LEED Basis Flashcards
What credit categories fall under LEED BD+C
Integrative Process, location and transportation, Sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, innovation, regional priority
What are the two ways to certified multiple buildings under the campus program?
Group approach allows buildings that are substantially similar and are in a single location to certify as one project that shares a single certification. Campus approach allows buildings that share a single location and site attributes to achieve separate lead certification for each project, building space or group on the master site.
What does an integrative approach to design and construction involve?
Discovery. The most important phase of the integrative process, discovery can be thought of as an extensive expansion of what is conventionally called predesign. Design and construction (implementation). This phase begins with what is conventionally called schematic design. Occupancy, operations, and performance feedback. This third stage focuses on preparing to measure performance and creating feedback mechanisms.
What are the steps to certification?
1.Initiate Discovery Phase 2. Select LEED Rating System 3. Check MPR 4. Establish Goals 5. Define LEED Project Scope 6. LEED Scorecard 7. Discovery Phase 8. Continue Iterative process 9. Assign Roles 10. Develop documentation 11. Quality Assurance Review
How complete should a project be before turning in certification?
Complete means that no further work is needed and the project is ready for occupancy. No more than 40% of the certifying gross floor area of a LEED project may consist of incomplete space unless the project is using the LEED BD+C: Core and Shell rating system.
What is previously developed considered as?
previously developed altered by paving, construction, and/or land use that would typically have required regulatory permitting to have been initiated (alterations may exist now or in the past). Land that is not previously developed and landscapes altered by current or historical clearing or filling, agricultural or forestry use, or preserved natural area use are considered undeveloped land.
What is a development footprint?
A project’s development footprint is all of its impervious surfaces.
development footprint the total land area of a project site covered by buildings, streets, parking areas, and other typically impermeable surfaces constructed as part of the project
Employees Calculation
A typical project can count FTE employees by adding full-time employees and part-time employees, adjusted for their hours of work. FTE employees = Full-time employees + (Σ daily part-time employee hours / 8) For buildings with more unusual occupancy patterns, calculate the FTE building occupants based on a standard eight-hour occupancy period. FTE employees = (Σ all employee hours / 8)
What are MPRs?
The Minimum Program Requirements (MPRs) are the minimum characteristics or conditions that make a project appropriate to pursue LEED certification. These requirements are foundational to all LEED projects and define the types of buildings, spaces, and neighborhoods that the LEED rating system is designed to evaluate.
MPR: Must be in a Permanent location on existing land?
All LEED projects must be constructed and operated on a permanent location on existing land. No project that is designed to move at any point in its lifetime may pursue LEED certification. This requirement applies to all land within the LEED project.
MPR: Must use reasonable leed boundaries?
The LEED project boundary must include all contiguous land that is associated with the project and supports its typical operations. This includes land altered as a result of construction and features used primarily by the project’s occupants, such as hardscape (parking and sidewalks), septic or stormwater treatment equipment, and landscaping.
MPR: Must Comply With Project size requirements?
LEED BD+C and LEED O+M Rating Systems
The LEED project must include a minimum of 1,000 square feet (93 square meters) of gross floor area.
LEED ID+C Rating Systems
The LEED project must include a minimum of 250 square feet (22 square meters) of gross floor area.
LEED for Neighborhood Development Rating Systems
The LEED project should contain at least two habitable buildings and be no larger than 1500 acres.
LEED for Homes Rating Systems
The LEED project must be defined as a “dwelling unit” by all applicable codes. This requirement includes, but is not limited to, the International Residential Code stipulation that a dwelling unit must include “permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.”
What is Location and Transportation (LT) category about?
The Location and Transportation (LT) category rewards thoughtful decisions about building location, with credits that encourage compact development, alternative transportation, and connection with amenities, such as restaurants and parks.
What is the Sustainable Sites category about?
The Sustainable Sites (SS) category rewards decisions about the environment surrounding the building, with credits that emphasize the vital relationships among buildings, ecosystems, and ecosystem services. It focuses on restoring project site elements, integrating the site with local and regional ecosystems, and preserving the biodiversity that natural systems rely on.
What is the Water Efficiency category about?
each prerequisite looks at water efficiency and reductions in potable water use alone. Then, the WE credits additionally recognize the use of non potable and alternative sources of water.
