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Points possible for IAQ Assessment

NC-v4 EQc4:Indoor air quality assessment
posted by  Joanna Ruiz  on 

I am seeking the two points for the IAQ Assessment by doing the Air Testings. Am I seeking impossible points if the project does not include the point for Low-Emitting Materials?

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Metricorps
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Tue Jan 24, 2017, 9:01 pm

Blackening process for steel?

NC-2009 IEQc4.2:Low-Emitting Materials—Paints and Coatings
posted by  Michelle Bombeck  on 

A project of ours is specifying blackened steel for some of the steel in our building.

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Tue Jan 24, 2017, 5:47 pm

Generic or Product-specific EPD ?

NC-v4 MRc2:Building product disclosure and optimization - environmental product declarations
posted by  Ana García  on 

Dear All,​ An international insulation manufacturer has developed an EPD for all its products consisting in ​rock wool insulation.

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BuildingGreen, Inc.
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Tue Jan 24, 2017, 8:26 am

Cooling Water and Food Waste Water

Healthcare-v2009 WEc4.3:Water use reduction - food waste systems
posted by  Janice Rogers  on 

Why am I penalized and unable to achieve these credits simply because we decided an air cooled chiller was more energy efficient, and my clinic doesn't serve food?

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Metricorps
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Mon Jan 23, 2017, 8:36 pm

Platted Lots by Government

NC-v4 LTc2:Sensitive land protection
posted by  soha yamani  on 

Dear All, If a project lies on a platted plot specified by government (surrounded by streets from four or three sides ) in a desert land : is this considered previously developed plot ?

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Metec Consultants
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Mon Jan 23, 2017, 8:16 pm

LEED Boundary and Complete Building Question...

NC-v4 MPR2:Must use reasonable LEED boundaries
posted by  Roxanne Button  on 

This may be more in line with MPR #1, but it also has to do with the LEED boundary so I'll post it here first.

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Design Synergies Architecture
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Mon Jan 23, 2017, 5:50 pm

updated tenant guidelines

CS-2009 SSc9:Tenant Design and Construction Guidelines
posted by  Tristan Roberts  on 

If you're using LEEDuser's tenant guidelines template—please update it with the version now posted to the Doc Toolkit above. We have modified it in response to recent review comments from GBCI.

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Stok
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Sat Jan 21, 2017, 2:07 am

Vertically attached - clarifications

NC-2009 MPR2:Must be a complete, permanent building or space
posted by  Martin Meehan  on 

Quoting MPR Supplemental Guidance document (Buildings attached to non-certified buildings, page 17): "1) VERTICALLY ATTACHED, LEED-EB: O&M, AND MAJOR RENOVATION PROJECTS If the certifying proj

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Metricorps
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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 8:01 pm

Balconies

CS-v4 SSc3:Open space
posted by  Mike D  on 

Can balconies count as part of open space?

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Fri Jan 20, 2017, 1:35 pm

Community Choice Aggregation (CCA)

CS-2009 EAc6:Green Power
posted by  Megan White  on 

Do we know if GBCI has started to look at Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs as an equivalent option for Green Power credit yet?

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Thu Jan 19, 2017, 2:27 pm