What percentage of a building's surface area may be excluded from the calculation for Materials and Resources Credit, Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction, Option 2. Renovation of Abandoned or Blighted Buildings because of deterioration or damage when maintaining existing building structure, enclosure and interior structural elements?
Which of the following assessments is conducted prior to the completion of the schematic design and explores methods to reduce energy use within a proposed building?
The project team wants to modify the design of an office building copy room to minimize the risk of airborne contamination to the surrounding space. The design includes a separate exhaust, but due to design constraints the partition walls of the room cannot run deck-to-deck. What can the team do to achieve Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies?
The Required Breathing Zone Outdoor Airflow Vbz for a new banking facility is 0.120 CFM/ft2 (0.6 L/s/m2). If the team decides to attempt Increased Ventilation under Option 2 in the Indoor Environmental Quality Credit, Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies, what is the minimum Design Zone Outdoor Airflow?
The goal of the design charrette during Integrative Process Prerequisite, Integrative Project Planning and Design is to:
An owner has requested that the project team redesign a large office building. As part of the redesign, the owner would like to move the main entrance to the opposite side of the building. Achievement of which credit may be affected by the move?
The design team and project owner decided not to pursue Energy and Atmosphere Credit, Enhanced
Commissioning, but would hire a Commissioning Authority (CxA) to oversee the requirements for Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite, Fundamental Commissioning and Verification. What is a required responsibility for the CxA to achieve the stated objective?
When preparing the Sustainable Sites Prerequisite, Construction Activity Pollution Prevention, the Construction General Permit must contain which of the following?
The LEED project has a main entrance and two service entrances in an alley behind the building. Which entrances need non-smoking signage and at what maximum distance from the door(s) can the non-smoking signage be posted?
A project in a cold climate does not want a highly reflective roof because they want the heat absorption. How can this
project comply with Sustainable Sites Credit, Heat Island Reduction?