Basic Flashcards
Guiding principle of USGBC
Triple bottom line
Environmental, social, economic
Important step to get certified
Registration
Benefits of green building
Marketability, branding opportunities, health and environment positive impact, increase productivity, reduced building operating costs, create sustainable communities
Characteristic of LEED
Voluntary
Market driven
Consensus based
Benefits of LEED
Qualified for various government initiative
Obtain third party certification
Recognized for commitment to environment
Branding opportunity
LEED system goals are
Also called impact categories: Climate change Community Human health Greener economy biodiversity Water resources Material resources
High weightage for impact categories
Climate change
3 association factors used by USGBC to measure and scale credit outcome to a given impact category
Relative efficacy, benefit duration, controllability of effect
Release date of LEED v4
November 2013 during greenbuild intl conference
Levels of building certification
Certified 40-49
Silver 50-59
Gold 60-69
Platinum 80-above
LEED certification process
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
Guides for certification
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
Per certification
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
CIR
Precedent setting
LEED interpretation- not precedent setting
When to submit CIRS
Conflict between credits @ $200
Step for CIR submittal
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
MPRs
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
Major renovation
Major building envelope changes
Significant HVAC renovation and interior rehabilitation
40/60 rule
60% gfa use
Between 40-60- teams decision
Green building adress
Mitigate degradation of ecosystem and resource depletion
Reduce cost of operating and owning
Improve occupant productivity and comfort, ieq, reduced water consumption
Key stakeholders
Client
Design team
Builders
3 tiers of LEED rating system:
Main credit category
Prerequisite and credit
Intents and requirements
LEED certification tools
Reference guides Rating system LEED online Scorecard Letter template CIR CASE studies USGBC and GBCI website
Requirements by GBCI for LEED certification application
Overall narrative: Team, building, site, applicant's organization Documentation: Project timeline and scope Site condition Project team id Usage data and occupants
Declarant
Team member/s who signs off on the documents and indicates who is responsible for each credit or prerequisite
Licensed professional exemption form
For used by a team member who is a licensed architect or engineer to use a tool or a waiverfor eligible submittal requirements
Scorecard
Project name adress list of all points
Letter template
Name
Company site area
Gross building area
Credit path
Key areas for USGBC to measure performance oaf a building’s sustainability.
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