Aurora Hills Fire Station No. 5 Innovation Credit 1.2: Digital Design & Project Document Delivery Process: We would like to get an interpretation for an Innovation credit relating to the Design Process. In our search through previous interpretations and in our own discussions with the client, Arlington County, VA (Owner) and building\'s occupant, Arlington County Fire Dept. (ACFD), we have found that in the overall process of sustainable design one factor of the process has been left out. The elemental part of the process is the project document delivery. While an administrative issue, we feel the construction administration aspect has significant impacts. Primarily the elimination or reduction of paper used, entering the waste stream or recycled. The feeling is that document delivery is an integral part of the building process. Taking a holistic view of the project and its impact on the environment, the document delivery and construction administration processes are an underlying part of the project that are not normally thought of as an integral part of practicing sustainable design. The design team and Owner/Occupant have developed a digital delivery system to eliminate or reduce by a minimum of 50%, the amount of paper documentation used in the design process, document submittals and reviews, and Construction Administration of the project. Intent: To reduce by a minimum of 50% the amount of paper documentation needed for the design delivery process including construction administration reducing the overall paper quantity from entering the waste and recycling streams thereby reducing the amount of paper used and manufactured as related to this project. Requirements: Provide a digital method of document delivery for the design process and construction administration. Include in this process: meeting documentation, submittals and reviews, permit review as allowed by Review Authority, contractor qualification and bid processes, and the construction administration process. Also provide a quantifiable method of calculating the required traditional paper documents needed in comparison to the digital delivery and review process. The digital delivery process should allow single document use by all associated project parties. The single document should be available for digital review, signature and delivery. Calculate the paper used in the traditional delivery method and costs associated in comparison to digital delivery for all document delivery process involved in the project. At the completion of the project, provide an aggregate total of paper saved/reduced during the project delivery process. For example, the typical shop-drawing package has 5 copies containing 10 pages in 11x17 format. That submittal contains the equivalent of 100 8