Leed Ga Chapter 5

Front 1

In essence, Sustainable Sites answers these 3 questions:
• Where?
• What?
• How?

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• Where: Location and Linkage
• What: Neighborhood Pattern and Design
• How: Green Infrastructure and Buildings

Front 2

Location and Linkage encourages…

Back 2

Projects and communities to consider location, land types (i.e., preservation of sensitive lands), and transportation alternatives while also discouraging sprawl.

Front 3

The LEED Project Boundary includes (3)…

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1.The LEED project boundary includes all contiguous land that is associated with and supports normal building operations for the LEED project building, including all land that was or will be disturbed for the purpose of undertaking the LEED project.
2. Does not include land that is owned by a party other than that which owns the LEED project unless that land is associated with and supports normal building operations for the LEED project building.
3. Gerrymandering is forbidden.

Front 4

The Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan (ESC) is done to... and must comply with...

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Reduce construction pollution.
Must comply with the requirements of the 2003 EPA General Construction Permit or local codes, whichever is more strict.

Front 5

Strategies that can be used to control erosion due to construction activities (5):

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• Mulching
• Erosion control blankets
• Straw bales
• Berms
• Silt fence

Front 6

BMPs are methods that ...

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Have been proven to be effective and are therefore accepted measures for meeting the requirement.

Front 7

Low Impact Development addresses ...

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How stormwater enters a site, is temporarily stored and how the stormwater eventually exits the site.

Front 8

Define emissivity, solar reflectance (albeldo) and SRI…

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Emissivity is the ability of a material to emit heat by radiation,
Solar reflectance (albedo) is the measure of a material’s ability to reflect sunlight
Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) is the measure of a material’s ability to reject solar heat.

Front 9

Classify project lighting zone and comply accordingly with the requirements of IESNA RP-33:

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• LZ1 - Dark (park and rural settings)
• LZ2 - Low (residential areas and neighborhood business districts)
• LZ3 - Medium (commercial/industrial and high density residential)
• LZ4 - High (major city centers and entertainment districts)

Front 10

Strategy considerations for reducing heat island effects on the microclimate and human and wildlife habitat in non-roofs (6):

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• Reduce area of hardscape area including roads, parking lots/parking structures, walks or courtyards.
• Shading.
• Cool pavements: Use hardscape materials with a SRI of at least 29.
• Open grid pavement systems which are at least 50% pervious.
• Place a minimum of 50% of parking spaces under cover.
• Roofs used to shade or cover parking must have a SRI of at least 29.

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Strategy considerations for reducing heat island effects on the microclimate and human and wildlife habitat in roofs (2):

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• Cool Roofs: Use roofing materials with controlled SRI values.
• Green Roofs: Install a vegetated roof.

Front 12

Outline eligible Alternative Fuel Vehicles:

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• Electric; hydrogen; natural gas; ethanol, biofuel
• Eligible vehicles:
• Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) as defined by the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
• Green Score 40 or greater listed by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

Front 13

Define brownfields according to the EPA

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“Real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminate.”

Front 14

Outline Site selection and location strategies (3):

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• Increase development density
• Create a smaller footprint
• Locate the project in densely populated communities

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Benefits of restoring a brownfield site (3):

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• Improves and protects the environment.
• Saves undeveloped land.
• Incentives often offered by owner or government agencies.

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“Protect the habitat” is achieved by selecting sites that do not include sensitive site elements and land types such as (6):

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• Prime farmland as defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Less than 5 feet above areas defined by FEMA as being in the 100 year flood plain
• Land that is habitat for threatened or endangered species
• Within 100 feet of wetlands as defined by Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
• Within 50 feet of a body of water as regulated by the Clean Water Act (CWA)

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Creating and implementing an Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan (ESC) reduces construction pollution because(3):

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• Prevents loss of soil during construction by stormwater runoff and wind
• Prevents sedimentation of storm sewer and receiving streams
• Prevents pollution of the air with dust and particulate matter

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Transportation strategies (6):

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• Provide access to mass transit networks
• Reduce employee parking
• Encourage car pooling and van pooling
• Promote Low-Emission & Fuel-Efficient Vehicles (FEV)
• Offer incentives
• Support alternative transportation

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Strategy considerations for controlling and reducing the quantity and improving the quality of stormwater runoff (5):

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• Design project site to maintain natural stormwater flows, promoting infiltration
• Minimize impervious areas and implement pervious pavements.
• Vegetated roofs
• Control Stormwater: Redirect the flow and rate (detention ponds, rain gardens bioswales…)
• Harvest Rainwater: Collect and reuse