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Wool and Sustainable Agriculture Network Conformance

NC-v4 MRc3:Building product disclosure and optimization - sourcing of raw materials
posted by  Amy Alexander  on 

A project of ours has decided to use wool carpet, and we'd like to be able to take credit for biobased materials.  We’d like to explore the "manufacturer-declared conformance to the SAN Sustai

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CEO
Green Commons, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
586 thumbs up
Thu Oct 4, 2018, 1:32 pm

Lavatory durations - justified deviation from "default" 30 sec?

NC-v4 WEc2:Indoor water use reduction
posted by  Joanna Switzer  on 

Hi all, In LEED 2009/v3 the assumption for metered/sensor cycled duration in public lavatories was 12 seconds, per USGBC issued WEp1 "additional guidance" & the excel calculator notes.

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Design Engineer
MacDonald-Miller
LEEDuser Basic Member
1 thumbs up
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 11:45 pm

Bike Network Diverse Use Restrictions

Schools-NC-v4 LTc6:Bicycle facilities
posted by  Max Krueger  on 

Hi,

 

Do the same diverse use restrictions found in LT Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses apply to the diverse uses that need to connect to the bicycle network?

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Campus District Cooling Tower

NC-v4 WEc3:Cooling tower water use
posted by  Heather Zeto  on 

Our project is on a University campus, which utilizes a Distrcit Plant.  There is no Cooling Tower directly within our project, but there is one at the District Plant.

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Senior Sustainability Manager
WSP - Built Ecology
LEEDuser Expert
188 thumbs up
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 6:45 pm

Option 4 - whole building life cycle assessment

NC-v4 MRc1:Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by  Chloe Naese  on 

Hello, could this credit be pursued for a major renovation of a building, or does it only apply to new construction? Thanks!

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Senior Sustainability Consultant
Steven Winter Associates
LEEDuser Premium Member
9 thumbs up
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 1:11 pm

Shuttle between building and secured site entrances

NC-2009 SSc4.1:Alternative Transportation—Public Transportation Access
posted by  J Douglas Dietrich  on 

Distance from LEED building to public transit stops is too far to meet requirements, however distance from the guardhouse gate controlling access to the secured site on which the LEED building is l

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Senior Principal | Director of Sustainability Integration
SmithGroup
LEEDuser Expert
43 thumbs up
Fri Sep 28, 2018, 10:48 am

Student Dormitory: Institutional or Residential?

NC-v4 LTc6:Bicycle facilities
posted by  Dan Jaconetti  on 

Can a student dormitory be considered Institutional (Case 1) or does it need to be calculated as Residential (Case 2).  Some people are saying that its housing so it must be residential howeve

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Sustainable Design Lead
CannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
379 thumbs up
Mon Sep 24, 2018, 2:17 pm

Regional material distance calculation method

CS-v4 MRc3:Building product disclosure and optimization - sourcing of raw materials
posted by  Lawrence Rennell  on 

According to LEED 2009, there were alternate distance calculations available that applied to products shipped by rail or ship.

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No issues

Pilot-Credits EApc111:Alternative Performance Rating Method
posted by  Maureen Mahle  on 

I haven't found any major issue for this credit using this PC.

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