Learning Objectives:

“Architectural Nexus” is a Registered Provider with The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education Systems (AIA/CES). Credits(s) earned on completion of this program will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA member. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.

This program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.

Questions related to specific materials, methods, and services will be addressed at the conclusion of this presentation.

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand how LEED is developing with recent changes proposed in LEED v4

2. Understand how LEED v4 restructures credits

3. Review new LEED categories

4. Understand how the new Materials and Resources credits impact industry standards

GBCI Credit

• This presentation is pre-approved for one hour of LEED-specific continuing education by the Green Building Certification Institute.

• Everyone will need to self report at gbci.org under 'my credentials.‘

• Leave your e-mail at the sign-in table for certificates.

When will projects be allowed to register for LEED v4?

A: RIGHT NOW! (Since November 2013 at Greenbuild)

When will registration for v2009 end?

A: June 1, 2015.

When will LEED credential exams be updated?

A: LEEDv4 exams start June 30, 2014

B. LEED 2009 (v3) exams sunset June 15, 2014

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ID+C(3 categories)

EB:O+M(6 categories)

NC(2 categories)

110 points total

40-49 pointsCERTIFIED

50-59 pointsSILVER

50-59 pointsGOLD

80-110 points

PLATINUM

7 LEED v4 IMPACT CATEGORIES - NEWSUSTAINABLE SITESENERGY AND ATMOSPHEREWATER EFFICIENCY INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYINTEGRATIVE PROCESSLOCATION & TRANSPORTATIONMATERIALS & RESOURCES INNOVATIONREGIONAL PRIORITY- CHANGES

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- MAJOR CHANGES

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- NO CHANGES

- NO CHANGES

Question #1

What is one of the new categories in LEED v4?

Integrative Process

• NEW CREDIT

• ENCOURAGES EARLY ANALYSIS OF ENERGY AND WATER SYSTEMS TO INFORM DESIGN

v2009DIDN’T EXIST

v4 IPc1

SUSTAINABLE SITES v2009 SUSTAINABLE SITES v4

LOCATION & TRANSPORTATION v4

CHANGES IN SUSTAINABLE SITES

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Location &Transportation

• NEW CREDIT

• ENCOURAGES EARLY ANALYSIS OF ENERGY AND WATER SYSTEMS TO INFORM DESIGN

v2009 DIDN’T EXIST v4 LTc1

• CREDIT RENAMED FROM “ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION – PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ACCESS”

• MULTIPLE THRESHOLDS TO REWARD VARYING TRANSIT SERVICE LEVELS

v2009 SSc4.1 v4 LTC5

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WALKABLE DISTANCE = .25mi

v2009 Sc4.3 v4 LTc8

Sustainable Sites

RENAMED / REORGANIZED

NEW

• NEW CREDIT

• ENCOURAGES EARLY ANALYSIS OF SITE CONDITIONS TO INFORM DESIGN

v2009 v4 SSc1DIDN’T EXIST

• COMBINATION OF “HEAT ISLAND EFFECT – NONROOF” AND “HEAT ISLAND EFFECT – ROOF”

• UPDATED

v2009 SSc7.1

v4 SSc4

v2009 SSc7.2

SACRAMENTO

• INCLUDED THE BUG RATING METHODOLOGY AS A PRESCRIPTIVE WAY TO MEET THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS

• ADDED LIGHTING ZONE 0

• INCLUDED EXTERIOR SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS

• ADDED EXEMPTIONS

v2009 SSc8 v4 SSc6

Question #2

What importance does the heat island effect have on mechanical systems and architectural design?

Water Efficiency

NEW

• No irrigation beyond 2-yr. maximum establishment period, OR

• 30% minimum irrigation water reduction for peak watering month.

• Building Water Use• 20% minimum indoor water reduction.• New fixtures: Watersense labeled

• Appliance and Process Water Use• Standards for Appliances – ENERGY STAR, CEE• Standards for Processes:

• No once-through potable water cooling for appliances that reject heat

• Cooling Towers and Evap. Condensers: Equip with additional meters and alarms to reduce water use

• Permanent water meters for potable water – manual or automated

• Share 5 years of data with USGBC

• Conduct a one-time potable water analysis in cooling towers and evaporative condensers to measure concentrations of 4 minerals + conductivity

• 1 point: Limit cooling tower cycles to avoid exceeding maximum concentration levels.

• +1 point: Increase treatment OR use 20% recycled non-potable water

• Permanent Water Meters for Two or More Subsystems:• Irrigation• Indoor plumbing fixtures• Domestic hot water• Large boilers• Reclaimed water• Other process water

Question #3

Why is it important to distinguish between potable and non-potable water use?

Energy &Atmosphere

NEW

NEW

Reference Guides:

ASHRAE Guidance 0-2005 and ASHRAE Guideline 1.1-2007 for HVAC&R Systems

NIBS Guideline 3-2006 for exterior closures

Addition of exterior closures in OPR and BOD documents

Can be reviewed by member of design or construction team

Creation of Facilities Maintenance Plan

ASHRAE 90.1-2010

More efficient Baseline

Must meet before counting Renewable Energy

Option 1: Energy Simulation

5% NC, 3% MR, 2% CS

Retail must include process load equipment

Option 2: Prescriptive Compliance: ASHRAE 50%

Energy Design Guide

Option 3: Prescriptive Compliance: Advanced Buildings’

“Core Performance” Guide

Less then 100,000 SF

Not Healthcare

Data Centers must be 5% over baseline by energy cost and IT equipment cost

Includes cooling units for computer and data rooms and critical equipment

2% of 5% energy savings through building power cooling infrastructure

Include process loads from unregulated load and IT equipment load

Meters for five years

Share with USGBC

Path 1: is similar to LEED 2009

Path 2: Additional point by developing monitoring-based procedures and identify measurement points to evaluate performance of systems

AND/ OR (2pts)

Option 2: Envelope Commissioning

Data Centers that select Path 2 Option 1 must:

Review of OPR and BOD before 50% CD’s

Back check review comments and

Review at 95%

Larger projects review at start of DD’s, before 50% CDs,

and at 100%

Whole building monitoring of energy sources and

Monitoring of energy use 10% of building

Makes energy generation more efficient, grid reliability, reduces greenhouse gasses

Participate in DR program w real time fully automated if Initiated by external DR programmer

1 yr 10% peak energy demand

Plan for meeting commitment and scope of work for Cx to test system

OR if DR not available (1pt)

Install infrastructure for future program

Plans for commitment and Cx

Contact utility about future participation

Addition of carbon offsets for scope or 2 emissions on a metric ton of carbon dioxide Green-e Climate or equivalent certified

Must be for offsets for projects within US

50% and 100% reduction

Question #4

What is the biggest change in Energy & Atmosphere when compared to LEED 2009?

Materials &Resources

NEW

• New: • Now can Include wood waste converted to fuel

(bio-fuel) in the calculations• Waste-to-energy systems may be considered

waste diversion if listed directives are followed

• Option 1: Divert 50% and three material streams (1 point)

• Option 2: Divert 75% and four material streams (2 points)

• Option 3: Reduction of total waste material (2 points)• Do not generate more than 2.5 pounds of construction

waste per square foot of the building's floor area.

Chico Gateway Museum: 114.72 tons generated = 229,440 pounds9,698 s.f. 23.68 psf generated! (68% diverted)

Fausel Professional Building: 158.24 tons generated = 316,480 pounds18,637 s.f. 16.98 psf generated! (82% diverted)

NRF Production Support Complex: 303.4 tons generated = 606,800 pounds89,964 s.f. 6.74 psf generated! (65.5% diverted)

BUILDING PRODUCT DISCLOSURE AND OPTIMIZATION CREDITS:ALPHABET SOUP

• LCAs EPDs HPDs C2C

Athena Impact Estimator

ALPHABET SOUP

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

• Environmental Product Declaration (EPD):• Environmental Report of product

performance based on Life Cycle Assessment

Image: Edge Environment

PRODUCT TRANSPARENCY Step 1: Disclosure of impacts Step 2: Optimization of impacts

- Image: GreenScreen

• Option 1: Environmental Product Declaration - Disclosure

Use at least 20 different products from at least 5 different manufacturers that meet one of the disclosure criteria

• Option 2: Multi-Attribute Optimization - Optimization

• 50% of products by cost reduce:• Global warming potential• Depletion of the ozone layer• Acidification of land and water sources• Eutrophication (nitrogen, phosphate)• Formulation of tropospheric ozone• Depletion of nonrenewable energy

resources

Products sourced within 100 miles are valued at 200% of their cost

ALPHABET SOUP

• Health Product Declaration (HPD):

“An impartial tool for the accurate reporting of product contents and each ingredient’s relationship to the bigger picture of human and ecological health.”

-The HPD Collaborative

“RED LIST”

• Option 1 – Material Ingredient Reporting (1 point)

• Use at least 20 different products from at least 5 different manufacturers that use any of the following programs to demonstrate the chemical inventory of the product to at least 0.1% (1000 ppm):• Manufacturer Inventory• Health Product Declaration• Cradle to Cradle• USGBC approved program

• Option 2 – Material Ingredient Optimization (1 point)• Use products that document their material ingredient

optimization using the paths below for at least 25%, by cost, of the total value of permanently installed products in the project:• GreenScreen v1.2 Benchmark.• Cradle to Cradle Certified (if Platinum can use 150% of

cost)• International Alternative Compliance Path – REACH

Optimization• USGBC approved program

• Option 3 – Product Manufacturer Supply Chain Optimization

PRODUCT TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES HDR Perkins + Will Architectural Nexus

Question #5

What is the difference between an environmental product declaration and a health product declaration?

IndoorEnvironmentalQuality

RENAMED / REORGANIZED

NEW

v2009 EQc1

v4 EQc1v2009 EQc2

v2009 EQc5

• ADDED ADDITIONAL OPTION FOR MATHEMATICAL MODELING, ADDITIONAL SENSORS, AND MIXED MODE SYSTEMS

• NO SUBSTANTATIVE CHANGES

v2009 EQc3.1 v4 EQc3

• ADDED A MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE LIMIT FOR FLUSH-OUTS

• EXPANDED THE LIST OF CONTAMINANTS FOR WHICH TO TEST UNDER OPTION 2

• CLARIFIED THAT FURNITURE MUST BE INSTALLED

v2009 EQc3.2 v4 EQc4

• UPDATED REFERENCE STANDARD TO ASHRAE 55-2010

v2009 EQc6.2

v4 EQc5v2009 EQc7.1

v2009 EQc7.2

• NEW CREDIT

• INCORPORATE CONTROLS REQUIREMENTS FROM “CONTROLLABILITY OF SYSTEMS – LIGHTING” CREDIT

• ADDED AN OPTION THAT ADDRESSES LIGHTING QUALITY

v2009 DIDN’T EXIST v4 EQc6

• CREDIT RENAMED FROM “DAYLIGHT AND VIEWS – DAYLIGHT”

• REMOVED PRESCRIPTIVE OPTION

• ADDED OPTION FOR SPATIAL DAYLIGHT AUTONOMY

• CHANGED UNITS FROM FOOTCANDLES TO LUX

• ADDED A TIMING REQUIREMENT TO MEASUREMENT OPTION

v2009 EQc8.1 v4 EQc7

• NEW CREDIT (EXCEPT IN SCHOOLS & HEALTHCARE)

• ADDED REQUIREMENT FOR ROOM NOISE LEVELS, SPEECH PRIVACY AND SOUND ISOLATION, REVERBERATION TIME, AND PAGING, MASKING, AND SOUND REINFORCEMENT SYSTEMS

• HARMONIZED ANSI AND ASHRAE STANDARDS

v2009DIDN’T EXIST

v4 EQc9

Question #6

As an MEP engineer, why should I care about daylighting?

Useful Tools:

General:• USGBC www.usgbc.org• LEEDUser www.leeduser.com

Life Cycle Assessments and Environmental Product Declarations:• Athena Impact Estimator www.athenasmi.org• Cradle to Cradle www.c2ccertified.org

Health Product Declarations and Material Ingredient Inventory:• Health Product Declaration Collaborative

www.hpdcollaborative.org• The Pharos Project www.pharosproject.net• Living Futures Institute Declare www.declareproducts.com• GreenScreen www.greenscreenchemicals.org

Energy:• ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guides

https://www.ashrae.org/standards-research--technology/advanced-energy-design-guides

This conclude The American Institute of Architects and GBCI Continuing Education Systems Course

Questions?

Contacts:

Patty Karapinar, pkarapinar@archnexus.com

Neil Steiner, nsteiner@glumac.com