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Documentation for Material Reuse?

NC-v4 MRc3:Building product disclosure and optimization - sourcing of raw materials
posted by  Megan White  on 

What is required for documentation of material reuse? In the Ref Guide (p.535), it says projects should track original location of the material before remove.

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Thu Mar 29, 2018, 4:19 pm

LEED ID+C CI commercial Interiors v4 water calc credit

CI-v4 WEc1:Indoor water use reduction
posted by  Robert Fernandez  on 

A little confused on this aspect of the credit....I was told buy a colleague that this credit can only apply to newly installed fixtures? and not base building restrooms that were not modified?

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Thu Mar 29, 2018, 1:50 pm

Option 2 site area

CS-v4 SSc2:Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by  Gail Napell  on 

Hi all

just confirming this is literally based on site area -i.e. our site is very small, so the cost is proportional. Thank you!

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Credit for minimizing hardscape

NC-v4 SSc5:Heat island reduction
posted by  Bret Mantyk  on 

Is there anyway to claim credit for having a lot of vegetated landscapes on a project - which meets the intent of reducing heat islands?

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Wed Mar 28, 2018, 3:30 pm

Building reuse, as part of a larger project.

NC-v4 MRc1:Building life-cycle impact reduction
posted by  Erica Downs  on 

Our project is reusing a non-historic, un-abandoned building, as part of a much larger project.

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Wed Mar 28, 2018, 12:41 am

Location Limitations

Pilot-Credits SSpc82:Local food production
posted by  Kath Williams  on 

LEED for Schools O&M v4 project.  This small rural school borders Yellowstone National Park.

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Multiple School Additions and Determining LEED Boundary

Schools-NC-v4 MPR2:Must use reasonable LEED boundaries
posted by  Stephen Sgro  on 

We are currently working on a school project that includes four additions to be constructed over several phases.

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Mon Mar 26, 2018, 9:29 pm

When to redo the ashrae energy audit for a re-certification.

EBOM-2009 EAp1:Energy efficiency best management practices - planning, documentation and opportunity assessment
posted by  Richard Klein  on 

When reading through the LEED re-certification guidelines it states that an ASHRAE energy audit must be done once every 5 years, however, it also states that the performance period is between

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Mon Mar 26, 2018, 9:10 pm

fallen trees

Pilot-Credits MRpc53:Responsible sourcing of raw materials
posted by  Ken Karpowicz  on 

Not sure in which sub-heading this belongs...I have trees which fell in the last storm. The local woodmill suggests that they be cut to 8' lengths and then milled into boards for future use.

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Tue Mar 27, 2018, 7:58 pm

Fixed shading devices

CS-2009 IEQc8.1:Daylight and views - daylight
posted by  Saurabh Shrestha  on 

Just wanted to confirm, in a Core and Shell project, if there is not any kind of shading device within the scope, then you are not eligible for this credit.

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