Section 8: Innovation & Other Credits Flashcards
What are pilot credits?
Credits designed to test new and revised LEED credit language, and new or innovative green building technologies and concepts
How many points are available for Innovation?
6
How many points are available for Regional Priority?
4
Innovation in Design points can be awarded for which three areas?
- Exemplary performance
- Innovative performance
- Having one LEED AP participant on the project team
What is exemplary performance?
Exceeding the credit requirements
What is innovative performance?
Demonstrating a quantifiable environmental
benefit using an approach not found in the LEED Rating System
A project which exceeds the credit requirements can achieve which credit?
Exemplary performance
In which two ways can a project earn exemplary performance?
- Doubling the credit requirements
- Achieving the next incremental percentage threshold
By using a new approach not found in the current LEED rating system, projects can earn which credit?
Innovative performance
Credits that have been designated as being particularly important for a local region are known as what?
Regional priority credits
List four synergies that could be achieved through using a previous site in an urban location
- Protect habitat through reducing the need for new land
- Hep with development density and community connectivity
- Have better access to public transportation
- Reduce heat island effect because of less need for parking spaces (more people are taking buses or subway)
List five synergies that could be achieved through having a small building footprint
- Allow for more open spaces
- Protect natural habitats
- Reduce light pollution by making parking lots smaller or placing them underground
- Decrease the runoff of storm water
- Reduce energy demand
List four synergies that could be achieved through installing a vegetated green roof
- Reduce the heat island effect
- Reduce the amount of stormwater leaving the site
- Save the energy through adding insulation to the building and reducing the heating/cooling requirements (e.g. smaller A/C system)
- Increase open space
List three synergies that could be achieved through having underground parking
- Allow more site area free for plants (open space)
- Help reduce the heat island effect
- Aid in stormwater management
List two synergies that could be achieved through using native and adaptive plants for landscaping
- Protect and restore open space
- Save water by reducing the need to irrigation water
List two synergies that could be achieved through using high-efficiency plumbing fixtures
- Reduce water use
- Reduce energy use required for plumbing systems
List four synergies that could be achieved through collecting rainwater or treated grey water for reuse
- Reduce potable water demand (indoor and outdoor)
- Generate less wastewater
- Reduce stormwater runnoff
- Reduce energy use to power sprinkler system
List two synergies that could be achieved through using light-coloured pervious paver or parking lots
- Reduce heat islands
- Control storm water runoff
List four synergies that could be achieved through using operable windows
- Increase natural ventilation
- Contribute to thermal comfort
- Allow for a smaller air conditioning system
- May increase heating cost
List two synergies that could be achieved through using an underfloor air system
- Increase thermal comfort
- Reduce need for heating and cooling
List five synergies that could be achieved through implementing the right daylighting strategies
- Reduce the need for indoor lighting
- Reduce the need to cool an area due to indoor lighting
- Provide passive solar heating
- Enhance thermal comfort
- Cause overheating, glare and higher cooling loads in summer
How can LEED projects identify which credit has regional priority?
Checking the USGBC website
In LEED rating systems, the Regional Priority credits for a project as based on what?
The project’s zip code
