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1
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Guiding principle of USGBC

A

Triple bottom line

Environmental, social, economic

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2
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Important step to get certified

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Registration

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3
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Benefits of green building

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Marketability, branding opportunities, health and environment positive impact, increase productivity, reduced building operating costs, create sustainable communities

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4
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Characteristic of LEED

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Voluntary
Market driven
Consensus based

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5
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Benefits of LEED

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Qualified for various government initiative
Obtain third party certification
Recognized for commitment to environment
Branding opportunity

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6
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LEED system goals are

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Also called impact categories:
Climate change 
Community 
Human health 
Greener economy biodiversity 
Water resources 
Material resources
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7
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High weightage for impact categories

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Climate change

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8
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3 association factors used by USGBC to measure and scale credit outcome to a given impact category

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Relative efficacy, benefit duration, controllability of effect

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9
Q

Release date of LEED v4

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November 2013 during greenbuild intl conference

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10
Q

Levels of building certification

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Certified 40-49
Silver 50-59
Gold 60-69
Platinum 80-above

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11
Q

LEED certification process

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Initiate discovery phase
Select LEED rating system
Check MPR
Establish project goals 
Define LEED project scope
Develop LEED scorecard
Continue discovery phase
Continue iterative process 
Assign roles and responsibilities 
Perform quality assurance review and submit for certification
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12
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Guides for certification

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Commercial:
Register
Apply certification 
Review by GBCI
Certify: receive the certification decision 'denied' or Achieved

Homes:
Register
Verify: pre dry wall visit as mandatory to green rater and energy rater
Review: green rater to home provider for quality review; home provider to GBCI for certification review
Certify

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13
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Per certification

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For CS
Marketing tool
Granted after early design review in less than 1 month 
Costs $2500/3500
Does not cover certification fee
Not guarantee to final certification
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14
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CIR

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Precedent setting

LEED interpretation- not precedent setting

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15
Q

When to submit CIRS

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Conflict between credits @ $200

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16
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Step for CIR submittal

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Check project vs credit and prerequisite
Check USGBC reference guide
Review GBCI and LEED website for similar CIR and LEED Interpretation
No previous CIR- submit
No contact info, name of credit
Or confidential info
Essential and required information do not submit in letter format
No attachment 600 words max 4000 characters with spaces

17
Q

MPRs

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Goals:
Clear guidance for customers
Maintain LEED program integrity
Make LEED certification process easier

Basic Requirements 
Permanent location on existing land
Reasonable site boundary gfa:gla 2%
Project size requirements 
1000sf bdc
18
Q

Major renovation

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Major building envelope changes

Significant HVAC renovation and interior rehabilitation

19
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40/60 rule

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60% gfa use

Between 40-60- teams decision

20
Q

Green building adress

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Mitigate degradation of ecosystem and resource depletion
Reduce cost of operating and owning
Improve occupant productivity and comfort, ieq, reduced water consumption

21
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Key stakeholders

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Client
Design team
Builders

22
Q

3 tiers of LEED rating system:

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Main credit category
Prerequisite and credit
Intents and requirements

23
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LEED certification tools

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Reference guides 
Rating system 
LEED online 
Scorecard 
Letter template 
CIR 
CASE studies 
USGBC and GBCI website
24
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Requirements by GBCI for LEED certification application

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Overall narrative:
Team, building, site, applicant's organization 
Documentation:
Project timeline and scope 
Site condition 
Project team id
Usage data and occupants
25
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Declarant

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Team member/s who signs off on the documents and indicates who is responsible for each credit or prerequisite

26
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Licensed professional exemption form

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For used by a team member who is a licensed architect or engineer to use a tool or a waiverfor eligible submittal requirements

27
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Scorecard

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Project name adress list of all points

28
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Letter template

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Name
Company site area
Gross building area
Credit path

29
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Key areas for USGBC to measure performance oaf a building’s sustainability.

A 
IP
LT
SS
WE
EA
MR
IEQ
IN
RP

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