Green Building Business Case

SR Buildings usage ( in U.S) Green Buildings usage

1 40% of total energy use Reduce energy use by 26-30%

2 12-14% of total water consumption Reduce water usage by 30-50%
3 38% total CO2 emissions Reduce carbon emissions by 35%
4 30% of total waste output Reduce waste output by 50-90%
5 Increase Occupants satisfaction by 27%
6 Lower maintenance costs by 13%
7 72% of Electricity consumption

Minimum Program Requirements

SR MPR
1 Project must be in a permanent location on existing land (trailers/portables not eligible)
2 Project must use reasonable LEED boundries with gross floor area more than 2%
3 Must comply with project size requirements (e.g 1000 sqfeet/ 250sq.feet etc)

LEED Rating System

SR LEED Rating System Name Descritpion
Building design + Construction
Subcategories include *New construction/Major
1 LEED BD+C ( min 1000 sq.feet) renovation *Core and shell *Schools *Healthcare
*Retail *Hospitality *Data centers *Warehouse and
distribution centers (8 subs)
Interior Design + Construction
2 LEED ID+C (min 250 sq.feet) Subcategories include *Commercial interiors *Retail
*Hospitality (3 subs)
Operations and Maintenance

3 LEED O+M (min 1000 sq.feet) Subcategories include *Existing buildings *Schools
*Retail *Hospitality *Data centers *Warehouse and
distribution centers (6 subs)

Subcategories include *Homes and Multi family Low

4 LEED for Homes ('dwelling units' by code) Rise *Multi family Mid Rise (2 subs)

LEED for neighborhood development

5 Subcategories include *Plan *Built Project (2 subs)
(min 2 habitable buildings< 1500 Acres)

* 60/40 Rule: If a rating system is appropriate for more than 60% of gross floor area of the
project, that rating system should be used OR whatever team decides to use

LEED certification ( Base points 100 + 10 Bonus points for IN and RP)
SR Certification Category Requirement
1 LEED C / LEED Certified 40-49 points
2 LEED SILVER 50-59 points
3 LEED GOLD 60-79 points
4 LEED PLATINUM 80+ points
* Above does not apply for LEED for homes

Important Terminologies
SR Terminology Description

1 Basis of Design (BOD) Info in OPR like systems, environmental quality criteria,
design assumptions etc
Allows project team to get clarification from technical
Advisory group TAG on certain credit. Should be
2 CIR Credit interpretation request submitted via LEED ONLINE, costs 220$ per CIR must
not contain documentation and no more than 600
words
Credits interactions/tradeoffs e.g. storm water mgt and
3 Credit synergies water use reduction or day lighting and optimizing
energy use

brainstorming session held at beginning of project to

4 Design Charrette set project goals, exchange info and address
challenges. It’s a predesign meeting
Costs of construction, materials,site work, roofing,
5 Hard Costs
ceiling etc
Analyzes environmental effect of material, product or
6 LCA Life cycle approach
service through its entire lifecycle

Considers all factors from initial costs, health issues,

7 LCC Life cycle cost productivity to reuse. Cradle to cradle (closed loop,
sustainable) > Cradle to grave (open loop,
unsustainable)

Chosen by project team to *Invite team members to

8 LEED Project Administrator LEED online *Assign team members to credits in LEED
online *submit project application to GBCI for review

Places to intervene in the system in increasing order of

9 Leverage points
effectiveness

10 Negative Feedback Loop Close loop with feedback(e.g HVAC with sensor system)

Owner project/program requirements

11 Set of goals and requirements defined by the owner
(OPR)
Systematic process to improve existing buildings
12 Retrocommissioning performance including occupants' comfort and save
energy
cost effective leed certification based on volume for
13 LEED volume program
buildings in DIFFERENT places
14 Positive Feedback Loop Open loop without feedback
 Deliver real time energy info in efficient way via meters
15 PRIUS effect where operators can act on info and make changes to
use energy efficiently

16 Soft Costs Costs outside construction like design fee, consultancy,

permits, legal fee etc
17 HERS Home energy rating system
(People, Planet, Profit) Social, environmental and
18 Triple Bottom line
economic benefits of Green building
 TOTAL RATING
SYSTEMS INCLUDING
SUBCATEGORIES= 21
 Integrated Process(LT) 1 Pts max BC+D
Requirements
PR/CR Score Credit/Pre requisite Name & Options

C1 1 Integrative Process R
 Description

Achieve synergies across discipline and building systems

beginning in pre design phase and continuing through
design by using *OPR *BOD *DD *CD. The purpose of all is
to develop energy related systems *site conditions *lighting Owner project
levels *thermal comfort ranges *basic envelop attributes requirements, Basis of
etc Design, Design documents,
Construction documents
CREDIT NAME : Location and Transportation (LT) 16 Pts max BC+D
Requirements
PR/CR Score Credit/Pre requisite Name & Options

C1 8-16 Leed for Neighborhood R

O1
C2 1 Sensitive Land protection

O2

O1
C3 1-2 High priority site
O2

O3

C4 1-5 Surrounding Density and Diverse uses O1

O2

C5 1-5 Access to Quality Transit R

R1

R2

C6 1 Bicycle facilities
R3

R4

R5
C7 1 Reduce parking footprint R

R1

O1

O2
C8 1 Green Vehicles
R2

O1

O2

Important Terminologies
SR Terminology Description

1 Brownfield Previously used or developed land that is infiltrated with hazardou

waste or pollution and can be used once pollutants are remediated
List of services/uses e.g. banks, schools, retail, school, salon, restau
2 Diverse Uses
hotel, library, park etc

3 Environmetal protection Agency EPA independent agency of the United States federal government for
environmental protection
4 Full time equivalents FTE one FTE equals 40 man-hr per week
5 Green Vehicles Green vehicles have score of 45+ on ACEEE (American council for a
energy efficient economy)
6 Infill site site in between existing structures. A gap in the built environment
Site area effected by construction indluding building, parking,open
7 LEED Project boundry
space
8 Project boundry Building development footprint
9 Property boundry Project property line from taxmap
10 Surrounding Density Residential, nonresidential or combined densities
Pts max BC+D
Description

Locate project within LEED certified neighborhood

boundry. Project applying for this credit cannot earn
any other credits from this category

Avoid Development on environmentally sensitive land

Development footprint on previously developed land

Development footprint not on sensitive land like

*farmland, 100feet from waterbodies *500 feet from
wetlands *Floodplains *endagered species zone
Encourage project location in areas with development
constraints
project location in historic district/ infill site
project location in federal priority listed sites
project location in brownfield that requires
remediation
To conserve land and farmland by locating a project
with existing infrastructure
project location distance from surrounding density
around 400m
project location distance from (4 to 8+) diverse uses
around 800m
Project location around 400m from bus/streetcar and
around 800m from rapid bus, rail or ferrys

Project functional entry/bicycle storage 180m from

bicycle network that connects to 10 diverse
uses/school/ferry or bus terminal (all diverse uses must
be within 3miles/4800m)
Provide 2.5% short term storage for non peak visitors
and no less than 4 spaces per building
Provide 5% long term storage for building occupants
and no less than 4 spaces per building

Provide 1 site shower+changing facility for first 100

occupants and one additional shower for 150 occupants
thereafter
Short/long term storages should be within 30m from
the main enterance/functional entry
 To comply and or reduce certain % of parking as per
local code
20% less if no points earned in C4 and C5
40% less if any points earned in C4 or C6

To reduce pollution by using alternative fueled vehicle

To designate 5% of parking space to green vehicles

Provide 20% discount on parking rates for green

vehicles
Provide Fueling stations

Provide EV charging stations for 2% of parking space

Provide liquid/gas refeuling facility or battery changing

station enough for 2% of vehicles per day

Description
iously used or developed land that is infiltrated with hazardous
te or pollution and can be used once pollutants are remediated
of services/uses e.g. banks, schools, retail, school, salon, restaurant,
el, library, park etc
pendent agency of the United States federal government for
ronmental protection
FTE equals 40 man-hr per week
en vehicles have score of 45+ on ACEEE (American council for an
rgy efficient economy)
in between existing structures. A gap in the built environment
area effected by construction indluding building, parking,open
ce
ding development footprint
ect property line from taxmap
dential, nonresidential or combined densities
CREDIT NAME : Sustainable Sites (SS) 10 Pts max BC+D
Requirements
PR/CR Score Credit/Pre requisite Name & Options

O1
PR1 Construction Activity pollution prevention

O2

CR1 1 Site Assessment R

R1

R2

CR2 1-2 Site development protect/ Restore O1

Habitat

O2

BP 1 EP

CR3 1 Open Space R

O1
CR4 2-3 Rainwater Management

O2

R1

O1
CR5 1-2 Heat Island Reduction
CR5 1-2 Heat Island Reduction

O2

R
O1
CR6 1 Light Pollution Reduction
O2

Important Terminologies
SR Terminology Description
1 Cool roofs/ cool pavements Materials with lower emissivity, higher albedo and higher SRI
independent agency of the United States federal government for
2 Environmental protection Agency EPA
environmental protection
3 ESC Erosion and sedimentation control plan
Vegetated roof not desinged for human access and minimal
4 Extensive green roof
maintenance

approaches and tech that help water infiltrate, evapotranspire, cap

5 Green Infrastructure GI
and reuse storm water to maintain or restore natural hydrologies

Temp difference (2 to 10 degrees) in urban areas higher than

6 Heat Island
surrounding rural areas
Heat absorption by hardscapes such as dark, nonreflective paveme
7 Heat Island Effect
or buildings
8 IES-TM-15 Illuminating Engineering Society Technical Memorandum
9 Intensive green roof Vegetated roof with variety of plants and human uses
On site natural features to protect water quality i.e. maintain vege
10 Low impact development LID
swales, rain gardens and minimize impervious cover
The measure of the roofing material ability to reject solar heat. Fro
11 Solar Reflective Index SRI
to 100. Higher the better. Used exclusively for roof surfaces
Fraction of solar energy reflected by a surface. Between 0 to 1. Hig
12 Solar Reflectness or Albedo
the better. Used exclusively for Nonroof surfaces
 Description

Reduce construction pollution by controlling soil

erosion, waterway sedimentation and airborne dust
Obtain 2012 EPA construction general permit

Implement erosion and sedimentation control plan ESC

as per local law by seeding *mulching *sediment
*traps/basins *earthen dikes *silt fencing
Complete and document survey that includes site
assessment like *topgraphy *climate *hydrology
*vegetation *human use etc.
Protect 40% greenfield area on site (if available)
Restore damaged areas to provide habitat and promote
biodiversity
restore 30% of previously developed land including
building footprint
provide financial support of 4$ per sqm of total site
area to land trust ( local / international )
By doubling req in either option 1 or 2 Bonus point/Exemplary point

To provide outdoor space for 30% of total land out of

which 25% should be vegetated. Overhead vegetated
canopy counts. Turf does NOT count
To reduce runoff volume and replicate natural
hydrology

Manage on site runoff from developed site for 95th

percentile of rainfall using LID low impact developments
and green infrastructure. Must meet EPA requirements

Manage on site runoff from developed site for 98th

percentile of rainfall using LID low impact developments
and green infrastructure

To minimize effect on habitat by reducing heat islands

Using roof or nonroof measures like *plants *structure

cover by renewable energy (solar,wind) *using shading
structure having materials with SR 0.28 *open grid
paving system 50% or more pervious*vegetated roof
*high reflective roof with SRI *Low sloped roof = initial
SRI 82, 3 year aged 64 *Steep sloped roof = initial SRI
39, 3 year aged 32
 minimum 75% Parking under cover by either vegetated
roof, cover with 3year SRI age 32 or structure covered
by renewable energy system( solar, wind etc)
Reduce the impact of artificial light
Use backlight uplight glare method (BUG)

Use calculation method as defined in IES-TM-15 Add.A

Description
erials with lower emissivity, higher albedo and higher SRI
pendent agency of the United States federal government for
ronmental protection
ion and sedimentation control plan
etated roof not desinged for human access and minimal
ntenance

roaches and tech that help water infiltrate, evapotranspire, capture

reuse storm water to maintain or restore natural hydrologies

p difference (2 to 10 degrees) in urban areas higher than

ounding rural areas
t absorption by hardscapes such as dark, nonreflective pavements
uildings
minating Engineering Society Technical Memorandum
etated roof with variety of plants and human uses
ite natural features to protect water quality i.e. maintain vegetative
es, rain gardens and minimize impervious cover
measure of the roofing material ability to reject solar heat. From 0
00. Higher the better. Used exclusively for roof surfaces
tion of solar energy reflected by a surface. Between 0 to 1. Higher
better. Used exclusively for Nonroof surfaces
CREDIT NAME : Water Efficiency (WE) 11 Pts max BC+D
Requirements
PR/CR Score Credit/Pre requisite Name & Options
R

O1
PR1 Outdoor Water use reduction

O2

PR2 Indoor water use reduction R

PR3 Building Level water metering R

O1

C1 1-2 Reduce outdoor water use

O2

C2 1-6 Reduce Indoor water use R

C3 1-2 Cooling tower water use R

C4 1 Water metering R

Important Terminologies
SR Terminology Description
1 Water conservation To reduce water use
2 Water efficiency To reduce water waste by using less for the same task
3 Potable Water Water that meet or excceeds EPA standards for drinking water qua
4 Gray water Untreated waste water that hasn’t come in contact with toilet was
5 Black water Waste from toilet and urinals
6 Tertiary treatment Higest level of water treatment
7 Process water Used for industrial process or building systems e.g boilers, chillers

8 Xeriscaping landscaping method using drought adaptable and low water plants
well as soil amendments like mulches to reduce evaporation
9 Water sense EPA sponsored program that certifies water efficient products/pro
Runoff water results from precepitation that flows over surfaces an
10 Storm water runoff
ends up into storm sewers or waterways
11 EPA act 1992 water flow baseline
12 Evapotranspiration Loss of water by evaporation
 Description

To reduce the outdoor water use

To show that landscape does not require permanent
irrigation system
To reduce irrigation by atleast 30% from baseline
standard

To reduce indoor water use by reducing 20% of water

usage from W.C (1.6gpf), urinal (1gpf), public lavatory
(0.5gmp), private lavatory (2.2gpm), kitchen sink
(2.2gpm), shower heads (2.5gpm)
Install water meters in the building that measures the
potable water use
To reduce the outdoor water use
To show that landscape does not require permanent
irrigation system

To reduce irrigation by atleast 50% from baseline

standard by plant selection and irrigation system
efficiency by *Xeriscaping *plant density *irrigation
efficiency *nonpotable water use

To reduce indoor water use by further reducing usage

from 25% to 50% *by water efficient plumbing fixtures
*use graywater for toilets and urinals *treat onsite
waste water to tertiary standards

To conduct one time potable water analysis used in

cooling tower makeup measuring atleast five control
parameters including *Ca *total alikilinity *SiO2
*Chlorine *conductivity
Install permanent water meters for two or more of the
systems (meter about 80% of usage) including
*irrigation *indoor plumbing fixtures *domestic hot
water *boiler water *reclaimed water *other process
water

Description
educe water use
educe water waste by using less for the same task
er that meet or excceeds EPA standards for drinking water quality
reated waste water that hasn’t come in contact with toilet waste
 te from toilet and urinals
est level of water treatment
d for industrial process or building systems e.g boilers, chillers
scaping method using drought adaptable and low water plants as
as soil amendments like mulches to reduce evaporation
sponsored program that certifies water efficient products/programs
off water results from precepitation that flows over surfaces and
s up into storm sewers or waterways
er flow baseline
of water by evaporation
CREDIT NAME : Energy and Atmosphere (EA) 33 Pts max BC+D
Requirements
PR/CR Score Credit/Pre requisite Name & Options

Fundemental commissioning and

PR1 Verification R

O1

PR2 Minimum Energy Performance

O2

O3

PR3 Building level Energy metering R

PR4 Fundemental Refrigerant Management R

O1
CR1 3-6 Enhanced Commissioning
CR1 3-6 Enhanced Commissioning

O2

O1

CR2 1-18 Optimize Energy Performance

O2

CR3 1 Advanced Energy Metering R

CR4 1-2 Demand Response R

CR5 1-3 Renewable Energy Production (onsite) R

O1
CR6 1 Enhanced Refrigeration Management

O2
CR7 1-2 Green power and carbon Offsets R

Important Terminologies
SR Terminology Description
1 ANSI American National Standards Institute
American society of heating, refrigeration and Air conditioning
2 ASHRAE Engineers
Unit of CO2 equivalent that is reduced, avoided or compensated
3 Carbon offset
elsewhere
4 CFC Chloroflorocarbons high ODP, med-high GWP most harmful
5 Cx Commissioning
6 CxA Commissioning authority
7 GWP Global warming potential
Hydrocarbons zero ODP, zero GWP (Water,ammonia,propane,buta
8 HC/Natural refrigerants
CO2 etc)
9 HCFC Hydrochloroflorocarbons low ODP, med GWP less harmful
Hydroflorocarbons zero ODP, med-high GWP less harmful than
10 HFC
CFC,HCFC
11 IESNA Illuminating Engineering society of North America
12 LCGWP Life cycle global warming potential
13 LCODP Life cycle ozone depletion potential
14 ODP Ozone depletion potential ODP more imp than GWP
Renewable Energy certificates. Tradable commodities presenting p
15 REC / Green tags
that 1 MWh of electricity is produced by certified renewable sourc
16 VOC budget Measurement of total VOC concentration in building air
17 VOC Volatile organic compounds Compounds that vaporize at room temperatures
max BC+D
Description

For Cx process scope develop OPR, BOD.Commissioning

authority should review OPD, BOD,develop and
implement Cx plan,checklist,testing procedure,verify
system,prepare final report for the owner
To achieve minimum level of energy efficiency for
building and systems

Demonstrate improvement by energy simulation. 5%

for improvement in new construction, 3% for
renovation, 2% for core and shell from the baseline of
ANSI/ASHRAE 90.1/IESNA
Comply and follow ASHRAE 50% advanced energy
design guide

Comply with mandatory and prescriptive provisions of

ASHRAE 90.1/ANSI/IESNA and also with design process
strategies, core performance requirements. ASHRAE-
advanced energy design guide

Install new or use existing metering system for all

energy needs including *electricity *gas, chilled water
*steam *fuel and share with USGBC the metering data
for 5 years. The min energy consumption data interval is
once per month

Do not use CFC for new HVAC systems. For existing

systems complete a comprehensive CFC phase out
conversion before project completion

Implement Cx process activities. The CxA must have Cx

experience of 2similar buildings previously and can be
an employee of owner, consultant or 3rd party
contractor of design team

Complete Cx process for MEP as per ASHRAE 0-2005, Enhaced system

ASHRAE 1.1-2007 by revewing submittals,verify commissioning
inclusion of all manuals,training delivery, seasonal OR/And Enhanced
testing and review building operations 10 months after monitoring based
completion. OR/AND develop monitoring based commissioning
procedures for systems and assess performance of
energy and water consumption
Complete Cx process for building's thermal envelope as
per ASHRAE 0-2005 by revewing submittals,verify Envelop
inclusion of all manuals,training delivery, seasonal commissioning
testing and review building operations 10 months after
completion.
Establish energy performance target in schematic
design phase in KW/Sqm/yr

Follow EA minimum energy performance and

demonstrate a percentage improved in proposed Whole building energy
building performance rating. Analyze efficieny measures simulation
during design and focus on load reduction of HVAC
related strategies

Implement and document compliance with PR2/O2. Prescriptive

Implement design strategies and recommendations to Compliance
office equipment, computers, laundry washing drying,
kitchen cooking, refrigeration,lighting, HVAC, service
water heating, chillers, boilers etc

Install energy metering for whole energy sources and

any individual energy source that use 10% or more of
total consumption. Meters charactersitics are as follows
*permanently installed* record at regular 1hr or less
intervals and transmit*must be able to report
hourly,monthly,annually*electricity must record both
demand and consumption*data collection system must
use LAN, BMS,Wirless,etc*system should store upto 36
months*must be remotely accessible

Design building and equpment for participation in

demand reponse programs via loadshedding and
shifting. Must agree to participate in demand response
program for 10% of estimated peak electricity
demand.On site electricity generation doesn’t apply
here

Use renewable energy systems to offset building

energy cost. Use following formula % of renewable
energy = Cost of energy produced by renewable
system/cost of total annual energy of building
Reduce ozone depletion and minimize direct
contribution to climate change
Do not use refrigerants or use that have ODP=zero and
GWP<50
Combination of new and existing HVAC R equipment in
project must comply with formula
LCGWP+LCODPx105<=100
 Contract to puraches at least 50% of energy
requirement by green power,carbon offsets or
REC.Green power and REC must be Green E certified
and Green e climate certified respectively. The total
energy requirement of building is either from PR2 or
deptt of energy's commercial building energy
consumption survey. Based on energy consumption
and not cost

Description
erican National Standards Institute
erican society of heating, refrigeration and Air conditioning
neers
of CO2 equivalent that is reduced, avoided or compensated
where
roflorocarbons high ODP, med-high GWP most harmful
mmissioning
mmissioning authority
bal warming potential
rocarbons zero ODP, zero GWP (Water,ammonia,propane,butane
etc)
rochloroflorocarbons low ODP, med GWP less harmful
roflorocarbons zero ODP, med-high GWP less harmful than
HCFC
minating Engineering society of North America
cycle global warming potential
cycle ozone depletion potential
ne depletion potential ODP more imp than GWP
ewable Energy certificates. Tradable commodities presenting proof
1 MWh of electricity is produced by certified renewable sources
asurement of total VOC concentration in building air
mpounds that vaporize at room temperatures
CREDIT NAME : Materials and Resources (MR) 13 Pts max BC+D
Requirements
PR/CR Score Credit/Pre requisite Name & Options

PR1 Storage and collection of recyclables R

PR2 Construction and Demolition waste R

management Planning

O1

O2

CR1 2-5
O3
Building Life cycle Impact reduction
CR1 2-5

Building Life cycle Impact reduction

O4

BP 1 EP

Building product disclosure and O1

CR2 1-2 optimization (BPDO) Environmental
product declarations

O2

BP 1 EP

O1

CR3 1-2 Building product disclosure and

optimization (BPDO) Sourcing of raw
materials

O2

BP 1 EP
 R

O1

CR4 1-2
Building product disclosure and O2
optimization (BPDO) Material ingredients

O3

BP 1 EP

CR5 1-2 Contruction and Demolition waste

management O1

O2

BP 1 EP

Important Terminologies
SR Terminology Description
1 ADC Alternative daily cover
2 Bio based product Plant, a nimal or marine product not leather or skin product
3 Chain of custody Tracks a product from extraction to end
4 CSR Corporate sustainability reports based on standards or 3rd parties
5 HPD health product declaration
6 Green washing misleading claim about environmental benefits of a product
7 MSDS Material safety data sheet
assess envioronmental performance of products and services and
8 ISO4000
guidance to improve
Environmental product declaration documents a product's ability t
9 EPD
mitigate GW, OD, air water pollution etc
10 Eutoriphication Excessive richness of nutrients in water body
11 FSC Forest Stewardship council
12 Post consumer material served its use and now reused
13 Pre consumer excess or damaged material reused for different purpose
max BC+D
Description

Provide dedicated areas for recyclables collection for

the tenants. Materials to be recycled may include
*paper*cardboard*glass*plastics*metals. Appropriate
measures for storage, collection and waste of mercury
lamps, battery, electronics waste

Develop and implement the plan by *establishing waste

diversion goals for atleast 5 materials (Structural+non
structural)*Show the % impact of waste with these 5
materials*Specify whether the materials will be
separated/comingled as per the strategy*Specify where
materials will be taken and how it will be recycled

Demonstrate reduce environmental effect of building

or demonstrate reduction in material usage through
lifecycle assessment by one of following options

Maintain existing building structure, envelope or

interior nonstructural elements of historic building or Historic building reuse
build in historic district. Building or district should be
historic listed locally

Maintain atleast 50% by surface area of existing Renovation of

building structure, enclousre and interior structural abandoned building
elements. Building should meet local criteria of
abandoned or blight building

Reuse building materials from offsite or onsite as

percentage of surface area.may include structural Building and Material
elements (floors, roofdeck) enclosure materials Reuse
(skin,framing) interior elements (walls,floor
coverings,ceilings)
Conduct life cycle assessment of project structure and Whole building life
enclosure that shows min 10% reduction from baseline cycle assessment
building in atleast 3 of 6 impact categories *Global
warming (must include in assessment) *Depletion of
ozone layer*Acidification of land and water
resources*Eutoriphication*Formation of tropospheric
zone*depletion of non renewable resources ( none of
above categories should have more than 5% impact)

Achieve 95% of CR1/O3 or achieve any improvement Bonus point/Exemplary point

over required credit threshold in all categories
To select products from manufactureres that have
verified life improvement life cycle impacts

Use atleast 20 different products from 5 different

manufactures that meet one of the criterias *product
specific declaration*lifecycle assessment by ISO14044 Environmental
having minimum cradle to gate scope as 1/4 of product declaration
product*Environmental product declaration coforming
ISO14025 14040 14044 and cradle to gate
scope*USGBC approved environmental product
declaration framework

Ensure that 50% of materials by cost are third party Multi attribute
certified products that demonstrate reduction of CR1- optimization
O4 factors

Use 40 product for CR2/O1 or atleast 75% for CR3/O2

To credit project teams for selecting materials and

product for which lifecycle information is available and
from manufacturers who have verified improved
environmental life cycle impacts
Raw material source
Use atleast 20 different products from 5 different and extraction
manufactures that publicly released report from their reporting
raw material suppliers

Use atleast 25% of the total value of permanent

installed building products that comply with atleast one
of following *products by manufacturer who
participates in extended producer responsibility Leadership extraction
program*bio based materials excluding leather and practices
other animal skin*wood products certified by
FSC*products meeting reuse criteria including salvaged
and refurbished*recycled content post consumer
recycled+1/2 preconsumer recycled*USGBC approved
program meeting leadership extraction critera
Bonus
Use 40 product for CR3/O1 or atleast 50% for CR3/O2 point/Exemplary point
 To credit project teams for selecting materials and
product for which lifecycle information is available and
verified to have been extracted or sourced in
responsible manner

Use atleast 20 permanently installed products by 5 Material ingredient

different manufacturers that use either *manufacturer reporting
inventory*health product declaration*Cradle to cradle
certification

Use products that document their material ingridient Material ingredient

optimization using paths below by atleast 25% by cost optimization
of the total value of permanently installed products
*Green screen1.2 benchmark* cradle to cradle
certification*International alternative compliance path
REACH optimization*USGBC approved program

Use building products atleast by 25% of the cost of Supply chain

permanently installed products that *document 99% by optimization
weight of the ingredient used to make the material or
product*sourced by manufacturers who are verified by
third party for supply chain
Bonus
Use 40 product for CR4/O1 or atleast 50% for CR4/O2 point/Exemplary point

Recycle or salvage nonhazordous construction

materials by weight or volume excluding excavated soil,
land debris and ADC. Wood waste converted to biofuel
may be included

Divert 50% and 3 material streams ( plastic,carpet, Diversion

paper, metal,brick, concrete,asphalt etc) or divert 75%
and 5 material streams
Do not generate more than 2.5pounds of waste/sq Reduction of total
foot of the floor area (12.2kgs waste/sqm) waste material
Bonus
By fulfilling both CR5/O1 and CR5/O2 point/Exemplary point

Description
rnative daily cover
t, a nimal or marine product not leather or skin product
ks a product from extraction to end
porate sustainability reports based on standards or 3rd parties
th product declaration
eading claim about environmental benefits of a product
erial safety data sheet
ss envioronmental performance of products and services and
ance to improve
ronmental product declaration documents a product's ability to
gate GW, OD, air water pollution etc
essive richness of nutrients in water body
est Stewardship council
erial served its use and now reused
ess or damaged material reused for different purpose
CREDIT NAME : Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) 16 Pts max BC+D
Requirements
PR/CR Score Credit/Pre requisite Name & Options

PR1 Minimum Indoor Air Quality performance R

Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)

PR2 R
control

C1 1-2 O1
Enhanced Indoor Air quality strategies

O2

BP 1 EP

O1
C2 1-3
Low Emitting materials

O2

BP 1 EP
 Construction Indoor air quality
C3 1 R
management plan

O1
C4 1-2 Indoor Air quality assessment

O2

C5 1 Thermal Comfort R

O1

C6 1-2 Interior Lighting

O2

C7 1-3 Daylight O1

O2
C8 1 Quality views R

BP 1 EP

C9 1 Acoustic performance R

Important Terminologies
SR Terminology Description
1 AHRI Airconditioning, heating and Refrigeration Institue
2 ASTM American society of testing and materials
Color rendering index is quantitative measure of ability of light sou
3 CRI to reveal colors of objects in comparison to natural light. Higher th
better
4 IAQ Indoor air quality
5 MERV Minimum Efficiency reporting value for accuracy of air cleaner ratin
6 SMACNA Sheet metal and air conditioning contractors' national association
7 RADON Indoor air contaminant
Physical separator between conditioned or nonconditioned
8 Thermal Envelope environment of the building and the outside. Inculdes, roof, outerw
foundations, door, windows
6 Pts max BC+D
Description

Use mechanical ventilation and natural ventilation for

indoor airquality procedures following ASHRAE 62.1 or
local equivalent

Prohibition of indoor smoking. Outdoor smoking only in

designated areas and almost 25 feet from entries,
windows and intakes. Provide signage of no smoking
within 10 feet of building entries

to protect occupants from potentially hazardous

particles and prevention of dirt etc entering the building

*Use permanent entryway system for atleast 10 feet at

all regular enterances e.g. grates and grills *Interior Enhanced IAQ
cross contamination prevention by exhausting spaces
where hazardous gases or chemicals may be present
(garage,housekeeping,laundry) *use new filteration
media with min MERV of 13 or higher that supplies
indoor air from outdoors according to ASHRAE 52.2

Exterior contamination prevention*30% increased Additional Enhanced

ventilation from PR1 *CO2 monitoring *Additional IAQ
source control and monitoring
Bonus
When achieve both C1/O1 and C1/O2 point/Exemplary point
In order to reduce volatile Organic compounds usage in
materials, there are 2 options

Achieve threshold level compliance of the following 7 Product category

*interior paints and coatings *adhesives and sealants calculations
*flooring *composite wood *ceiling,walls, acoustic
insulation *Furniture

If above cannot be met, use budget calculation method Budget calculation

which is weighted average calculation that includes VOC method
info for each product
Bonus
When 100% compliance of C2/O1 or C2/O2 point/Exemplary point
Prepare and implement IAQ plan that *protects
absorbtive material storage on site from moisture*use
MERV 8 (as per ASHRAE 52.2) or above if permanent
airhandlers are used during construction and replace
them before final occupancy*smoking to be prohibited
within 25 feet during construction* all above should
follow SMACNA IAQ guidelines
To establish better indoor air quality after construction
and prior to occupancy

Perform building flush out by supplying 14k cubic feet

of outdoor air/sqft of gross floor area before occupancy Flush out
or 3.5k cubic feet of outdoor air/sqft of gross floor area
during occupancy

Conduct baselines IAQ testing to show that maximum

contaminant levels are not exceeded specially for Air testing
formaldehydes, VOC and CO following ASTM or ISO
methods

HVAC system and thermal envelop must comply with Thermal comfort
ASHRAE 55. Thermal comfort control is provided for design and control
50% of individual occupant spaces and 100% of
combined occupants spaces
To promote occupants' comfort by providing lighting
control and high quality lighting

Provide lighting control for 90% of individual occupant

spaces and 100% for combined occupant spaces with 3 Lighting control
levels of control on/mid/off. Lighting for
presentations/projections must be separately controlled

Use light source of CRI 80 and above, minimize direct

only overhead lighting by 25% or less of total connected Lighting quality
light for regularly occupied spaces. Use light sources
that have 24000hrs rated life for 75% of total lighting
connected load

Provide manual or auto ( with manual override) glare

control devices for all regularly occupied spaces by one
of the follwing

demonstrate daylighting from 55% to 75% of regularly

occupied floor area and sunlight exposure is no more
than 10%
Demonstrate that illuminance levels will be from 300
to 3000 lux from 9am to 3pm of 75% to 90% regularly
occupied floor area
 Achieve a direct line of sight of outdoors via vision
glazing for 75% of all regularly occupied floor area. Must
be direct line of sight, clear and unobstructed view of
exterior

Teams that meet 90% of all regularly occ floor area

c

The team should focus on eliminating background

noise, reducing sound transmission and echo and
improve indoor sound characteristics * Achieve
Background noise as per AHRI standard 885 or local eq.
and measure sound levels* meet composite sound
transmission class (STCC) ratings or local eq.

Description
onditioning, heating and Refrigeration Institue
erican society of testing and materials
r rendering index is quantitative measure of ability of light source
eveal colors of objects in comparison to natural light. Higher the
er
oor air quality
imum Efficiency reporting value for accuracy of air cleaner ratings
et metal and air conditioning contractors' national association
oor air contaminant
sical separator between conditioned or nonconditioned
ronment of the building and the outside. Inculdes, roof, outerwalls,
ndations, door, windows
CREDIT NAME : Innovation (IN) 6 Pts max BC+D
Requirements
PR/CR Score Credit/Pre requisite Name & Options

O1
CR1 1-5 Innovation

O2

O3

CR2 1 LEED accredited Professional R

Important Terminologies
SR Terminology Description

1 LEED Pilot category No. of innovative credits not gone through USGBC's drafting and
balloting for approval
If team believes they serve the intent of credit outside referencing
2 ACP Alternative compliant path guide, they can submit documentation explaining compliance
 Description

Combination of innovation, pilot and exemplary

performance strategies

Achieve significant measurable environmental Innovation

performance using strategy not mentioned in LEED
system. Include intent of propsed credit, requirements
for compliance and design strategies to meet req
Pilot
Achieve 1 pilot credit from LEED pilot credit category
Achieve allowable exemplary performace credits in Additional strategies
existing LEED credit v4 prerequisite or credit.

One principal participant of project team must be LEED

Accredited professional AP with speciality appropriate
for the project

Description
of innovative credits not gone through USGBC's drafting and
oting for approval
am believes they serve the intent of credit outside referencing
e, they can submit documentation explaining compliance
CREDIT NAME : Regional Priority (RP) 4 Pts max BC+D
Requirements
PR/CR Score Credit/Pre requisite Name & Options

CR1 1 Regional Priority (RP) R

CR2 1 Smart location and linkage (SLL) R

CR3 1 Neighborhood pattern and design (NPD) R

CR4 1 Green infrastructure and buildings (GIB) R

 Description

Earn upto 4 bonus credits identified by USGBC chapter

for each region
For neighborhood development only

For neighborhood development only

For neighborhood development only