

CI-v4 WEp1: Indoor water use reduction
posted by Edgar Arevalo on Mar 21, 2024, 2:57 pm

How would a project comply with WEp1 if the bathroom was removed from scope.  This is a interior fit out of part of a floor, and the common restrooms shared by the project space and the rest of...

Last reply: Edgar Arevalo, Mar 22, 2024, 4:20 pm

Overall Feedback on Pilot Credit

Pilot-Credits MRpc87: Verified Construction & Demolition Recycling Rates
posted by Kavita Karmarkar on Mar 21, 2024, 5:32 pm

As our project is located in Northern CA, it is not diffidult to achieve this credit as there are many haulers with third-party certified diversion rates (RCI) in the area. They may not be lowest...

Gross Floor Area

CI-v4 MPR3: Must comply with project size requirements
posted by Edgar Arevalo on Mar 21, 2024, 3:09 pm

For a LEED Commercial Interior fit-out project, when we are registering the project in LEED Online it asks for the gross square footage.  Since...

Can EC3/TallyCAT be used for Option 3: Building Interiors Life Cycle Assessment?

CI-v4.1 MRc2: Interiors life-cycle impact reduction
posted by Nikhita Sapuram on Aug 8, 2023, 12:03 pm

Most WBLCA software programs do not include product specific data. For a tenant improvement project would it be acceptable to use a program that only looks at environmental impacts from cradle to...

Last reply: Kate Holly, Mar 21, 2024, 2:32 pm

Total Material Cost

LEED v4.1 Discussion Forum
posted by Arda Buyuklu on Mar 21, 2024, 10:49 am

Why is providing Total Material Cost required/necessary when completing a LEED v4.1 Materials Reporting Form? How is this relevant for LEED purposes, especially if it is almost always subject to...

PC MRpc87 Feedback

Pilot-Credits MRpc87: Verified Construction & Demolition Recycling Rates
posted by Dan Ackerstein on Sep 8, 2022, 3:45 am

Feedback from the architecture firm and general contractors re: PC implementation in Southern California

  • The LEED credit language was straightforward and intuitive. The difficult...

Last reply: Michelle Rosenberger, Mar 19, 2024, 12:12 pm