LEED Credits
LEED Certification Credits
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- SS Credit 4.2: Alt. Transportation: Bicycle storage & changing rooms
- Reduce pollution and land development impacts from automobile use.
- EA Credit 6: Green Power
- Encourage the development and use of grid-source, renewable energy technologies on a net zero pollution basis.
- SS Credit 5.1: Site Development - Protect or Restore Habitat
- Conserve existing natural areas and restore damanged areas to provide habitat and promote biodiversity.
- WE Credit 3.1: Water Use Reduction - 20% Reduction
- Maximize water efficiency within buildings to reduce the burden on municipal water supply & wastewater systems.
- WE Credit 1.1: Water Efficient Landscaping - Reduce by 50%
- Limit or eliminate the use of potable water, or other natural surface or subsurface water resources, for landscape irrigation.
- SS Credit 2: Development Density & Community Connectivity
- Channel development to urban areas with existing infrastructure, protect greenfields and preserve habitat and natural resources.
- EA Prerequisite 1: Fundamental Commissioning of the Building Energy Systems
- Verify that the building's energy related systems are installed, calibrated, and perform according to the OPR, BOD, and CD's.
- EA Credit 4: Enhanced Refrigerant Management
- Reduce ozone depletion & support early compliance with the Montreal Protocol while minimizing direct contributions to global warming.
- SS Credit 5.2: Site Development - Maximize Open Space
- Provide a high ratio of open space to develop footprint to promote biodiversity.
- WE Credit 2: Innovative Wastewater Technologies
- Reduce generation of wastewater & potable water demand, while increasine the local aquifer recharge.
- EA Credit 5: Measurement & Verification
- Provide for the ongoing accountability of building energy consumption over time.
- EA Credit 2: On-Site Renewable Energy
- Encourage & recognize increasing levels of on-site renewable energy self-supply in order to reduce environmental & economic impacts associated with fossil fuel energy use.
- SS Credit 7.2: Heat Island Effect - Roof
- Reduce heat islands to minimize impact on microclimate and human and wildlife habitat.
- SS Credit 1: Site Selection
- Avoid development of inappropriate sites and reduce the environmental impact from the location of a building on a site.
- EA Prerequisite 3: Fundamental Refrigerant Management
- Reduce ozone depletion.
- EA Credit 1: Optimize Energy Performance
- Achieve increasing levels of energy performance above the baseline in the prerequisite standard to reduce environmental & economic impacts associated with excessive energy use.
- EA Credit 3: Enhanced Commissioning
- Begin the commissioning process early during the design process & execute additional activities after the systems performance verification is completed.
- EA Prerequisite 2: Minimum Energy Performance
- Establish the minimum level of energy efficiency for the proposed building & systems.
- SS Credit 4.4: Alt. Trans: Parking Capacity
- Reduce pollution and land development impacts from single occupancy vehicle use.
- SS Credit 4.3: Alt. Transportation: Low Emitting & Fuel Efficient Vehicles
- Reduce pollution and land development impacts from auto use.
- WE Credit 1.2: Water Efficient Landscaping - No Potable Water Use or No Irrigation
- Eliminate the use of potable water, or other natural surface or subsurface water resources, for landscape irrigation.
- SS Credit 4.1: Alternative Transportation: Public Transportation Access
- Reduce pollution and land development impacts from automobile use.
- SS Credit 6.2: Stormwater Design - Quality Control
- Reduce or eliminate water pollution by reducing impervious cover, increasing on-site infiltration, eliminating sources of contaminants, and removing pollutants from stormwater runoff.
- WE Credit 3.2: Water Use Reduction - 30% Reduction
- Maximize water efficiency within buildings to reduce the burden on municipal water supply & wastewater systems.
- SS Credit 3: Brownfield Redevelopment
- Rehabilitate damaged sites where development is complicated by environmental contamination, reducing pressure on undeveloped land.
- SS Prerequisite 1: Construction Activity Pollution Prevention
- Reduce pollution from construction activities by controlling soil erosion, waterway sedimentation and airborne dust generation.
- SS Credit 8: Light Pollution Reduction
- Minimize light trespass from the building and site, reduce sky-glow to increase night sky access, improve nighttime visibility through glare reduction, and reduce development impact on nocturnal environments.
- SS Credit 6.1: Stormwater Design - Quantity Control
- Limit distruption of natural water hydrology by reducing impervious cover, increasing on-site infiltration, and managing stormwater runoff.
- SS Credit 7.1: Heat Island Effect - Non-Roof
- Reduce heat islands to minimize impact on microclimate and human and wildlife habitat.