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Exemplary performance for providing showers for 60% of FTE's

NC-2009 SSc4.2:Alternative Transportation—Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms
posted by  Tom Hurst  on 

We're working on a Fire Station with 10 FTE's and 6 showers (60%). Since the requirement for SSc4.2 is only 0.5%, our solution seems like it would be considered exemplary.

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Thu Jan 30, 2014, 6:53 pm

Is it obligatory to use the DES Guidance v2 for LEED 2009?

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Maya Karkour  on 

Dear Sirs, I just noted the following paragraph in the "Treatment of District or Campus Thermal Energy in LEED V2 and LEED 2009" document: "LEED v2009 projects are not formally required to use th

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EcoConsulting
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Thu Jan 30, 2014, 5:56 pm

no new parking

NC-2009 SSc4.3:Alternative Transportation—Low-Emitting and Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
posted by  Crina Bosch   on 

My understanding of this credit's intent is to reduce the impact of automobiles for commuters.

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Karpinski Engineering
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Thu Jan 30, 2014, 4:22 pm

Energy source for Reheat

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Maya Karkour  on 

Hello, For the baseline building, does the REHEAT energy source for a VAV system need to be identical to the proposed reheat source, or is it as per the main heating source? For example, my propo

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Thu Jan 30, 2014, 10:31 am

Natural ventilation

NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Rosana Correa  on 

We are working on an industrial building which has 3 hangars which are occupied during working hours and its partly open and 24 hours natural ventilated.

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Thu Jan 30, 2014, 8:59 am

Banking facility

NC-2009 SSc2:Development Density and Community Connectivity
posted by  Magda Aghababyan  on 

For one of our projects we are thinking of negotiating with a local bank to set up an ATM machine that is open to public.

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Sustainable Investment Group
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Wed Jan 29, 2014, 6:48 pm

Production line with both skylight and artifical lights

EBOM-2009 IEQc2.2:Controllability of Systems—Lighting
posted by  Magda Aghababyan  on 

We have a production line with about 2000 workers that has both a skylight system and an artificial lighting system that only works when the daylight level goes below a specified limit.

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Metricorps
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Tue Jan 28, 2014, 8:29 pm

Regional Priority points in total points attempted

CS-2009 RPc1:Regional Priority
posted by  J W  on 

I have completed 4 points that should also be regional priority points, but I don't see anywhere that 4 points have been added.

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Sustainable Investment Group
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Tue Jan 28, 2014, 8:11 pm

Parking topmost floor - excluded from SS7.2?

NC-2009 SSc7.2:Heat Island Effect—Roof
posted by  Maya Karkour  on 

Dear All, Our project consists of a retail mall, with an adjacent parking building (same height).

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Tue Jan 28, 2014, 6:57 pm

Documenting Rated Power for Gas Appliances

CI-2009 EAc1.4:Optimize Energy Performance—Equipment and Appliances
posted by  Dana Villeneuve  on 

Does anyone have experience documenting the rated power of a gas appliance? Are we to only document the electricity usage of gas appliances, or do we account for the gas usage?

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Rosa D Cheney AIA, PLLC
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Tue Jan 28, 2014, 6:17 pm