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Option 2, Diverse Uses

NC-v4 LTc4:Surrounding density and diverse uses
posted by  Jerry Jones  on 

Option 2 states: "Construct or renovate a building or a space within a building such that the building’s main entrance is within a ½-mile (800-meter) 

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Wed May 8, 2019, 5:26 pm

Proposed focus areas for the Summit in Chicago

Sustainable MEP Leaders
posted by  Nadav Malin  on 

Hi! We're putting together a pre-summit survey to collect input from everyone who's signed up for the Summit; we'll use that to prep the agenda for our get-together July 9-10.

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SmithGroup
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Sat Apr 27, 2019, 12:17 pm

Any installed experience with fuel cells?

Green Commons
posted by  Z Smith  on 

Just had a contractor call who said they had a university client interested in using natural-gas-fed fuel cells as an alternative to grid power in some applications.  They were interested in a

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Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
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Fri Apr 26, 2019, 10:38 pm

Grass only landscaping

CS-v4 WEc1:Outdoor water use reduction
posted by  Marina Andrade  on 

Hello,

My team is currently working on a project and we are not sure we meet the criteria for option 1 (no irrigation required) in both WEp1 and WEc1 - Outdoor Water Use Reduction.

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Green Commons, LLC
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Fri Apr 26, 2019, 2:22 pm
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EUA
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Fri Apr 26, 2019, 7:54 am

Shadow Boxes: Counts as Fenestration or Opaque Surface?

NC-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performance
posted by  Waleed AlGhamdi  on 

Spandrel panels are considered as opaque surfaces per the ASHRAE 90.1 definition. Kalwall and similar products count as fenestration since they allow in light.

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Wed May 1, 2019, 5:47 pm

Water bottle drinking fountain - water usage

NC-v4 WEc2:Indoor water use reduction
posted by  Erin Rowe  on 

I see that water-bottle fill stations / drinking fountains are not on the list of fixtures in the calculator. Do we just leave those out of the water savings calculations?

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Zinner Consultants
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Thu Apr 25, 2019, 4:16 pm

Option 2. Priority designation

CS-v4 LTc3:High priority site
posted by  Ciaran McCabe  on 

For projects outside the US where it states "a local equivalent program administered at the national level for projects outside the U.S." - has anyone any experience in terms of what might be accep

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