LEED Flashcards

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Categories in LEED (7)

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  1. Sustainable Sites.
  2. Water Efficiency
  3. Energy & Atmosphere
  4. Materials & Resources
  5. Indoor Environmental Quality
  6. Innovation in Design
  7. Regional Priorities
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EPA

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Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA Sustainability Belief

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Our survival and well being depends on natural environment, sustainability created and maintains conditions that allow humans and nature to exist in harmony.

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Built Environment

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Transportation and buildings.

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Social & Economic Benefits of Sustainability (4)

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  1. Indoor environmental quality (Healthier, higher productivity, reduction in sick days.)
  2. Material Use (Healthier.)
  3. Site Planning (Lower site development and maintenance costs)
  4. Energy (20-50% reduction in use.)
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TBL

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Triple Bottom Line

  1. People (social benefits)
  2. Planet (environmental benefits)
  3. Profit (economic benefits)
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Green Building Design Principles (4)

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  1. Integrated Project Delivery
  2. Integrated Project Team
  3. Systems Thinking Approach
  4. Life Cycle Approach
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IDP

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Integrated Design Process-

Whole Building/ Holistic Design

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IPD

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Integrated Project Delivery-

provide collaboration among key stakeholders and design professionals.

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Design Charette

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Brainstorming session to set goals, exchange information, and address challenges. (Pre-Design Meeting)

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IDP Phases

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  1. Pre-Design
  2. Design
  3. Bidding
  4. Commissioning
  5. Occupancy
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Pre-Design

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Data collection, discussion of goals and green technologies.

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Design (3 steps)

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  1. Schematic Design
  2. Design Development
  3. Construction Document
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SD

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Schematic Design-

Preparation of preliminary design options and project layout

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DD

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Design Development-

More detailed design (than SD) and it’s energy systems

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CD

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Construction Document-

Preparation of detailed construction documents for permissions/biddings.

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Bidding

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Process of selecting contractor to prepare construction phase.

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Commissioning

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Installation and verification of building systems.

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Occupancy:

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Certificate of Occupancy has been issued.

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Integrated Project Team

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Key factor to success of IPD and requires communication and strong analysis.

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Systems Thinking Approach

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Recognize relationships between systems, goal is to not create an issue while solving another.

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Open Loop System

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Linear loop in which resources are extracted, manufacture, used then turned to waste. (Cradle to Grave) Less sustainable.

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Closed Loop System

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Circular loop where resources are extracted, manufactured, used, reused, and recycled. (Cradle to Cradle)

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Life Cycle Approach

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Considers entire lifetime of materials. Tradition building techniques use narrow approach considering only initial construction cost.

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LCA

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Life Cycle Analysis-

Measures life cycle according to energy, emission, and waste.

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Embodied Energy

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Energy consumed during different stages of material life.

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Stages of Material Life (6)

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  1. Extraction
  2. Manufacturing & Processing
  3. Transportation
  4. Distribution to End Users
  5. Recycling
  6. Disposal
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LCC

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Life Cycle Cost:

Considers all factors from initial cost, health issues, productivity, and potential to use after demolition.

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Hard Costs

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Costs related to construction phases. Paid to contractor and material supplier. (Concrete, Roofing, Finishing Material, Site Work, etc.)

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Soft Costs

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Costs outside construction site. (Architecture, Engineering, Permits, and Legal Fees)

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Value Engineering

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Cutting project cost often during construction, affecting the value of the project. Often times green technologies are value engineered out because meeting local building codes is most important.

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Building Program

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Goals and requirements set by owner/client. Includes goals, environmental vision, budget, schedule, and physical properties of internal and external spaces.
Needs to be started Pre-Design.
LEED refers to it as OPR

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OPR

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Owners Program Requirements (Building Program)

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Flexible Design

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Can support future building occupancy and needs. LEED suggests using existing buildings because of economic and environmental costs of new buildings.

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Adaptive Reuse

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Reusing buildings for a different purpose than what they were originally built for.

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Regenerative Projects will: (6)

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  1. Support health of community and ecosystems.
  2. Generate electricity and send it back to the grid.
  3. Return water to hydrologic system cleaner than before.
  4. Serve as location for food production and community networking.
  5. Regenerate Biodiversity.
  6. Promote relationships that link projects to whole system of life around them.
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Regenerative Projects are:

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  1. Net Zero Energy
  2. Net Zero Carbon Footprint
  3. Water Balanced
  4. Zero Waste
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Net Zero Energy

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Uses no more electricity than what it generates.

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Net Zero Carbon Footprint

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Net zero carbon emissions.

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Water Balances

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Uses only water from precipitation.

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Zero Wastes

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Reuses, Recycles, and Composts all waste.

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Key factors in Project Location (4)

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  1. Availability of Infrastructure
  2. Accessibility to mass transit.
  3. Natural Factors (Water, Climate, Habitat, and Soil)
  4. Availability of community services and it’s connection to the project.
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Credit Interaction

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When making decisions about credit requirements team must understand synergies and tradeoffs.

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Building Commissioning

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Commissioning Agent ensures OPR is included in design process and that building systems are designed properly.
LEED describes who can be project commissioning and their responsibilities. LEED must be commissioning of energy systems.

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Operation Maintenance Program

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(Facility Manager, Project Owner, & Occupants) How to operate and optimize building while preventing degradation.

46
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Energy Star and LEED

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Energy Star developed by EPA so buildings and appliances could be rated. Energy star buildings use 35% less energy. LEED is only for buildings and takes into account a variety of sustainable factors.