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Male occupant usage w/ family rstrm next to gang rstrms

NC-2009 WEp1:Water use reduction
posted by  Renee Shirey  on 

Since the default assumption is that 100% of male occupants will use a restroom with a urinal, how do you calculate the usage when there is a family toilet (without a urinal) next to the large gang

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Wed Dec 30, 2015, 9:28 pm

Building with no FTE

NC-v4 LTc6:Bicycle facilities
posted by  Nathan Gauthier  on 

Has anybody proposed eliminating showers and / or long-term bike storage in a building with no FTE? We're renovating a small wood-frame classroom building with 8 classrooms.

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Mon Mar 6, 2017, 9:23 pm

Option 1 Path 2 Mechanical & Electrical Rooms

NC-2009 IEQc3.2:Construction IAQ management plan - before occupancy
posted by  Amy Harmon  on 

I am working on a project that has multiple AHUs serving different types of spaces and we also have several large mechanical and electrical rooms.

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Wed Apr 20, 2016, 4:32 pm

Classification of PVC adhesive and Primer

NC-2009 IEQc4.1:Low-emitting materials - adhesives and sealants
posted by  Randy Weatherly  on 

I have classified PVC water pipe glue as "PVC Welding Adhesives" and the Purple PVC primer as "Adhesive Primer for Plastic". Is this correct"

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Mon Jun 27, 2016, 12:56 pm

New Bus Depot: LEED BD+C or C+S?

LEED Rating System Selection
posted by  Cynthia Kaplan  on 

My project is the new construction of a 3,000 s.f. bus depot in a small city. Part of the space will be leased to a retailer at a later date, most likely a convenience store or coffee shop.

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Fri Nov 27, 2015, 6:12 pm

Option 1: Limited Turf Area

EBOM-v4 SSc5:Site management
posted by  Stephanie Donovan  on 

Hello - the site I'm looking at already has under 25% turf area. In fact it has no turf, only vegetation.

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Wed Sep 14, 2016, 4:23 pm

IAQ Procedure is NOT acceptable?

CI-2009 IEQp1:Minimum indoor air quality performance
posted by  James Keohane  on 

I recently received a Design Review comment advising that the IAQ procedure included in Chapter 6 of the ASHRAE 62.1-2007 is not an acceptable tool to demonstrate compliance.

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Tue Jan 24, 2017, 2:21 pm

Preferred Parking

Retail-NC-v2009 SSc4:Alternative transportation
posted by  Kevin Flynn  on 

The LEED NC-Retail v2009 credit 4.3 and 4.4 to provide preferred parking for LEV/FE vehicles and Carpools appears to require that the project identify employee parking separate from customer parkin

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Tue Aug 15, 2017, 9:01 pm

Existing Site Conditions altered w/in project boundary

NC-2009 SSc4.3:Alternative transportation - low-emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles
posted by  Jim Pugh  on 

All, We submitted a dormitory project for a university in which there was a very substantial amount of existing parking between our new building and another part of our project (a new, relatively

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Attempting to return ceiling tiles from demo

CI-2009 MRc2:Construction waste management
posted by  Dean Wilson  on 

We are performing a 2009 Commercial Interior for the reuse of a 7000 sq ft decommissioned Army base building. In the demolition phase, we collected old ceiling tiles to return to the manufacturer.

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Thu Feb 11, 2016, 7:57 pm