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Accounting for Sun Shade as view-preserving automated shades and North facing glazing -

NC-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and views - daylight
posted by  Edgar Arevalo  on 

Currently the VLTxWFR values for each regularly occupied space is higher than 0.18

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Timelines for existing building retrofits

LEED v4.1 Discussion Forum
posted by  Lindsay Ziegler  on 

I'm new to following the LEED standard, and I'm trying to estimate the costs and time for a retrofit of a multi-story office building, less than 100K square feet.

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Editorial Director
BuildingGreen, Inc.
LEEDuser Expert
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Tue Sep 17, 2019, 1:24 pm

Option 2 - zone floor area calculation

CS-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and views - daylight
posted by  Edgar Arevalo  on 

When the LEED handbook instructs to calculate the zone floor area by multiplying the bay width with the bay depth to core, is the "bay depth to core" considered the distance from the wall (or windo

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Option 4 for the Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment for 3 Credits using ATHENA.

Pilot-Credits MRpc63:Whole building life cycle assessment
posted by  RICHARD ABRAHAMS  on 

Option 4 requires calculating impacts for both the Baseline Building and the Proposed Building in the following 6 categories:

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President
C-Wise Design and Consulting
LEEDuser Premium Member
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Mon Sep 16, 2019, 2:38 pm

Phased project implementation

NC-2009 EAc5:Measurement and verification
posted by  Tim Murray  on 

We have a phased higher education project in which a new building addition will be built first, then the existing buildings will be renovated and open a year later.

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Sun Sep 15, 2019, 9:47 pm

Service Water Heating DHW flow rate in the v4 Minimum Energy Performance Calculator

NC-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performance
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We are working on a large hotel, and are concerned with the "Modeled DHW Flow Rate gallons/minute" results we are getting from the "Service Water Heating" portion of the calculator.  We've dou

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Sustainability Enabler
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
LEEDuser Basic Member
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Thu Sep 12, 2019, 7:50 pm

IPM Tracking Tool

EBOM-v4 EQc9:Integrated pest management
posted by  Catalyst Partners  on 

The form requires teams to upload a "IPM Tracking Tool" which is not available on USGBC LEED Credit resources page or here on LEEDuser. Anyone know what it looks like or have it?

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Thu Sep 12, 2019, 5:44 pm

Concrete bonding agent below slab on grade

NC-v4 EQc2:Low-emitting materials
posted by  Vandita Mudgal  on 

We have to use a strong concrete bonding agent below a 2 to 3" Slab on grade to stick with the concrete foundation below the structure.

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Construction Administrator/ LEED AP
Bywater Woodworks, Inc.
LEEDuser Basic Member
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Wed Sep 11, 2019, 5:21 pm