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NC-2009 IDc1:Innovation in Design

Green Plus Certification

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Andrew Gil
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I am curious about any precedence for a project getting Green Plus Certification and submitting this for an I&D credit. Is there a chicken-and-egg situation with this, wherein each pursuit wants the results from the other pursuit prior to evaluating? Thank you

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Tristan Roberts
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Fri, 03/29/2013 - 16:06

I hadn't heard of Green Plus until now. It looks like a certification for businesses. How would this demonstrate a quantifiable, comprehensive environmental benefit for the LEED certified building?
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Andrew Gil
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Fri, 03/29/2013 - 16:53

I know that I am stating the obvious in saying this, and so apologize in advance for any offense, but not everything in the LEED Rating systems pertains directly to an environmental benefit of the certified building, right? The Green Plus program sets out a matrix of pursuits that it collectively describes as pertaining to "sustainability efforts across three categories: People, Planet and Performance......[earning] a score of at least 80%". This, to me, is an ideal pursuit for an Innovation & Design credit, presuming that many of the targets address Green cleaning products, recycled paper products, Energy Star rated equipment, local sourcing, and so on and so on. Of course (and also obvious), I don't know the answer and that is why I went to this fantastic website to ask the question, in the hopes of finding someone who does! Best
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Tristan Roberts
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Fri, 03/29/2013 - 17:12

I'm not sold yet on the Green Plus program, for a couple reasons. 1) If it's about the tenant and how awesome they are, then that is typically outside the scope of LEED. 2) If it's about O&M practices, then that is either a whole rating system that should be pursued separately from your D&C application, or it can be pursued with specific ID credits, such as Green Cleaning.As I said I just heard of this program now, so if another project has used for an ID credit, I wouldn't know. I am speaking just on my undersatnding of ID credits, not from knowing about the program.
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Andrew Gil
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Fri, 03/29/2013 - 17:14

Tristan, Me as well (i.e. "not knowing the program"). Thanks as always

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