The intent of this credit is as follows: – To encourage development in locations shown to have multimodal transportation choices. – To reduced motor vehicle use, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions. – To reduce air pollution, and other environmental and public health harms associated with motor vehicle use. Possible Credit Read more…
Non-renewable fuels, also called fossil fuels supply about 80 percent of the world’s total energy consumption. They provide electricity, heat, and transportation and much more. When fossil fuels are burned, they release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which in turn trap heat in our atmosphere, making them the chief contributors to global warming and climate Read more…
Everything on Earth requires water to endure itself. But water is a limited resource and the population growth puts a stress on water supplies. Clean water is reduced by the pollution and contamination we create. In essence, humans are decreasing our own water supply due to pollution and by misusing Read more…
To enhance the environmental and human health performance attributes associated with freestanding furniture and medical furnishings LEED Certification rating system has introduced a credit entitled Furniture and medical furnishing under Material and resource credit. 1-2 points are awarded for this credit. This credit is applicable to healthcare Requirements Use at Read more…
With rapid growth of infrastructure industry, the problem of the waste generated from their construction and demolition has also increased. It becomes really important to reuse these type of waste and their proper handling. LEED in its green building certification v4.1 has put special attention on the credit of Construction Read more…
Our buildings imposes a considerable impact on environmental health in its whole life. Although all the materials and products have not same impacts on environment. In order to evaluate these impacts we need to calculate the LCA of all the materials. This facilitates us to reduce the carbon footprints and Read more…
It is known that freshwater sources are becoming threatened with the passage of time. If the present situation of water does not change and precautionary measures are not taken, then world will start to run out of fresh water by 2050. Rainwater harvesting is a sustainable process that helps in Read more…
Commissioning of a building is a process of optimizing energy performance in an existing building or in a new development. Commissioning in many ways is a detailed and meticulous analysis of buildings energy usage and system efficiency. Commissioning process is designed to find out the issues which lead to wastage Read more…
LEED certification has put a special emphasis on alternative transportation. Following are the LEED credit and their points which comes under location and transport credit. The location and transport has following Requirement. To provide alternate transport and sharing Provisions of parking for the alternate transport vehicles eg. Electric bikes, bicycles Read more…
As LEED continues to evolve with the latest iteration LEED version 4.1, the green program continues to grow delivering influential positive impacts to the world and environment. From the original version to the most recent restatement, LEED continues to incorporate technological advancement with updated government policies to advance carbon reduction Read more…