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Building footprint vs. hardscape

CS-2009 SSc7.1:Heat Island Effect—Nonroof
posted by  Erica Downs  on 

Would entry stairs to the building be considered part of the building footprint, or part of the site hardscape? Thanks.

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Fri Apr 22, 2011, 10:44 pm

Regularly Occupied Spaces

CI-2009 EAc1.2:Optimize Energy Performance—Lighting Controls
posted by  Paola Figueiredo, Newton Figueiredo  on 

Hello. I have a typical room in this CI project, that is used in a sporadic period during the day. In this room we have five workstation, but as i said, used about 1 hour per day.

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Fri Apr 22, 2011, 9:45 pm

WEp1 compliance

CI-2009 WEp1:Water Use Reduction—20% Reduction
posted by  Roberto Meza  on 

Hello, I have a project in which the only fixture inside the project scope is a small kitchen sink, of course that it will be water efficient. Shall I fill the LEED Online form with only this in

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Tue Mar 29, 2011, 3:52 am

Vertical Green Counts?

EBOM-2009 SSc5:Site Development—Protect or Restore Open Habitat
posted by  yu-ju Kao  on 

Does installing a vertical wall in building facade or interior contribute to this credit? I assume that doing so will also promoting biodiversity.

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Tue Mar 29, 2011, 12:23 pm

Case 2: Meter base building/ Submetering tenant space

CI-2009 EAc3:Measurement and Verification
posted by  Susan M. Kaplan  on 

This might be a redundant question; I'm sorry if it is. We fall into the Case 2 category as we're more than 75% of the building.

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Fri Apr 22, 2011, 11:03 pm

Wide Format Paper - business required, no recycled options??

EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumables
posted by  Jennifer Fitts  on 

Our business uses large/wide format printing for design plans quite a bit and the paper has accounted for a large portion of our purchasing. I've gone to our vendors to see about recycled content p

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Tue Mar 29, 2011, 8:10 pm

Use CO2 Measurement to meet Prereq Requirement

EBOM-2009 IEQp1:Minimum IAQ Performance
posted by  Eric Tu  on 

Hello; Out BAS does not measure air flow (CFM), but, it does measure Return Air and OA C02 values. Can this PreReq be met using CO2 measurement (demand ventilation) rather than CFM?

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Wed Mar 30, 2011, 5:51 pm

LEED Interpretation 1600 for LEED-NC 2009?

NC-2009 EAc1:Optimize Energy Performance
posted by  Dana Kose  on 

LEED Interpretation 1600 (see below for Interpretation language), which applies to EAc1, was written for LEED-CS version 2.0.

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Mon Apr 11, 2011, 8:31 pm

Space Summary - Table EAp2-1 Space Usage Type?

Schools-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance
posted by  Renee Shirey  on 

In this Table, are we supposed to list EVERY room in the building, or group similar rooms to together?

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Tue Mar 29, 2011, 10:07 pm

Sampling

Pilot-Credits PC36:Compartmentalization
posted by  Aaron Gary  on 

If a multifamily project (based on Green Rater/Builder experience) is approved for sampling by the USGBC will sampling be allowable for achieving this credit as well or will every unit have to be t

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Wed Mar 30, 2011, 1:30 pm