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Site Selection

To do: Pick a LEED building or Options A-L

A: Brown Field Remediation

B: Storm Water Management

C: Storm Water Treatment

D: Heat Island Reduction, non-roof

E: Heat Island Reduction, Roof

F: Light Pollution Reduction

G: Water Efficient Irrigation- Reduced Potable

H: Water Efficient Irrigation- No Potable

I: Innovative Wastewater Technologies

J: Water use Reduction

K: On-Site Renewable Energy

L: Other Quantifiable Environmental Performance

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"A" Description

Brownfield Remediation-

Choose a Brownfield as site and do the remediation process

PTS- 1/2

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"B" Description

Storm Water Management-

Chose site with less than 50% impervious cover OR reduce by 25%

PTS- 1/2

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"C" Description

Storm Water Treatment-

Get rid of contaminants: TSS by 80% and TP by 40%

(Total Suspended solid and total phosphorus)

PTS-1/2

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"D" Description

Heat Island Reduction, Non-roof-

1. Choose building that provides shade, uses color with a SRI of at least 30, and an open-pavement grid that equals at least 30% of non-roof impervious surfaces OR

2. place 50% of parking underground or cover them OR

3. use open-pavement grid for at least 50% of parking area

(CHOOSE UP TO 2)

PTS- 1/2-1

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"E" Description

Heat Island Reduction, Roof-

A minimum of roof should have an SRI great or equal to: low-sloped roof = 78

and high sloped roof= 29

OR

installed a green roof for 50% of the surface area

OR

a combination of the two satisfying:

roof area ≤(sf roof SRI x 1.33)+(sf of green roof x2)

PTS- 1/2

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"F" Description

Light Pollution Reduction-

Exterior lighting with more than 1000 lumens needs to have shielding, lamps with more than 3500 lumens have to comply with IESNA cutoff requirements, and lamp with 2.5 x mounting height of the property line must have shielding, and no light shall cross the property line.

PTS- 1/2

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"G" Description

Water Efficient Irrigation- Reduced Potable-

Reduce potable water for irrigation by 50% over conventional means (use drip method) or capture rain water

PTS- 1/2

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"H" Description

Water Efficient Irrigation- No Potable 

Use only captured rain water or recycled site water for irrigation (graywater from dishwaher and showers only)

MUST BE REUSED/RECYCLED

PTS-1/2

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"I" Description

Innovative Wastewater Technologies-

Reduce use of municipally provided water by 50%

OR

treat 100% of wastewater on-site

EX: low flow toilet

BASELINE

PTS-1/2

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"J" Description

Water Use Reduction-

Reduce water usage by 20% of the baseline standard

BASELINE

PTS-1/2

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"K" Description

On-site Renewable Energy-

Building supplies at least 5% (of it's total annual energy cost) of energy through on-site renewale energy systems

PVs, Biomass, cut cost- can sell back.

PTS- 1/2, 1

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"L" Description

Other Quantifiable Environmental Performance-

Think of and implement anything else with environmental performance characteristics.

PTS: 1-3

50%

OR

treat 100% of the wastewater on site.

For Non-roof credit, what should the pecentage of underground parking be?

low-sloped SRI= 78

high sloped SRI=29

OR

install a green roof for 50% of the surface area

OR

some combo of the two

comply with IESNA cutoff requirements

AND

lamps with 2.5 x mounting height o the property line needs shielding

no light shall cross the property line

For Watter Efficient Irrigation- Reduce Potable,

what percentage and what method need to be used?

reduce potable water for Irrigation by 50% over conventional means (use drip method)

OR

capture rain water