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Ask about light and views Index
NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylightposted by Jose Alfonso Vergara Vasquez on
Hi , I wonder what happens when you have more windows than is required and the index exceeds the recommended? Thanks.
Prescriptive Method - multiple VLT types
NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylightposted by Dana Murdoch on
Hi - I'm using the Option 2 - Prescriptive Approach for this credit, and I'm running into a few issues regarding the provided Excel spreadsheet.
Floor area calculating
NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylightposted by Mohamed Ravuthar, LEED AP, BD+C on
my question is how to calculate the sq ft area of the particular room to find out the window to floor ratio ?How to assume that the window area is covered this much area.
Who does it ?
NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylightposted by Matt Dem on
Isn't it usually calculated & completed by electrical engineer ?
Acceptable methods of Glare Control
NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylightposted by Paul Rogers on
I know that glare control is a requirement for each window.
Library stacks
NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylightposted by Andrew Hruby on
First off I have a slight confusion about whether library stacks should be considered non regularly occupied area or a regularly occupied area with movable furniture.
T(vis) as a %
NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylightposted by Brynn Horley on
LEED (Canada) is requiring minimum T(vis) of 0.4 A manufacturer has provided me information which says that their product is 33% Visible Transmittance.
Sucess with prescriptive method and weighted average Tvis?
NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylightposted by Jill Perry, PE on
There have been a few post here about using a weighted average Tvis for the prescriptive method in the case where the design has two or more Tvis values in the same plane.
Option 3 - Measurement. Height?
NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and Views—Daylightposted by Candice Rogers on
Hello - Could you please confirm the measurement height for the daylight readings? Is this the workplane, floor, or other height? Thank you very much - Candice