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Distance to entrance within a large campus

NC-v4.1 LTc6:Bicycle Facilities
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Working in predesign on a new construction building within a large site, wherein the site has only one public entrance.

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Fri Jan 12, 2024, 12:35 pm

v4 vs. v4.1 swapping question

LEED v4.1 Discussion Forum
posted by  Aaron Kennedy  on 

So my engineer somehow did not realize we were utilizing 4.1.  He did the entire project calculations based on version 4.  We submitted for design review and of course we got dinged on th

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Sustainability Manager
Burns & McDonnell
LEEDuser Basic Member
24 thumbs up
Fri Nov 17, 2023, 2:44 pm

LEED Precertification documents

LEED Reviews: Appeals, Design/Construction Submittals, and more
posted by  Sankar R  on 

Can someone with prior experience tell me what documents are typically required for Precertification?

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Fri Nov 17, 2023, 9:04 am

GEOFOAM

NC-v4.1 EQc2:Low-Emitting Materials
posted by  Angi Rivera  on 

Has anyone ever had EPS Geo Foam on a project?

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Fri Nov 17, 2023, 12:41 pm

Health Epoxy/Resin Flooring?!

SD Leaders
posted by  Teresa Jan  on 

Has anyone vetted through all the Epoxy and Resin-based flooring systems to see which flooring application is "healthier"?

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Thu Nov 16, 2023, 4:26 pm

Islamic Water Closets

EBOM-2009 WEp1:Minimum Indoor Plumbing Fixture and Fitting Efficiency
posted by  Jutta Berns  on 

we have a bit of interesting situation in our project building: of the 181 installed water closets, 37 are Islamic toilets, which use a trigger spray rather than a flush mechanism.

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Thu Nov 16, 2023, 4:09 pm

Best tool(s) for a local government greenhouse gas inventory?

SD Leaders
posted by  Bryna Dunn  on 

I am brushing up on current tools for local government greenhouse gas inventories and was wondering if any of you have used the EPA's Local Government Greenhouse Gas Inventory tool? 

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Weekend trips

NC-v4.1 LTc5:Access to Quality Transit
posted by  Aaron Kennedy  on 

Does anyone have experience with a project not being open on weekends and still getting credit if the weekend trips are below the minimum?  I am submitting additional information with a letter

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Practice Leader - Sustainability
EUA
LEEDuser Expert
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Wed Nov 15, 2023, 1:01 pm

Mandatory envelope thermal properties

CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Katherine Ann Resurreccion  on 

I have a question about the mandatory provisions with international projects (Climate-1), in a tropical country where heating is not applicable and wall insulation is not typically being used.

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LEED Fellow
7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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Wed Nov 15, 2023, 12:16 am

Evapotranspiration (ETo) Data Sources

EBOM-v4 WEc1:Outdoor water use reduction
posted by  Stephanie Donovan  on 

The resources link for this credit directs us to use the ETo software calculator from the FAO website: http://www.fao.org/nr/water/eto.html Previously I have used the WaterSense website to get ET

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Project Director
WSP USA
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Tue Nov 14, 2023, 7:46 pm