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Occupancy from areas not in LEED scope

CS-2009 PIf3:Occupant and Usage Data
posted by  David Lazaro  on 

Hello, We are certifying a building which has undergone a major renovation above grade.

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Wed Apr 26, 2017, 8:13 pm

How to apply base ratios for non-specified usage type?

CI-v4 LTc5:Reduced parking footprint
posted by  Jonathan Weiss  on 

For a laboratory / office building, how do you apply the baseline? It appears that you pro-rate the usage by area of each space type, but laboratories are not a listed usage type.

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Thu Sep 7, 2017, 4:17 pm

Account for local and utility central energy plants

NC-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performance
posted by  S. Sachs  on 

We are building an addition to an existing building that has a central plant that is outside of our LEED boundary. However, we also have a contract to improve the performance of the central plant.

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Wed Apr 26, 2017, 10:49 pm

Quality Assurance

CS-2009 EAc5.1:Measurement and verification - base building
posted by  Ciaran McCabe  on 

Can anyone help with the following LEED reviewer comment that we received.

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Thu Apr 27, 2017, 1:08 pm

Conditions for site fence

NC-2009 SSp1:Construction activity pollution prevention
posted by  Julian Bork  on 

Hello everybody I have a question about the construction fence as a part of the ESC plan: is there a minimum height for closing or covering the fence with tarpaulins to avoid wind erosion? Many th

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Sat Aug 26, 2017, 2:12 pm

"Categorized as an Office Space"

CS-2009 EAc1:Optimize energy performance
posted by  Aaron Frantz  on 

We are proposing a new mixed use multi-story to be submitted under NC, v2009. The first floor will be cold dark shell space for future retail/restaurant tenants.

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Mon May 1, 2017, 1:49 pm

IAQ calculator v03

NC-v4 EQp1:Minimum indoor air quality performance
posted by  Izabela Kwiecinska  on 

The new calculator (v2009v4_Minimum IAQ Performance Calculator_v03) from the Resources tab, does not count the ‘Zone Outdoor Airflow’ (column N) and it shows 0,00 no matter what system and values w

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Mon Jul 10, 2017, 10:46 am

Documentation

NC-2009 IEQp1:Minimum indoor air quality performance
posted by  Saif Abdulameer  on 

Hello everyone, I am working on the documentation of a Multi zone project for the cooling conditions in this case should the "Zone Primary Air flow Vpz" be equal to the "Zone Discharge Airflow Vd

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Fri Apr 28, 2017, 2:49 pm

Commissioning of PV system by different commissioning agent

NC-2009 EAc2:On-site renewable energy
posted by  Deborah Lucking  on 

We have had this question come up a few times - the owner and the PV system supplier believe that it can be commissioned by a different commissioning agent.

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Mon May 1, 2017, 1:06 pm

RE: Would we exclude interior walls that were never permitted?

NC-2009 MRc1.2:Building reuse - maintain interior nonstructural elements
posted by  Diane Hale CHMM, CDGP, CEM, CESCO  on 

We have an existing older building that had interior walls and sectioned rooms put in that were never permitted and were not code compliant.

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Mon May 1, 2017, 4:00 pm