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Exercises
1. Put together a CPM schedule for items for ESC for a project. (See Chap. 8 for CPM
schedules.)

2. Make a site plan with ESC for a project.
3. You are designing a building on 0.4 acre. It will be three stories high, and each story will have
about 12,000 ft . 2
A: Determine the development density of the proposed building.
B: Determine the density radius (DR) from this building to be used in the areal development
density determination.
C: Using the map in Fig. 2.2.1, please sketch in this density radius.
D: Using the data in Table 2.E.1, calculate the average areal development density around this
proposed building. Only use the data that are appropriate.
E: Based on the building’s and the average area’s development densities, is this project eligible
for Credit SSc2 of LEED-NC 2009?

4. You are designing a building on 0.5 acre. It will be four stories high, and each story will have
2
about 11,000 ft .
A: Determine the development density of the proposed building.
B: Determine the density radius from this building to be used in the areal development density
determination.
C: Using the map in Fig. 2.2.1, sketch in this density radius.
D: Using the data in Table 2.E.1, calculate the average areal development density around this
proposed building. Only use the data that are appropriate.
E: Based on the building’s and the average area’s development densities, is this project eligible
for Credit SSc2 of LEED-NC 2009?

5. You are designing a building on 0.3 acre. It will be three stories high, and each story will have
about 10,000 ft . 2
A: Determine the development density of the proposed building.
B: Determine the density radius from this building to be used in the areal development
density determination.
C: Using the map in Fig. 2.2.1, sketch in this density radius.
D: Using the data in Table 2.E.1, calculate the average areal development density around this
proposed building. Only use the data that are appropriate.
E: Based on the building’s and the average area’s development densities, is this project eligible
for Credit SSc2 of LEED-NC 2009?