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Update on USGBC approved multi-attribute certifications?

Pilot-Credits MRpc80:Environmentally preferable interior finishes and furnishings
posted by  Landry Watson  on 

Question: Have we any new updates or additional guidance on what certification that Div 9 (finishes) materials should achieve?

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Wed Jan 13, 2016, 10:34 pm

PC 112 Calculating costs

Credit Forums
posted by  Maki San Miguel Paulson  on 

The requirement is to use 25% by cost, of the total value of permanently installed products in the project.

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Enhanced Refrigerant Management - Purchased Cooling Loop

NC-2009 EAc4:Enhanced refrigerant management
posted by  Vinny Greco  on 

If a university building is tied in to a campus chilled water distribution, does the campus chiller plant have to be included in the building's refrigerant use?

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Thu Feb 11, 2016, 7:32 am

Option 3 - strategy 2

CI-v4 MRc2:Interiors life-cycle impact reduction
posted by  Gail Napell  on 

The credit language reads: Design at least 50% of interior nonstructural walls, ceilings, and floors to be movable or demountable.

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Tue Aug 29, 2017, 8:56 pm

Tree grates

CS-2009 SSc7.1:Heat island effect - nonroof
posted by  sue bryant  on 

Can the metal grates used where trees are planted in a hardscape count as open paver area [as long as the 50% open grid is achieved]?

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Mon Nov 30, 2015, 5:18 pm

insulation thickness versus energy modeling

NC-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performance
posted by  Jennifer Webb  on 

We are running into a situation where the insulation is slightly under the R38 (R34.8) that is required per ASHRAE 90.1 yet the energy model shows we are over 10% energy efficient.

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Mon Jun 27, 2016, 2:00 pm

If you are already meeting SS c8...

Pilot-Credits SSpc55:Bird collision deterrence
posted by  Cynthia Kaplan  on 

...Then the lighting requirements for SS pc55 should be a foregone conclusion, no?

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Fri Sep 7, 2018, 2:03 pm

Natatorium Locker Rooms

NC-2009 IEQp1:Minimum indoor air quality performance
posted by  Carl Karlen  on 

I am filing out the LEED documentation for IAQc1 for a Rec Center in St. Louis, MO. There is a Natatorium in this Rec with attached Locker/restroom/shower spaces.

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ID credit for college or university

Schools-2009 IEQp3:Minimum acoustical performance
posted by  Cindy Quinn  on 

Has anyone had luck submitting this credit and/or IEQc9 as an ID credit for a college or university?

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Sun Aug 27, 2017, 12:11 am

SSpc14 Walkable Project Sites - navigating process

Pilot-Credits PC14:Walkable Streets
posted by  Margaret Montgomery  on 

Wow. The credit makes some sense, but the process is definitely a challenge. I just spent 20 minutes trying to find the survey to complete it.

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Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:08 pm