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Clarification on Solar Hot Water system eligibility

NC-2009 EAc2:On-Site Renewable Energy
posted by  Sasha Peters  on 

Please confirm if solar hot water system is eligible for EA credit 2 - On-Site Renewable Energy compliance considering that it is only used for water heating and not generating energy directly.

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Mon Apr 20, 2015, 3:17 pm

Open space definition

NC-2009 SSc5.2:Site Development—Maximize Open Space
posted by  sompoche sirichote  on 

My project is in the industrial area which allows building footprint not exceeding 66% of total site area.

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Wed Apr 22, 2015, 7:02 pm

water retention agent

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Renaud Gay  on 

Hi, I was wondering if anyone already used water retention agents added in the soil, such as acrylamide in any project and how this was documented. Thanks!

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Mon Apr 20, 2015, 6:33 pm

M&V Option 3 for Building Additions

NC-2009 EAc5:Measurement and Verification
posted by  Mark Zoeteman  on 

If a LEED project boundary only includes a building addition, would the Addition natural gas, electricity and water utilities need to be separately submetered if fed from main building utility serv

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Mon Apr 20, 2015, 6:28 pm

Existing Central Plant serving new building

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Mital Patel  on 

Hello, We have an existing central plant that will be serving new building. How do we model this? Existing central plant will service one existing building and new building.

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Tue Apr 21, 2015, 7:39 pm

Portable Air Conditioning.

CI-2009 EAc1.3:Optimize Energy Performance—HVAC
posted by  Carla Lopez  on 

Dear all, For an office building project we will be using a PORTABLE AIR CONDITIONER to cool the IT room; the unit has a cooling capacity of 12,000 BTU (Reference: http://www.comfortstarusa.com/pro

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Tue Apr 21, 2015, 12:02 am

EA advanced Energy metering credit (LEED v4)

NC-v4 EAc3:Advanced energy metering
posted by  Angelina Ten  on 

Dear all, Currently I have a project where energy meters comply with all the corresponding credit requirements except that they do not display energy demand.

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Tue Apr 21, 2015, 9:15 pm

Space flexibility

NC-2009 IEQc6.2:Controllability of Systems—Thermal Comfort
posted by  Gustavo De las Heras Izquierdo  on 

Hallo, in our project there is a space that can be used as either open office or meeting room because the furniture will allow that flexibility.

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Mon May 11, 2015, 2:39 pm

compliance with IS 7730:2005

NC-v4 EQc5:Thermal comfort
posted by  Angelina Ten  on 

Dear all, 1. Could you please tell me how did you get the values for radiant asymmetry of ceilings and walls, vertical air temp. difference and floor surface temperature for NC projects.

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Wed Jun 24, 2015, 2:38 pm

Option 1 - Reduction Combination?

NC-2009 WEc1:Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by  Cynthia Estrada  on 

We are looking at this credit for our project and after reading a few posts and reviewing the WEc1 form in LEED online my question is; the NC 2009 reference guide states that "Reductions must be at

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Fri Nov 27, 2015, 7:31 pm