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NC-2009 EAc6:Green power
posted by  Rick Alfandre  on 

Our client is trying to sign a 2 year contract for renewable energy, and the company he is engaged with only offers 1 year.

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Alfandre Architecture
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Sun Dec 14, 2014, 11:29 pm

Residential building above

Retail-CI-v4 EQp2:Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control
posted by  Francisco Sanchez Arroyo  on 

I am thinking of upgrading a v2009 project to V4 but I am concerned if I will meet the requirements of this prerrequisite.

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YR&G
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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 11:01 pm

Please Consider Universal Accessibility

Pilot-Credits EQpc78:Design for active occupants
posted by  Jonathan Ramsey  on 

Requirement 5 states "Locate a main staircase to be visible before an occupant visually encounters any motorized vertical circulation (elevator/escalator).

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A3C Collaborative Architecture
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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 9:02 pm

Can Ice rink and Ski centre be excluded

NC-2009 IEQc7.1:Thermal Comfort—Design
posted by  Leanne Niu  on 

Recently, i am working for a complex commercial project including a ice rink and a ski centre. These two spaces are acturally very special, whether we can exclude them when we consider thermal comf

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JLL
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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 8:05 pm

Non-smoking campus - are exterior signs required?

NC-2009 IEQp2:Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control
posted by  Renee Shirey  on 

My project is on a college campus that is non-smoking on the entire campus, there are no areas with permitted smoking. The streets themselves are university property, not public streets.

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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 4:53 pm

Sensor based lavatory faucet compliance

NC-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reduction
posted by   Faisal   on 

Hi, How should be the compliance (of 0.25gpc) for sensor based lavatory faucet be checked if the manufacturer mentions only “ adjustable from 1 - 20 minutes “ , the model in question is EAF-200-P-

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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 3:05 pm

PFP fan allowance in Table 1.4

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Omar Elrawy  on 

I have a VAV with PFP system for basecase, and I need to know how to count for the zone fan power in table 1.4, knowing that I did enter each AHU's fan power from the Energy model to table 1.4, the

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7group / Energy Opportunities
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Fri Dec 12, 2014, 12:49 pm
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HOK
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Thu Dec 11, 2014, 9:20 pm

Who can be CxA?

NC-2009 EAp1:Fundamental Commissioning of Building Energy Systems
posted by  Allan Vásquez  on 

How do I know which projects are a similar managerial and technical complexity than the one I am working on?

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Integrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC
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Thu Dec 11, 2014, 7:25 pm

What if other element meets the intend of the credit ?

Pilot-Credits EQpc78:Design for active occupants
posted by  George Sebastian Naghiu  on 

What if we have an element that meets the intend of the credit but is not included in the list of 11 features from which to choose?

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Thu Dec 11, 2014, 6:27 pm