LEED V4 homes awards ( and generously) for residential projects with areas smaller than an accepted reference standard, and deducts points for residential units exceeding these standards.

I am working on a v2009 NC project with a client very sensitive to the confidential nature of their work. The project is indicated as private/confidential through LEED Online.

Hello, We have an existing central plant that will be serving new building. How do we model this? Existing central plant will service one existing building and new building.

I've been trying to understand how does LEED treat kitchen exhaust hoods with make up unit(heating only) in the energy model. Is it process or non-process?

In the requirements for this credit, the building exterior is defined as "everything outside and inclusive of the primary and secondary weatherproofing system, such as waterproofing membranes and a

In the credit language above, and corresponding LEED User calculator resource states manufacturing and distribution should be within 500 miles of the project, but my LEED EBOM v4 book from LEED say

How is the 25' radius applied when the smoking area is on a rooftop? Do we assume the smoke drifts up or do I need to worry about windows below the smoking area?

I am working on a residential building, the exterior wall assembly as R-19 fill cavity between studs for an 3.5" depth (wood studs 2x4 16" OC) but in the ASHRAE table A3.4, there is no value menti

If the Distribution center is less than 1-mile driving distance of 5 lane, wide shouldered Carlyle turnpike aka Route 11 (center lane = turning lane), does that qualify as a highway for the purpo

As part of the October 2016 LEED addenda update (http://www.usgbc.org/articles/leed-addenda-update-october-2016), USGBC updated the Water User Reduction Guidance document to Version 9 (http://www.u