Using your preliminary LEED scorecard, note which Exemplary Performance thresholds might be attainable. Credits that are eligible for Exemplary Performance are noted throughout the LEED Reference Guide.
Brainstorm strategies for ID credits (Path 1) early, and involve your entire team, including designers, builders, owners, facilities managers, and occupants. Consider sustainability strategies that may fall outside the LEED rating system. Find out if the team has worked on any past LEED projects that pursued interesting ID credits.
Implement the “school as a teaching tool” curriculum within ten months of completing the building. Be sure that each student receives ten hours of lessons on sustainability per year.
Document this credit through LEED Online. You’ll need to provide a narrative detailing the process of developing the school as a teaching tool curriculum, and describe how the curriculum makes a connection between the school and the living environment in and around the school. The LEED credit form requires a signoff (typically done by the school principal) verifying that:
The sustainability curriculum on the high-performance features of the school must be implemented within ten months after LEED certification. Be sure to finalize the curriculum and have it approved by the school administrators well in advance of this ten-month deadline.
The design team works with school administrators and teachers to determine features of the building that are important for students to learn about and to discuss additional features that could aid in students’ ability to learn about sustainability.
