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Reduce certification process challenges
Give clear guidance to customers
Protect the integrity of the LEED program
Verify buildings are meeting environmental goals
Ensure prerequisites are met
To help the project team understand a product's sustainable qualities
To select product's that have met a minimum standard of energy efficiency
To find certified green building products
To identify products that contain hazardous chemicals
Have the plumbers install the system anyway
Find alternative solutions for indoor water use reduction
Submit a CIR to the LEED project reviewer
Request an exception from the LEED project reviewer to allow the reduction anyway
Appeal of denied credits
Addenda and updates to the LEED Rating Systems
Communicating with the project administrator and/or project team
Technical guidance for LEED credits
Oil
Biofuel
Natural gas
Clean coal
Wind
Triple bottom line
Innovation
Minimum Program Requirements
Federal, state, and/or local regulations
Submetering of the HVAC system
Carbon-dioxide levels
Wind speed and direction
Outdoor airflow
Daylighting levels
Reduction in rainwater runoff
Longer product life
Reduced heat islands
Lower maintenance costs
Purchasing cafeteria food from a nearby distribution center
Ordering toner cartridges online
Purchasing recycled printer paper
Removing any ENERGY STAR qualified vending machines
Recycled and refurbished material
Reused material
Recycled content
Virgin resource
Sensitive land protection
Protecting or restoring habitat
High-priority sites
Building lifecycle impact reduction
Local building code office
MSDS
LEED Online materials database
USGBC materials database
SRI of a building's roof
Building orientation
Size of a project's impermeable areas
HVAC operating efficiency
Heat Island Reduction
Outdoor Water Use Reduction
Rainwater Management
Open Space
Minimizing impervious areas
Reducing fertilization needs for the landscape
Minimizing site hardscapes
Reducing runoff
Value Engineering
Discovery
Financing
Design and Construction (Implementation)
Occupancy, Operations, and Performance Feedback
Because over application can be avoided
Because pests are never present on the site
Because only beneficial insects that contribute to a healthy ecosystem are allowed to thrive on the site.
Because only appropriate chemicals are used
Refrigerants that are neutral to the ozone layer are less efficient
Refrigerants that deplete the ozone layer are less efficient
Refrigerants contain global warming gases
Refrigerants contain ozone layer gases
Green building does not have a bidding phase
Green building has longer schedules
Green building costs more
Green building uses an integrative process
Reduces first costs
Reduces a building's embodied energy
Contributes to knowledge that will advance research in the future
Reduces end-of-life costs
By conducting routine waste audits
By purchasing environmentally preferable cleaning supplies
By opening and closing shades to control solar energy
By encouraging occupants to stagger work hours
2.2 gpm (8.3 lpm)
1.0 gpm (3.8 lpm)
1.0 gpf (3.8 lpf)
2.2 gpf (8.3 lpf)
Rainwater management
Heat island reduction
Green vehicles
Reduced parking footprint
Products containing hazardous chemicals
Indoor air quality
Poor water quality
Climate change
Reduced glare
Improved acoustics
Improved daylighting
Reduced contaminants
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