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Low Anual Rainfall Average

CS-2009 SSc6.1:Stormwater Design—Quantity Control
posted by  Ron Dean  on 

Our project is located in a city with a very low annual rainfall average (8.3mm that is about 0.327 inches per year). The project will have a green roof in about 60% of the roof area.

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Tue Aug 6, 2013, 12:38 pm

Cx requirements for small office remodel

CI-2009 EAp1:Fundamental Commissioning of Building Energy Systems
posted by  Tara Messa  on 

I am working on a project that is a relatively small office remodel seeking LEED certification.

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Thu Feb 28, 2013, 10:39 pm

Designated smoking area in park project?

NC-2009 IEQp2:Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control
posted by  Heather Holdridge  on 

Our project is a gathering & educational space located within a huge park. We plan to have signages saying no smoking inside and within 25 ft of the building.

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Fri Mar 8, 2013, 10:26 pm

Rainfall contribution to TWA??

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Lewis Hewton  on 

Hi All, My general question is - can direct rainfall to landscaped areas that soaks in through the soil contribute to the irrigation demand in the WEc1? Our project is in Australia and using the

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Tue Mar 5, 2013, 3:43 am

Compliance with MP 7.4

CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Sandra Holmström  on 

In 7.4.4.2 Temperature maintenance controls recirculating hot-water systems shall be equipped with automtatic time switches or other controls that can be set to switch off the usage temperature mai

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Wed Mar 13, 2013, 1:26 pm

EMICODE as compliance to this credit? and other IEQc4?

NC-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-Emitting Materials—Adhesives and Sealants
posted by  Agnes Vorbrodt  on 

Many manufacturers state that a product is low emitting, and as a proof send Emicode certification/results.

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Wed Mar 20, 2013, 10:57 pm

groundwell non potable saline water

NC-2009 WEc2:Innovative Wastewater Technologies
posted by  Natalie Tan  on 

We are trying to pursue this credit, by using municipal 'brackish' water for irrigation and toilet flushing.

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 7:35 pm

Reality Check on FTEs

Calculating FTEs
posted by  Louise Schlatter  on 

Just trying to make my thinking on FTEs more clear: Does this follow? A. 1 office person working at an office desk for an 8-hour workday, 5 days/week = 1.0 FTE B. 1 office person working at an offi

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Thu Mar 21, 2013, 5:15 pm

LEDs compared to their counterpart flourescent

EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lamps
posted by  Saju Varghese  on 

In order to compare apples to apples (efficiency) lets assume the unit as lumens/Watt.

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Wed Jul 31, 2013, 4:06 pm

Modeling Existing Trees

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Marina Andrade  on 

Hi Marcus, I was reading the discussion about modeling adjacent shading for the both models (baseline and proposed models) that you had with Mark Benson, but It's still not clear for me. I’m work

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Mon Mar 4, 2013, 5:49 pm