LEED GA Standard Summary
SS Prerequisite 1: Construction Activity Pollution Prevention " Phase I & II of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Programme " 2003 EPA Construction Permit SS Credit 1: Site Selection " Prime farmland US Department of Agriculture in the Unit State Code of Federal Regulation " Undeveloped land elevation lower than 5ft above the elevation of the 100-year flood Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) " Land within 100ft of wetland US Code of Federal Regulation 40 Local Code
" Within 50ft of water body Clean Water Act SS Credit 3: Brownfield Redevelopment " ASTM E1903-97 Phase II Environment Site Assessment " Local Voluntary Cleanup Programme " Local, State, or Federal Government Agency SS Credit 4.3: Alternative Transportation Low Emitting and Fuel Efficient " Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) California Air Resources Board " Fuel-efficient Vehicles Minimum green score of 40 on the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) SS Credit 4.4: Alternative Transportation Public Parking " 2003 Institute of Transportation Engineer (ITE) Parking Generation SS Credit 8: Light Pollution Reduction " ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings except Low Rise Residential Building " IESNA RP-33 Illuminating Engineering Society of North America WE Prerequisite 1: Water Use Reduction " US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) " Energy Policy Act (EPAct) 1992 " Uniform Plumbing Code or International Plumbing Code EA Prerequisite 2: Minimum Energy Performance " ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Energy Standard for Buildings except Low Rise Residential Building " The US Department of Energy (DOE) EA Credit 2: On-site Renewable Energy " US Department of Energys Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) EA Credit 5: Measurement and Verification " International Performance Measurement & Verification Protocol (IPMVP) Volume III: Concept and Options for Determining Energy Savings in New Construction " Energy Stars Portfolio Programme EA Credit 6: Green Power " Green-e Certificate " Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) " Tradable Renewable Certificates (TRCs)
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" Green Tags MR Credit 4: Recycled Content " ISO 14021 Environmental Labels and Declarations - Self-declared Environmental Claims (Type II Environmental Labelling) MR Credit 7: Certified Wood " Forest Stewardship Council IEQ Prerequisite 1: Minimum Indoor Air Quality Performance " ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality (including natural ventilation) IEQ Prerequisite 2: Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control " ANSI/ASTM-E779-03 Standard Test Method for Determining Air Leakage Rate by Fan Pressurization " Californias 2001 Energy Efficiency Standard (measure the room leakage rate) IEQ Credit 2: Increase Ventilation " CIBSE Application Manual 10:2005 Natural Ventilation in non-domestic buildings " CIBSE Application Manual 13:2000 Mixed mode ventilation " Carbon Trust Good Practice Guide 237 (for natural ventilated space) IEQ Credit 3.1: Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan During Condtruction " Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning National Contractor Association(SMACNA) IAQ Guideline for Occupied Buildings Under Construction 2007 " ASHRAE Standard 52.2-1999 Method of Testing General Ventilation Air-Cleaning Devices for Removal Efficiency by Particle Size (Mean Efficiency Reporting value 8) IEQ Credit 4: Low Emitting Material " South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule (Adhesives, sealants, sealant primers, carpet adhesive, clean wood finish, floor coating, stains, primers, sealers, shellacs, [concrete, wood, bamboo, and cork floor finish such as sealer, stain and finish], tile setting adhesives and grout) " Green Seal Standard (Aerosol adhesives, architectural paint, coating, anti-corrosive, anti-rust paint) " Carpet and Rug Institute Green Label Plus (Carpet) " Carpet and Rug Institute Green Label (Carpet Cushion) " FloorScore Standard (Hard surface flooring) " California Department of Health Services Standard Practice for the Testing of Volatile Organic Emissions from various Sources using Small-scale Environmental Chambers IEQ Credit 6.2: Controllability of System Thermal Comfort " ASHRAE Standard 55-2004 Thermal Comfort Conditions for Human Occupancy (Conditions for thermal comfort)
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