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NC-2009 MRc5:Regional Materials
posted by  Erika Duran  on 

Sometimes I receive a letter from a manufacturer stating that a material is harvested and manufactured within 500 miles of the project site however for proprietary reasons, they cannot disclose the

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Mon May 11, 2015, 1:41 am

Double trouble with ceilings

Schools-2009 MRc1.2:Building Reuse—Maintain Existing Interior Nonstructural Elements
posted by  Cynthia Kaplan  on 

Our school project is retaining nearly all of the original plaster ceilings. We are, however, removing the suspended ceilings that were installed in the 1970's, just below the plaster ceilings.

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Wed Nov 25, 2015, 2:40 am

Furniture

CI-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials
posted by  severine secret  on 

Is all furniture required to be certified or tested? It used to be only permanently installed items, like workstations, private office furniture, task chairs.

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Tue Jan 3, 2017, 10:08 pm

How do we show for compliance for non-occupiable spaces?

NC-2009 IEQp1:Minimum IAQ Performance
posted by  Logan Dorrell  on 

I'm a little confused by what we are supposed to show to document compliance for non-occupiable spaces, like restrooms, that the space matrix call out as "N (VRP) / Y (other req's). We have filled

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Tue Nov 3, 2015, 5:40 pm

Local code offers voluntary option for no parking

NC-2009 SSc4.4:Alternative Transportation—Parking Capacity
posted by  Jeff Ross-Bain, PE, LEED Fellow, WELL AP  on 

We are working on a 50,000 ft2 medical office building (MOB) that is near a metro rail station. Local codes do not require buildings within 1,000 ft. of a rail station to provide parking.

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Fri May 6, 2016, 3:53 pm

green spec

CI-2009 EAc1.4:Optimize Energy Performance—Equipment and Appliances
posted by  Lisa Logan  on 

Are green spec products allowed in place of Energy Star? If you can prove they are equivalent in energy savings?

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Sat Aug 26, 2017, 8:16 pm

Fabricator's location

NC-2009 MRc5:Regional Materials
posted by  Mahsa Nicknam  on 

IF the manufacturer's location is within 500 miles however fabricator's location is not, does it still have contribution to this credit OR not? In another word, when manufacturer location is withi

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Sun Mar 15, 2015, 5:57 pm

Alternative Path for the Optimize Energry Performance

EBOM-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performance
posted by  Meier Corporate Account  on 

We are a brand new dairy located in Ohio. We were constructed in 2014 and went online in 2015. In 2014 there were only 3 new dairies built.

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Wed Jul 6, 2016, 8:28 pm

Credit Denied

NC-2009 RPc1:Regional Priority
posted by  Cynthia Estrada  on 

Hello All, Our project (zip 54703) just finished final design review and SSc1 was denied which was one of our RP credits as well.

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Tue Nov 10, 2015, 6:27 am

Option 1 Path 2 – monitoring-based Cx – how far to go?

Schools-NC-v4 EAc1:Enhanced commissioning
posted by  Tom Kennedy  on 

My customer will build a new K-12 school building using LEED V4. We are in the planning stages and they have expressed interest in monitoring-based Cx.

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Mon Jan 16, 2017, 5:40 pm