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EQc Low Emitting Materials - butyl sealant that meets requirements

NC-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials
posted by  Theresa Lehman  on 

The subcontractor supplying the commercial kitchen equipment for a project included a sealant (Premier XtraBond 1500NS) in their submittal that is not compliant with the LEED EQc Low-Emitting Mater

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Kristen Fritsch
Sustainability Coordinator
Elkus Manfredi Architects
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Tue Aug 12, 2025, 6:31 pm

Medical space types not listed in the Minimum IAQ Performance Calculator

Healthcare-v4 EQp1:Minimum indoor air quality performance
posted by  Edgar Arevalo  on 

I am currently working on a LEED v4 Healthcare project, and the Minimum IAQ Performance calculator does not have space types that would be typical for a medical center or hospital.  I feel we

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Cory Duggin
Senior Energy Wizard
TLC Engineering Solutions
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Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:06 pm
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Sourcing of Raw Materials - Materials Reuse in a Historic Building

NC-v4.1 MRc3:Sourcing of Raw Materials
posted by  Ruth Kurz  on 

Hi all, we are in the process of completely renovating a historic office tower with the aim of achieving a LEED CS Gold certification.

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Erin Holdenried
Sustainable Design Director
Bell Architects
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Mon Aug 11, 2025, 8:12 pm
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Integrative Analysis of Building Materials

Pilot-Credits MRpc103:Integrative Analysis of Building Materials
posted by  Chris Lombardo  on 

Our project team pursued this credit and found it easliy achievable given the pursuit of the MRc BPDO (EPD/HPD) credit categories.

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Sayali Gudekar
Sustainability Project Manager
The Sheward Partnership LLC
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Fri Aug 8, 2025, 6:40 pm

MRpc103 Integrative Analysis of Building Materials

NC-v4 INc1:Innovation
posted by  Rosa Cheney  on 

This is not the first time we have pursued this credit.  We ended up doing new materials/products for this project compared to others.

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IPpc90 Social Equity within the Project Team - Option 1

Pilot-Credits IPpc90:Social equity within the operations and maintenance staff
posted by  Atlas Turner  on 

Greetings All,

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Mini Laird
Graduate Architectural Designer
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Fri Jul 25, 2025, 6:44 pm

Is LEED v4.1 Acoustic Performance 1 point or 2?

NC-v4.1 EQc9:Acoustic Performance
posted by  Douglas Flandro  on 

The LEED v4.1 reference guide and the USGBC website say that the credit is one point.  LEED Online also seems to indicate that it is one point.

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EPD, option 2 - how to know if the EPD contributes?

NC-v4.1 MRc2:Environmental Product Declarations
posted by  Amanda Cunningham  on 

I have read through a lot of threads in this forum and am still not understanding how I can look at an EPD and confirm if it contributes to option 2.

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Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:47 pm
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Calculating Quality Views Credit

NC-v4 EQc8:Quality views
posted by  Divya Shroff  on 

Have projects used softwares to document the quality views credit? I am looking into a 300k sqft school project and wanted to know whats the best way to document this credit.  

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A&L SUSTENTABILIDADE
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Wed Jul 9, 2025, 11:39 pm

EV Vehicle Signage and ability to combine with Handicap Parking

NC-v4.1 LTc8:Electric Vehicles
posted by  Summer Gorder  on 

We have a County project that would like to combine EV with Handicap parking. Can that contribute toward the 5%?

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