Can you include open spaces at roof level (Green roof, accessible by all) as part of the 30% requirement, or does the entire 30% need to come from open space at ground level only?

In multi-family residential units, can a VTAC unit provide mechanical ventilation to meet 62.1-2010?

The credit language states that the composite wood category includes all particleboard, medium density fiberboard, hardwood veneer plywood, and structural composite wood not included in the floorin

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Project is utilizing energy from a central plant, the team is attempting to decide between using the purchased energy approach vs.

With the advances in exterior LED lighting drivers and controls, would it make sense to look at dimming exterior lights down to say 10% in lieu of turning them off completely from midnight to 6am a

Pertaining to this extra point in LEED v4 -"Projects served by two or more transit routes such that no one route provides more than 60% of the documented levels may earn one additional point, up to

Does anyone know if the CxA would be allowed to come from the same firm as the team that performed design up through 100%DD and then peer review of the design-build trades that took over desig

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What does LEED/USGBC define as net and gross lease type??  I have no prior knowledge of the difference between either lease types, and yet the space usage calculator has that column which I ne