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Stores ventilated with air from common areas in a mall?
CS-v4 EQp1:Minimum indoor air quality performanceposted by Billy Condor on
Hello, I'm the CxA and energy modeler for a new big C&S v4 mall project.
Landfill Site Certification
posted by Marcelo Maciel de Santa Helena on
We've been approached by a landfill company to perform a consulting for LEED certification of new projects. The project for the site contains an administrative building and the landfill area per s
Leed NC Retail or CI Retail?
posted by Heraldo Muñoz on
Hello I am leading a LEED Certification for a Supermarket. My client is a supermarket that leases the supermarket land for 20 year or more, and in there they will construct their stand alone super
Minimum of green area
NC-v4 WEp1:Outdoor water use reductionposted by Jose Antonio Kovacevic on
there is a minimum of green area (landscape) to comply with the outdoor water use reduction? in v3 I understand should be at least 5% of LEED Boundary.
Buildings w/ programmatic dependency/architectural cohesiveness
CS-v4 MPR2:Must use reasonable LEED boundariesposted by Ricardo Sá on
I have a client that is developing an open-air type shopping center (i.e., the tenant stores are arranged in blocks that open to exterior interconnecting walkways) and is willing to pursue LEED cer
LEED v4 rating systems being translated to Portuguese
posted by Tristan Roberts on
USGBC is translating the LEED v4 rating systems to Chinese, Portuguese, and Spanish, and they passed us an advance copy to get your feedback!
Obtaining the credit
CS-2009 SSc2:Development Density and Community Connectivityposted by Paulo Patrício on
Hi. Concerning Sustainable Sites (SS) Credit 2, Developmental Density and Community Connectivity, I have some doubts about the option 1 of this credit.
Water Heater efficiency per table 7.8 of ASHRAE 90.1-2007
NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performanceposted by Billy Condor on
Hello, As required by 7.4.2 Equipment Efficiency of ASHRAE 90.1-2007, for a water heater less than 12 kW and more that 20 gal, the required performance is EF=0.97-0.00132*V. My question is: is ther
Doubt
EBOM-2009 SSc6:Stormwater Quantity Controlposted by Hugo Pereira on
Hello there. My team and I are certifying a building in Brazilia, Brazil.
PIf2 form filling
CI-2009 MPR7:Must comply with a minimum building area to site area ratioposted by Lorenna Lobo on
While filling the PIf2 form, in "site characteristics" it asks what is the total site area within the LEED project boundary, but the project is just a tenant space, should I put 0?