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LEED Impact Categories

(in order of weighting)

1) Climate Change

2) Human Health

3) Water Resources

4) Biodiversity

5) Material (atural) Resources

!) "reener #conomy

$) Community

LEED Association Factors 1) Relative #%%icacy

2) &uration

3) Control

Minimum Program Requirements (MPRs) minimum characteristics or conditions that ma'e a

roect

aroriate to ursue *##& certi%ication+

1) Must ,e in a ermanent location on e-isting land

2) Must use reasona,le *##& ,oundaries

3) Must comly .ith roect si/e re0uirements

corecard Ru!es 1) 1 ,ase oints the ,ase *##& Rating ystem is a 1 oint system

2) 1 oint minimum 6ll credits in the rating system are .orth at least one oint

3) Whole oints Rounding conventions are used to ensure that %ractional credit values are rounded

to the nearest .hole oint

"rip!e #ottom Line 1) 7eole (social caital)

2) 7lanet (natural caital)

3) 7ro%it (economic caital)

#ui!ding Commissioning ensures that systems are designed e%%iciently8 are installed

aroriately8 and oerate as intended

$et %ero net/ero energy roects use no more energy %rom the grid than they generate on site

&stems thin'ing the ,uilt environment is understood as a series o% relationshis in .hich each art

a%%ects many other

arts

Lifec&c!e approach loo'ing at all stages o% a roect8 roduct8 or service

Integratie processes emhasi/es connections and communication among ro%essionals and

sta'eholders throughout the

li%e o% a roect

"he Prius Effect &elivering realtime energy in%ormation in a convenient .ay ,y installing meters

.here oerators can

act on the in%ormation and ma'e changes to use energy more e%%iciently

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$atura! Capita!ism caital mar'ets can ,e used %or9rather than against9sustaina,ility8 not ,y

eliminating them or

adding intensive regulation8 ,ut ,y using leverage oints .ithin the system

Charrette charrettes are intense .or'shos designed to roduce seci%ic delivera,les

*o!ati!e organic compounds (*+Cs) organic chemicals given o%% at room temerature that ollute

the air