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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>To All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Does anyone know if we are allowed to take credit for
shading from existing adjacent buildings that are not part of the project being
submitted for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">LEED</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">NC</st1:State></st1:place> accreditation? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I know there has been discussion regarding self-shading and
that the 90.1-2004 User’s Manual states: “ If the proposed building
has a shape that shades itself during portions of the day, for instance a donut
or “L” shaped building, the self-shading is ignored in the baseline
building. Such features are credited to the proposed building when they
are a benefit.” Also App G states “The [baseline] building shall
be modeled so that it does not shade itself.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From the intent of those statements, it seems as if we
should be allowed to model the baseline building without shading from adjacent
buildings and the proposed building with shading from adjacent buildings.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any opinions and or experience with this issue would be
appreciated<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thank you very much<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Linda<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color="#333333" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Linda
Lam</span></font></b><b><font color="#333333" face="Arial Bold"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Bold";color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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height=20 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01C89969.CCB88640"> </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color="#333333" face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:#333333;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;mso-text-raise:3.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>FLACK</span></font></b><b><font size=2 color=black
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font-weight:bold'>KURTZ</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#333333"
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500</span></font></st1:address><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Arial><span
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color:black'>, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94105</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
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