Hi! Does anyone have experience with LEED Credit EQc5 Thermal Comfort using thermal simulation?

We know that all occupied rooms should comply to it but is not clear to us if we should...

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We have had EQc5 rejected for one of our projects because one of the common area kitchen spaces is failing during winter due to being too warm, and kitchen spaces require a MET of at...

The CBE Thermal Comfort Tool LEED allows for analysis of this credit has been updated to ASHRAE Standard 55-2020. Per ASHRAE Standard 55-2020, metabolic rates below 1.0 and above 2.0 are not...

Has anyone had sucess with this credit in a project where the owner has committed to providing thermal comfort controls (e.g., personal desk fan) to any workstation occupant that requests one? ...

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We have a project where 60% of Gross Floor Area will be  Complete by the time of certification  and 40 % of GFA will be incomplete at time of certification. My question is how...

I am currently working on a project that has short term jail/holding cells that are classified as inidividual occupant spaces. Under LEED should these spaces be included in the thermal controls...

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Has anyone used manual blinds as their thermal comfort control (radiant temperature) for multi-occupant spaces? I don't expect it to be an issue, as putting down blinds would...

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I am looking to understand if it would be acceptable to provide thermal comfort control only through a BMS system for a multi-occupant space. Our building serves as a waiting area...

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I'm wondering as typical on our market, a thermostat controls a zone with fan-coils, and occupants can change the temperature but also separately the fan speed eg. air-speed...

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We received a LEED comment on EQc5 and EQc6: "Provide a narrative and revise the form so that the individual occupant workstations and shared, multi-occupant spaces are reported...