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Official Building Entrance
NC-2009 SSc4.1:Alternative Transportation—Public Transportation Accessposted by Mary Kay on
Possibly I posed this question under the wrong credit. I posted it under SSc4.2 last week and didn't get a response, so am trying again under this credit.
Is groundwater ok for Wec2?
NC-2009 WEc2:Innovative Wastewater Technologiesposted by Alexander Marquez on
There is a non-potable aquifer under the building's basement. Can we install a well to extract this water and use it for irrigation and flush the toilets?
Disturbance Limits and LEED Boundary
NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Jennifer Rennick on
I am documenting a Winery that is being built on a Greenfield. We have set the limits of construction of the project in accordance with the LEED requirements.
Water Performance Measurement Innovation approach for BD+C
NC-2009 IDc1:Innovation in Designposted by Courtney France on
Per the LEED Credit Library, there seems to be confusion, or room for interpretation, on how to pursue Whole Building Water Performance Measurement for an Innovation credit in BD+C projects.
Pressure of Showers in a residential building
NC-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reductionposted by María Fernanda Aguirre on
Hi! We have a data sheet from a shower which specifies a flow of 7,8 liters/minute at a pressure of 5.5 kgf/cm2 (which is equivalent to 5,39 Bar or 78 PSI).
Required Vegetated Area
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by CT G on
Hello, We have a project with the following site constraints: The LEED Project Boundary includes 2 new buildings: an office tower, and a small bank building.
Exhaust Fans in Production area
EBOM-2009 IEQp1:Minimum IAQ Performanceposted by Janna Nash on
For LEED EBOM 2009, IEQp1, are exhaust fan test reports required for every fan or just one per type.
Site-wide measures
CS-v4 SSc4:Rainwater managementposted by Mike D on
If there are rainwater management measures taking place as part of the masterplan surrounding and including the project building but these are not within the LEED project boundary, can those measur
District heating cooling plant off-site
CS-v4 EAc5:Renewable energy productionposted by Mike D on
Under the LEED Core & Shell Version 4, the project will be connected to a district heating and cooling plant. Can this be claimed as a renewable energy source under EAc5?
DES systems
CS-v4 EAc2:Optimize energy performanceposted by Mike D on
If the building is connected to a DES system, do both the DES system as well as the building itself need to be modelled?