A living lab
Through this credit, you incorporate the building’s sustainable design features directly into the school curriculum, enhancing students’ educational experiences, while getting more benefit from the school’s investment in sustainability.
Better Living With Chemicals (live from Greenbuild)
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I seem to be on the chemical redlist circuit this month. Last night at GreenBuild I attended Perkins + Will's panel-and-schmooze event to discuss their brand new precautionary list of 25 chemicals that P+W wants to see out of building products. They've created a publicly available website with their avoid list and you can view the list by MasterFormat divisions, or by health effect, not just by chemical.
Bonded Logic Factory Tour in Chandler, Arizona (live fom Greenbuild)
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Electric Resistance Heat... Really? (live from Greenbuild)
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I'm really tired. Does low-voltage electric resistance heat actually make sense? Under the right circumstances, it seems like it might.
I see the people from Step Warmfloor at Greenbuild every year, but I never talk to them — frankly, because I have a bias against the concept of their product.
This year, I talked to them. And now I have to admit that I'm a little bit confused.
Timbersil Update (live from Greenbuild)
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| After in excess of two hours' heat source contact, Timbersil has suffered some charring. The control structure behind it has burned completely. |
What’s in your scope
This credit requires that you demonstrate energy savings from HVAC systems and components within your project scope—only systems installed as part of the LEED-CI project, or systems within the LEED boundary. (See more detail on scope below.)
Two options, for up to ten points
There are two options for achieving this credit, either of which could earn five or ten points for your project.
Me and Greenbuild — is you is or is you ain't?
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Greenbuild starts today. The company's not sending me this year.
That is, they weren't until a few days ago. I was in Almeria, Spain, at Cosentino's offices when I got the news. (I intend to post about that Spain jaunt after I get myself dug out; but right now, I'm sitting in BWI waiting on a connecting flight to Phoenix, and Greenbuild.)
I'm not entirely sure that I'm looking forward to Greenbuild this year, to be honest.
Use MERV 13 filters
Pursuing this credit means using a high level of air filters at your outside air intakes. To earn this credit, MERV 13 filters must be used at all outside air intakes—no spaces may be omitted. As of November 2010, however, a USGBC addendum removed a requirement for return air circulation to also have MERV 13 filtration.
Templates
Three separate points to pursue
In a marked change from LEED-CI 2.0, which only addressed daylighting, this credit addresses occupancy and daylighting sensors. Three points are available, with each of the following strategies earning you one point: