The NatureServe Heritage Program
FEMA
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
ACEEE
Blackwater
Non-potable water
Graywater
Potable water
Availability of high-paying jobs
Increased tax base
Increased air pollution
Increased development costs
HCFCs are refrigerants currently banned by the Montreal Protocol
HCFCs are a type of natural refrigerant
LEED requires zero use of HCFCs
HCFCs have a low ozone depletion potential compared to CFCs
Recommendations for good building practices
A law usually found in a municipal code
Local government regulations imposed to promote orderly development of private lands and prevent land-use conflicts
Building codes based on national model codes
Lighting designer
Building code inspectors
Engineer
Landscape designer
Purchasing Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)
Purchasing carbon offsets
Using no more water than what falls on the site as precipitation
Participating in a demand response program
Using the LEED Campus Program
Using the LEED Volume Program
As a LEED for Neighborhood Development project
By registering each project individually with LEED Online
Commissioning
Tertiary treatment
Evapotranspiration
Cogeneration
Fresh water consumption
Airborne dust
Soil erosion
Greenhouse gas emissions
Ozone protection
Waterway sedimentation
The project administrator
The mechanical engineer
The LEED project reviewer
The commissioning authority
Building commissioning
Carpet installation
Facility management costs
Cost of the LEED charrette
Occupancy sensors
CO2 sensors
Operable windows
Daylight sensors
Occupant lighting controls
The number of Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) that will occupy the finished building
The type of land the building was built on
Square footage of the building
The number of stories the building has
An approach to design and operations that brings team members together to work collaboratively on all of the project's systems, finding synergistic solutions that support greater levels of sustainability.
A formal review process of the design of a project based on its intended function in order to identify potential alternatives that reduce costs and improve performance.
An understanding of the built environment as a series of relationships in which all parts influence many other parts.
A Sustainable plan for built environments that improve existing conditions.
Submetering is a Minimum Program Requirement
The integrative process does not work without submetering data
Identifies disparities between how a project's water-based systems are designed to operate and how they actually perform
LEED requires metering by subsystem of all energy and water based systems
For building commissioning
To serve as the project administrator
To submit all project data
To streamline the LEED process
Groundwater contamination
Increased CO2 indoors
Increasing greenhouse gas emissions
Soil contamination
Heat islands
Increased municipal wastewater treatment costs
Sedimentation
Ozone depletion
Energy and Atmosphere
Sustainable Sites
Indoor Environmental Quality
Materials and Resources
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2/3
1/4
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Decreased building operating costs
Increased irrigation efficiency
Reduced contamination of nearby water bodies
Reduced drawdown of water from water bodies and aquifers
Installing fixtures that meet the EPAct 1992 standard
Installing submeters
Installing low-consumption flush fixtures and low-flow rate faucets
Implementing cooling tower water management
Having a LEED AP on the project
Achieving all Regional Priority credits
Meeting the Minimum Program Requirements
Meeting all prerequisites
Earning at least 50 points
Earning Innovation points
USGBC's vision
The purpose of LEED Online
USGBC's 2013-2015 strategic plan
USGBC's mission
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