(2) LT_ Location & Transportation of LEED BD+C v4

(2) LT_ Location & Transportation of LEED BD+C v4

LEED BDC v4, Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, Building Design & Construction v4.0

Second Credit Category: LT_ Location & Transportation

It contains 0 Prerequisite and 8 Credits:

E06-LT_C1-LEED_for_Neighborhood_Development_Location

E07-LT_C2-Sensitive_Land_Protection

E08-LT_C3-High-Priority_Site

E09-LT_C4-Surrouning_Density_and_Diverse_Uses

E10-LT_C5-Acces_to_Quality_Transit

E11-LT_C6-Bicycle_Facilities

E12-LT_C7-Reduced_Parking_Footprint

E13-LT_C8_Green_Vehicles

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Site is under certified LEED-Neighborhood Development area

<E07-LT_C2-Sensitive_Land_Protection>

Prime farmland, Floodplains, Habitat, Water bodies, Wetlands

<E08-LT_C3-High-Priority_Site>

Option 1 Historic District

Find a historic district, determined by local agency

select an ‘infill’ location to be your project site.

Option 2 Priority Designation

2-1 EPA NPL, Environmental Protection Agency National Priorities List

2-2 Federal Empowerment Zone site

2-3 Federal Enterprise Community site

2-4 Federal Renewal Community site

2-5 (NMTC) New Markets Tax Credit Program –

2-6 HUD’s QCT & DDA

US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s

Qualified Census Tract (QCT) or Difficult Development Area (DDA).

Option 3 Brownfield Remediation

ASTM E1525-05 or local equivalent

ASTM E1903-11 or local equivalent

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Option 1 Surrounding Density

Option 1- A. Combined Density (imperial units or metric units)

Option 1-B. Separate Residential & Nonresidential Densities

DU : Dwelling Unit

FAR: Floor-Area Ratio

Option 2 Diverse Uses

1 Food retail,

2 Community-serving retail,

3 Services,

4 Civic & community facilities

5 Community & anchor uses – Commercial office

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Three conditions:

1 Walking distance (not straight-line distance)

2 Existing or planned – transit services, they must be

funded, under construction when certificate of occupancy,

will be completed within 2 years.

3 Minimal amounts of trips

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Bicycle Network

Bicycle Storage & Shower Rooms

Case 1. Commercial or Institutional Projects

Case 2. Residential Projects

Case 3. Mixed-Use Projects

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Case 1. Baseline Location

Case 2. Dense and/or Transit-Served Location

Suggested strategies:

1 Telecommuting

2 Shuttles

3 Shared parking between uses

4 Residential units rented or sold separately from parking

5 Transit subsidy

6 Compressed workweek schedule

<E13-LT_C8_Green_Vehicles>

ACEEE’s vehicle rating guide

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Option 1. Electric Vehicle Charging

EVSE, Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment

Option 2. Liquid, Gas, or Battery Facilities

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He-Kui Sustainability Matters

Ming-Feng Nian, Chicago Booth MBA,

LEED AP (Legacy+5 Specialties), WELL AP, SITES AP, EDGE Expert, TURE Advisor, Urban Greenhouse Gas Inventory Specialist,

Project/Portfolio/Risk Management Professional, Scheduling Professional, Professional in Business Analysis, Agile Certified Practitioner

Allow me to deliver courses with experience in passing 6 LEED AP exams through self-study.

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What you will learn

• LEED Location and Trasportation
• LEED Neighrbood with BDC
• LEED Site Selection

Rating: 4.5

Level: Intermediate Level

Duration: 1 hour

Instructor: Ming-Feng Nian, Chicago Booth MBA, LEED AP (5 specialties), WELL AP, USGBC Faculty, etc.