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Street versus Alley

ND-Plan-v4 NPDc6:Connected circulation network
posted by  Martine Desbois  on 

Please could you clarify the definition of an alley. For the purpose of connectivity are alleys and streets treated the same way.

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Sun Jun 21, 2015, 10:01 pm

Educational program- Case study?

NC-2009 IDc1:Innovation in Design
posted by  Diaa Madkour  on 

Hi all, on the reference guide P.596, there are 5 components to pick 2 initiatives.

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Tetra Tech
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Fri Jun 19, 2015, 7:38 pm

Reconstructing a floor to account for sea level rise

NC-2009 MRc1.1:Building Reuse—Maintain Existing Walls, Floors and Roof
posted by  Deborah Lucking  on 

Our project is required (by code) to raise the elevation of the ground floor slab, to account for future sea level rise.

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The Green Engineer
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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 8:17 pm

Adding floors to existing building, plus addition

NC-2009 MRc1.1:Building Reuse—Maintain Existing Walls, Floors and Roof
posted by  Erica Downs  on 

Our project is reusing an existing church, and adding an adjacent 4-story wing, with a connector in the middle.

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Director of Sustainability
Fentress Architects
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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 7:34 pm

Take credit for variable temperature setpoints in hotel rooms

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Sandra Holmström  on 

We have a hotel project where heating setpoints in hotel guest rooms are 21 degrees Celsius when the room is occupied and lowered to 18 degrees Celsius when the guests are not in the room.

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7group / Energy Opportunities
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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 12:36 pm

2 Buildings in a unique Hotel

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Antonio Marquez Briones  on 

We have one unique boiler, that feeds two buildings inside the LEED boundary of the hotel. Must we do two energy models, with two set of input/output reports?

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7group / Energy Opportunities
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Thu Jun 18, 2015, 7:33 am

Lighting Energy Efficiency as a Lease requirement

CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Scott McMillan  on 

We are compiling the LEED submission for an office tower that may have multiple tenants on each floor.

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7group / Energy Opportunities
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Wed Jun 17, 2015, 8:01 pm

Waste management pro-rate surface logic for two buildings

CS-2009 MRc2:Construction Waste Management
posted by  Ian McCall  on 

Dear LEEDers, Question : We would like to monitor & manage the construction waste for the whole site and then pro-rata by surface area the recycling percentage for each building office &

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Wed Jun 17, 2015, 4:39 pm

ASHRAE 55 Compliance in Dubai

NC-2009 IEQc7.1:Thermal Comfort—Design
posted by  Annalise Reichert  on 

I am working on a project in Dubai, the design engineer has performed a psychrometric analysis using 46.0°C (DB) and 29°C (WB) for climatic design cooling conditions.

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7group
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Wed Jun 17, 2015, 3:54 pm

Reactivating construction with ESC Plan, no ESC Plan before

NC-2009 SSp1:Construction Activity Pollution Prevention
posted by  LEED Pro Consultant  on 

Hello! We have a project that started construction some time ago, and stopped 1 yr ago, leaving only the foundation. At this time, they were not considering LEED as an objective.

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SIDEworks
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Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:33 pm