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When your manufacturer doesnt have SRI values
NC-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roofposted by Erin D. on
In regards to this credit the LEED REFERENCE GUIDE FOR BUILDING DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION WITH GLOBAL ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE PATHS for LEED 2009 says that "Projects outside the U.S.
Synthetic turf roofs?
NC-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roofposted by Nelina Loiselle on
Would a "green" roof done with synthetic turf apply to this credit under the green roofing option?
Roof terrace
NC-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roofposted by Tanja Arnesson on
I'm wondering if the roof terraces shuold be included in the calculations or excluded like machanical equipement and skylights?
Calculation
NC-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roofposted by Fabien Challeat on
Hi, Our project has several buildings going for LEED certification. We are using 2 different roofing materials with SRI of 106 and 84 for low slope roofs. Total roof area for all 7 buildings is 9
Occupied Roof Areas
NC-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roofposted by Victoria Civitillo on
Can the areas on the roof that are being used for recreations purposes: restaurant, poolside, lounge, etc. be exempt from the roof square footage calculation?
Transportation Canopies
NC-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roofposted by Aliesa Adelman on
We have a project where caopies at an intermodal station are considered a roof system by code yet are not attached to the facility and do not fall under the LEED definition of a roof.
SRI equal to Light Reflectance Value (LRV) ?
NC-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roofposted by Nicole Isk on
Whe have problems to get SRI-values for parking deck coatings. Sto says on their website that the Light Reflactance Value (LRV) can be used to calculat the SRI-value.
Terraces used for restaurant seating exempt or not?
NC-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roofposted by Mario S. on
We are working on a project that has an outdoor roof terrace used as a restaurant seating area.