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posted by  Douglas Flandro  on 

My name is Douglas Flandro. I am the sustainable design leader at CambridgeSeven in Cambridge, MA. I started my career in film and theater design.

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Wed May 30, 2018, 8:32 pm

LEEDuser’s viewpoint is little confusing

NC-v4 WEc1:Outdoor water use reduction
posted by  Mark Kumar Bose  on 

Hi,

under "LEEDuser’s viewpoint" your only refer to Option 2:

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Fri Jun 1, 2018, 6:24 pm

Removed windows

NC-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performance
posted by  Francesco Passerini  on 

In a building that is being refurbished some windows are removed and are replaced with opaque panels. How shall they be considered in the baseline model?

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Tue May 29, 2018, 2:37 pm

Option 2 (No irrigation meter installed: Calculated water budget)

EBOM-v4 WEc1:Outdoor water use reduction
posted by  Simon Sue  on 

We had used Theoretical Performance Calculation (Option 2) for initial v2009 certification, can we still utilize Option 2 (No irrigation meter installed: Calculated 

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Project Director
WSP USA
LEEDuser Basic Member
381 thumbs up
Tue May 29, 2018, 5:31 am

Applying IPpc90 beyond BD+C projects

Pilot-Credits IPpc90:Social equity within the operations and maintenance staff
posted by  Alicia Daniels Uhlig  on 

Has anyone pursued this credit on a LEED for Homes Multifamily Midrise v2010 project?

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Wed Oct 8, 2025, 11:08 pm

Bicyle Storage in a office building

CS-v4 LTc6:Bicycle facilities
posted by  Guillaume Rose  on 

Hi,

Is the Case 1. commercial or institutional projects applicable for an office building ? 

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Sustainable Design Lead
CannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
379 thumbs up
Mon May 28, 2018, 9:27 am

WaterSense labeled fixtures obligatory for Indoor water use reduction

NC-v4 WEc2:Indoor water use reduction
posted by  Mark Kumar Bose  on 

In "WEc2: Indoor water use reduction" WaterSense labeled fixtures are obligatory:

 

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Fri Jun 1, 2018, 10:44 am

Occupancy Calculations in LEEDv4

NC-v4 MPR3:Must comply with project size requirements
posted by  Arathi Gowda  on 

In the new simplified Project Information forms there is no longer a calculator for FTE counts. Are teams using the historic v3 calculators to estimate FTE (along with the baked in assumptions)?

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Director of Sustainability
Fentress Architects
LEEDuser Expert
224 thumbs up
Fri May 25, 2018, 11:03 pm

Documenting the calculation of 40% or more is achieved

CI-v4 LTc5:Reduced parking footprint
posted by  Keith Lam  on 

How do we justify the percentage reduction is more than 40%, is there some sort of documentation required to demonstrate our project is not utilizing parking spaces that are allocated on the&n

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Sustainable Design Lead
CannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
379 thumbs up
Fri May 25, 2018, 10:12 pm

Round up or down for weekend daily trip average?

NC-v4 LTc5:Access to quality transit
posted by  Danielle Waters  on 

The project has 16 trips Saturday and 13 trips Sunday, and the average is 14.5 [(16+13)/2].

Can I assume rounding up to 15 daily trips for the entire weekend?  

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Sustainable Design Lead
CannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
379 thumbs up
Fri May 25, 2018, 4:08 pm