Marcus Sheffer LEED Fellow, 7group / Energy Opportunities LEEDuser Expert 5489 thumbs up February 21, 2019- 5:17 pm Software specific questions are usually best asked of the vendor's customer service or through one of the forums at onebuilding.org Microturbines would not be at all like solar panels since they consume gas and produce electricity. Both would need to be accounted for in the modeling results. The free heat would assume that there is waste heat recovery associated with the microturbine system. If the software cannot model this system for LEED then you need to provide a work...

Would a picnic area with tables and chairs fulfill "a pedestrian-oriented paving or turf area with physical site elements that accommodate outdoor social activities"?

The updated credit now has more flexibility and easier threshold allowing projects to achieve up to three points but for the emission evaluation now it requires CDPH v1.2 instead of v1.1. also...

I’ve been working on a LEED project with VRF & DOAS in San Jose, CA.  For the LEED Energy Model, EnergySoft suggested attaching the DOAS to 10 sq. ft. dummy rooms, and then "connecting" the...

For MR credits, what exactly contributed as permanently installed product? Does AC ducts and insulation counted here? If the commercial interior space is using the already existing ducts, should...

Has anyone come across a v4 compliant non-shrink, non-metallic structural grout that meets ASTM C 1107? I've been having a hard time finding any that have done the general emissions evaluation....

The reference guide says that products sourced (extracted, manufactured, purchased) within 100 miles of the site are valued at 200% of their cost. So, does this mean that a product has to be...

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Do you  have any suggestion if I have to include for Option 2 of heat island  reduction credit the following:

1) Parking lots for Buses?

2) Taxis waiting areas...

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The project that we are modeling has zones with natural ventilation LEED v2009).

As there is no such ventilation systems in the Baseline model (System 5), our idea is to...

Our project is a 6 story office building, 250,000 sq feet. It is underconstruction. The owner wishes to 'resurrect' a PV covered parking...