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GHG emissions Factors for LEED v4 - 2024 Update

NC-v4 EAc2:Optimize energy performance
posted by  Keith Lane  on 

Is there a required source to obtain the GHG Emission Factors (such as Energy Star) to use for the calculations?

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Fri Jul 26, 2024, 1:43 pm

"Less than" VOC content instead of solid VOC value

CI-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials
posted by  Edgar Arevalo  on 

I don't know if anyone has faced this dilemma before, but for me I'm sick and tired of it.  Certain manufacturer sites have products with a "less than or <" VOC content instead of a solid n

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Mon Jul 22, 2024, 3:40 pm
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Wed Jul 17, 2024, 5:56 pm

"cold in-place recycling" aka "asphalt milling" aka "cold regeneration"

NC-v4.1 MRc5:Construction and Demolition Waste Management
posted by  Joyce Kelly  on 

This could support this credit and possibly others in the MR and SS categories. Has anyone pursued this within a LEED project?

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Wed Jul 10, 2024, 6:52 pm

Grey Infrastructure Devices

NC-v4.1 SSc4:Rainwater Management
posted by  Jason Cocek  on 

The LEED v4.1 guidance says that conventional grey infrastructure devices and hard runoff conveyance systems can be used as a component of LID/GI systems.

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Wed Jul 10, 2024, 6:19 pm

Concrete Flooring

NC-v4.1 EQc2:Low-Emitting Materials
posted by  Joseph Snider  on 

Hi - wondering if anybody has determined how to deal with concrete flooring that is basically just the slab that has been sealed.  We have some spots where there is tile or carpet applied over

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Tue Jul 2, 2024, 4:55 pm

Kitchen Equipment - threshold for 1pt credit

Schools-NC-v4.1 WEp2:Indoor Water Use Reduction
posted by  Jeremy Theodore  on 

We have a school in design achieving 40% to 45% reduction thus 4 to 5 points for Indoor Water Use Reduction per the LEED v4.1 guide.  If it achieves at least 40% (antiicpated) it would then ac

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Are all spaces outside the 3x head height excluded?

NC-v4.1 EQc8:Quality Views
posted by  Jeff Ross-Bain, PE, LEED Fellow, WELL AP  on 

I realize this is most likely quite a basic question, but in V4.1 are allowable quality view areas only for those regularly occupied spaces within the 3x head height zone and all others do not coun

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Thu Jun 27, 2024, 4:23 pm

Purple Roof

NC-v4 SSc5:Heat island reduction
posted by  Edgar Arevalo  on 

Has anyone encountered a project where the client or other circumstances suggested we look into purple roof solution.  From the looks of it, it's a green roof solution with optimized stormwate

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Sun Jun 23, 2024, 11:50 pm