Inscape Marketing Department

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Overview

• What is LEED?

• Why is LEED important?

• What are the fees?

• How is LEED certification achieved?

• How can we contribute towards LEED?

Why LEED?

• Definitive standards for a “green building”

• High performance buildings that are sustainable

• Healthy workplace for incumbents

• Resource efficient (Air, Water, Land)

• Cost less to operate

LEED Categories

What is LEED?

• First LEED pilot program was started in 1998

• Regulated by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC)

• Evaluates environmental performance from a whole buildings perspective over the building’s lifecycle

• LEED certifications are awarded on A PROJECT basis

Primary Project Categories

Commercial Interiors (CI)

New Construction (NC)

Existing Buildings (EB)

Certified Projects?

20937Certified

11%27%NegligiblePercentage

1973482046Registered

2.22.22.2Version

EBCI NC

* Certification information is based on 2007 projects in the United States

LEED Rating System

NC CI EB

A Building Event

Design & Construction

Multiple Interior Projects

Design & Construction

A Process

Life of the Building

Capital Budget Capital Budget Operating Budget

Identifying a project?

What are the Fees?

$ 7500$ 0.015 / sq. ft$ 750Non-Members*

$ 5000$ 0.01 / sq. ft$ 500Members*

Construction Review

$ 15 000$ 0.03 / sq. ft$ 1500Non-Members*

$ 12 500$ 0.025 / sq. ft$ 1250Members*

Design Review

Fixed RateBased on sq. ft. Fixed Rate

NC, CI, EB,

Core and Shell & Schools

> 500 000 sq ft50 000 – 500 000 sq ft< 50 000 sq ft

* USGBC/CaGBC members get a discount when applying for project certification

1. Sustainable Sites

2. Water Efficiency

3. Energy & Atmosphere

4. Materials & Resources

5. Indoor Environmental Quality

6. Innovation & Design

Framework

1. Sustainable Sites

Encourage Best Practices Through:

• Alternative transportation

• Effective site lighting design

• Development of high-density and Brownfield sites

• Storm water management

Inscape Applicability: No

2. Water Efficiency

Encourage Best Practices Through:

• Water Conservation

• Water efficient landscaping

• Innovative waste water technologies

Inscape Applicability: No

3. Energy & Atmosphere

Encourage Best Practices Through:

• Improved glazing

• Better insulation

• Improved daylighting design

• Lighting power density reduction

• High-efficiency HVAC&R equipment selection

• Renewable energy production

Inscape Applicability: Yes

4. Materials & Resources

Encourage Best Practices Through:

• Material Conservation

• Reusability

• Recycled Materials/Recycled Content

• Waste Management Process

Inscape Applicability: Yes

Encourage Best Practices Through:

• Adequate ventilation for occupants, • Off-gassing from finish materials and mechanical

equipment • Microbiological contamination (by products)• Outside air pollutants

Inscape Applicability: Yes

5. Indoor Environmental Quality

6. Innovation & Design

Encourage Best Practices Through:

• Exceeding credit threshold

• Implementation of sustainable design approaches outside those defined by the LEED scope.

• LEED Accredited Professional(s) @ the facility

Inscape Applicability: Yes

68-9252-6942-57Platinum

51-6739-5132-41Gold

43-5033-3827-31Silver

34-4226-3221-26Certified

EBNCCIPoints

Scoring Matrix

Project Category

Example: Contribution to LEED

Recycled Content

Recyclable Steel

Optimize Energy Performance

Reduce building energy load

Certified Wood

Sustainable Veneers

Resource Reuse

Walls move when you move

Daylight & Views

Glazing strategies allow natural light

Internal Support

• Green Piece (Environmental Brochure)

• LEED Sheets

• Product Summary Sheets

• Inscape 4P’s

• GREENGUARD Certificates

Takeaways

• Developed and regulated through USGBC

• Inscape can only contribute towards NC, CI, EB certifications

• Projects evaluated on 6 performance categories

• Certification is awarded on a project by project basis

US Green Building Council (LEED)

www.usgbc.org

Canadian Green Building Council

www.cagbc.org

GREENGUARD

www.greenguard.org

Cradle to Cradle Design Chemistry

www.mbdc.com

Websites

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