3. “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.

4. Learning Objectives:
Understand how LEED is developing with recent changes proposed in LEED v4
Understand how LEED v4 restructures credits
Review new LEED categories
Understand how the new Materials and Resources credits impact industry standards

5. 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 at the sign-in table for certificates.

6. How many of you are familiar with LEED?
LEED-AP’s or GA’s?
Worked on a LEED project?

7. 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

8. Focus is maturing from building focus to human health focus and a wholistic view of integrating building systems.
Changing focus from “doing less bad” to “doing more good.” – better than being outside! Better for the environment.
Building Industry is ready to focus on more innovative concepts.

9. T24 to be net zero:
2020 residential
2030 non residential
Image Credit: Natural Capital

10. 4 Rating Systems BD+C (10 categories) ID+C (3 categories)
EB:O+M (6 categories)
NC (2 categories)
110 points total
A. 4 rating systems, with 21 market sectors. 5th system - LEED-ND coming Summer 2014
New: Data Centers
Warehouses/distribution centers
Hospitality
(E) schools and retail
Mid-rise residential
LEED for Homes is 2008 version, its own unique rating system.
This presentation is focused on BD+C
40-49 points
CERTIFIED
50-59 points
SILVER
50-59 points
GOLD
points
PLATINUM

11. Credit Categories - NEW - CHANGES - CHANGES - CHANGES - MAJOR CHANGES
Integrative process – new
Sustainable sites – separated into location & transportation/sustainable sites
Innovation – no changes
Regional priority – no changes
All changes in LEEDv4 are focused on improved performance.
Focus on reporting performance, not yet guaranteeing performance (Living Building Challenge).
Lots of small credit adjustments and we’ll give you some examples – and talk about what will most impact your work.
- NO CHANGES
- NO CHANGES

12. Question #1
What is one of the new categories in LEED v4?

13. Integrative Process
New credit category.

14. ENCOURAGES EARLY ANALYSIS OF ENERGY AND WATER SYSTEMS TO INFORM DESIGN
v2009
DIDN’T EXIST v4
IPc1
NEW CREDIT
ENCOURAGES EARLY ANALYSIS OF ENERGY AND WATER SYSTEMS TO INFORM DESIGN
LEED has always fostered an integrated approach to design. Now projects can be rewarded for documenting that process.
IPD, charrettes
Involves entire project team to analyze opportunities early in design, before many choices have been made that could eliminate cost-effective options or concepts that if introduced down the line could not be achieved.
All engineers, designers, owner, Cx agent, contractor if possible, other specialty team members –
“Simple Box” energy model – energy, lighting, envelope; water budget

15. CHANGES IN SUSTAINABLE SITES
LOCATION & TRANSPORTATION v4
SUSTAINABLE SITES v4
SUSTAINABLE SITES v2009
Sustainable Sites has been reassembled to include a new credit rating category.
The two types of site credits have been separated to provide a little more intuitiveness.
SS category can now focus on project-specific site issues. 16 26 10

16. Location & Transportation
This new category focuses on the relationship between the project and the community where it is located.
Credits are largely taken from the sustainable sites category of LEED2009.
Services the Project provides, Services the community provides.

17. ENCOURAGES EARLY ANALYSIS OF ENERGY AND WATER SYSTEMS TO INFORM DESIGN
v2009
DIDN’T EXIST v4
LTc1
NEW CREDIT
ENCOURAGES EARLY ANALYSIS OF ENERGY AND WATER SYSTEMS TO INFORM DESIGN
New credit example:
Outgrowth of “Site Selection” credit.
Intent is to avoid inappropriate sites, reduce vehicle use, encourage physical activity. (walkability)
Encourages projects to be located where community-level best practices have been established.

18. v2009
SSc4.1 v4
LTC5
CREDIT RENAMED FROM “ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION – PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ACCESS”
MULTIPLE THRESHOLDS TO REWARD VARYING TRANSIT SERVICE LEVELS
.25mi
Revised Credit Example:
Minimum trip counts for buses, transit, rideshare stops on both weekdays and weekends.,
More points for more trips.
Pedestrian pathway instead of “as the bird flies”.
RADIUS = .25mi
WALKABLE DISTANCE = .25mi

19. v2009
Sc4.3 v4
LTc8
Credit renamed from “alternative transportation – low emitting and fuel efficient vehicles”
The familiar preferred parking requirement plus:
An additional 2% of parking spaces must have refueling stations-electric vehicle charging or liquid, gas, or battery facilities

20. Sustainable Sites

21. NEW RENAMED / REORGANIZED
Focus is on the project site and how it benefits the immediate ecosystem.
RENAMED / REORGANIZED

22. ENCOURAGES EARLY ANALYSIS OF SITE CONDITIONS TO INFORM DESIGN
v2009
DIDN’T EXIST v4
SSc1
NEW CREDIT
ENCOURAGES EARLY ANALYSIS OF SITE CONDITIONS TO INFORM DESIGN
New credit example:
Typography, hydrology, climate, vegetation, soils, human use, human health effects
Examples: rainwater collection opportunities (hydrology)
temperature ranges, solar exposure (climate)

23. v2009
SSc7.1 v4
SSc4
v2009
SSc7.2
COMBINATION OF “HEAT ISLAND EFFECT – NONROOF” AND “HEAT ISLAND EFFECT – ROOF”
UPDATED
Revised credit example: Combined; higher shading and solar reflective index thresholds.
Why are heat islands important? (next slide).
Details:
Raised the minimum solar reflective index values + 3 year aged SRI values (low slope 78 > 82, aged 64; high slope 29 > 39, aged 32)
Changed paving materials metric to solar reflectance (sr)
Increased threshold for parking spaces under cover – 50% > 75%
COMPARE TO T : low slope aged 75; high slope aged 16.

24. SACRAMENTO
Neil—Importance of reducing heat islands - design day temperatures to include heat island effect

25. INCLUDED EXTERIOR SIGNAGE REQUIREMENTS ADDED EXEMPTIONS
v2009
SSc8 v4
SSc6
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
Prescriptive per-fixture method: BUG = backlight, uplight and glare
Performance Calculation = photometrics– similar to LEED2009
Intent: Reduce glare, light trespass, and skyglow, improve nightime visibility
Effect:
Worst offender: gas station – forget headlights
Large Energy Impact

27. Question #2
What importance does the heat island effect have on mechanical systems and architectural design?

28. Water Efficiency

29. NEW

30. 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
First time a pre req in water
Permanent water meters for potable water – manual or automated
Share 5 years of data with USGBC

31. Templates now combine matching prerequisites and credits

32. +1 point: Increase treatment OR use 20% recycled non-potable water
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

33. Question #3
Why is it important to distinguish between potable and non-potable water use?
More than 50% of fresh water in CA goes to irrigation

34. Energy &
Atmosphere

35. NEW
NEW

36. Addition of exterior closures in OPR and BOD documents
Reference Guides:
ASHRAE Guidance and ASHRAE Guideline for HVAC&R Systems
NIBS Guideline 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

37. Must meet before counting Renewable Energy Option 1: Energy Simulation
ASHRAE
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

38. Path 1: is similar to LEED 2009
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%

40. 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

42. Must be for offsets for projects within US 50% and 100% reduction
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
CONFIRM ACCURACY

43. Question #4
What is the biggest change in Energy & Atmosphere when compared to LEED 2009?

44. Materials &
Resources
Category with the most changes – LEEDv4 introduces entirely new approaches to these credits.
Elephant in the room, main source of LEEDv4 controversy.

45. NEW
The big change center around the “building product disclosure and optimization” credits, or “Product transparency” credits:
Vs LEED2009 single-attribute credits we are used to – recycled content, rapidly renewable, regional, certified wood.
Example: “This product is sustainable because it has recycled content.”
What if it also has unhealthy ingredients in it?
Where did old MR credits go? Embedded within these new credits, with some changes.
Let’s

46. Option 1: Divert 50% and three material streams (1 point)
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.
Option 3:
Why? 2.5 pounds per bldg. s.f. assumed normal in early LEED – not so!

47. Chico Gateway Museum: 114.72 tons generated = 229,440 pounds
9,698 s.f.
23.68 psf generated! (68% diverted)
Fausel Professional Building: tons generated =
316,480 pounds
18,637 s.f.
16.98 psf generated! (82% diverted)
NRF Production Support Complex: tons generated =
606,800 pounds
89,964 s.f.
6.74 psf generated! (65.5% diverted)
Products: Packaging, minimizing waste
Gateway: Small project, normal amount of sitework
Fausel: Medium project, significant amount of sitework
PSC: Large project, small amount of sitework
How to help:
Packaging – reusable, recyclable

48. BUILDING PRODUCT DISCLOSURE AND OPTIMIZATION CREDITS: ALPHABET SOUP
LCAs EPDs HPDs C2C
Athena Impact Estimator
Lots of new acronyms, can be overwhelming.
-Let’s provide some definitions.

49. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
ALPHABET SOUP
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD):
Environmental Report of product performance based on Life Cycle Assessment
Lots of acronyms. Let’s look first at Lifecycle Impact Reduction: LCAs – cradle to grave or cradle to cradle
Lifecycle Impacts can be reduced by: Use of historic or abandoned buildings
Reuse and salvage of building materials
Shorter transportation distances (“REGIONAL MATERIALS”)
Whole building LCA – 10% better design case than base case
EPDs: Certified 3rd party report of the environmental impacts from extraction, manufacturing, use, and disposal or reuse of a product. Manufacturers will be asked to provide these to designers and contractors.
Provides designers reliable data to make informed product choices about embodied carbon, energy, and water.
Example: Reduces individual designer research such as gypsum board – recycled vs manufactured close by – which is better?
Example: Bamboo – transportation distance?
I see this change to LEEDv4 making my life easier as a specifier – helps centralize the information I am looking for to evaluate products.
Image: Edge Environment

50. Step 1: Disclosure of impacts Step 2: Optimization of impacts
PRODUCT TRANSPARENCY
Step 1: Disclosure of impacts
Step 2: Optimization of impacts
LEEDv4 new/reorganized material credits have a first point for the simple disclosure of life cycle costs and chemicals of concern, and climate change potential,
and additional points for optimization of those materials – using materials that have a smaller life cycle cost, contain fewer or no chemicals of concern, and/or “less bad” or “good” climate change potential.
- Image: GreenScreen

51. Products sourced within 100 miles are valued at 200% of their cost
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
Intent: To encourage adaptive reuse and optimize the environmental performance of products and materials.
One point for disclosure – products that have LCA’s.
Another point for optimization - choosing products that have improved environmental impact than industry average.
Example: closed-loop recycling program.
Here you see the old “Regional Materials” credit tightened and within another credit.
Products sourced within 100 miles are valued at 200% of their cost

52. Mechanical engineers: Your architect is going to be requiring these for the insulation you specify around your ducts or below your rooftop HVAC units….
Plumbing engineers: For your piping….. (PVC?)

53. Health Product Declaration (HPD):
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
HPDs provide a disclosure of the potential chemicals of concern in products by comparing product ingredients to a wide variety of “hazard” lists published by government authorities and scientific associations. It is ONE OF THE STANDARDS to meet the credit requirements for meeting the material ingredient credit we’ll look at next.

54. “RED LIST”
The subject is complex – we are not chemists. How do we choose healthy materials?
Chemistry was my worst subject…

55. 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
Option 3 – Product Manufacturer Supply Chain Optimization
Intent: To encourage the use of products and materials for which chemical content information is available and that have environmentally, economically, and socially preferable life-cycle impacts.
The material ingredient, or “product transparency” reports are similar to a nutrition label at the grocery store.
Center of controversy over LEEDv4: Health and materials: Battle between USGBC and some chemical manufacturers (American Chemistry Council) who tried to ban LEED because they don’t want the public to know what is in their products:
Convinced some state governors.
Federal Standards now: LEED or Green Globes
Why should you care? – Right to know what chemicals are in our buildings that we spend 90 of our lives in, like what food we put in our bodies.
Building health is important to everyone:
-”My child has asthma….”
-”My mother has sick building syndrome and is in a hospital that is making her worse instead of better….”

56. PRODUCT TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES HDR Perkins + Will
Architectural Nexus
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: July 2013: “Skanska announced our resignation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to protest the Chamber’s backing of a chemical industry-led initiative (amendment in 2013 Senate Bill 761) to effectively ban the future use of LEED for government buildings. “
Patty: Describe Nexus commitment and initiative – to creating healthy buildings.
Neil: Describe Glumac commitment
Information = Impact

57. Question #5
What is the difference between an environmental product declaration and a health product declaration?

58. Indoor
Environmental
Quality

59. RENAMED / REORGANIZED
NEW

60. v2009
EQc1 v4
EQc2
EQc5
Credit got consolidated since many credits in v2009 addressed indoor air quality.
ADDED ADDITIONAL OPTION FOR MATHEMATICAL MODELING, ADDITIONAL SENSORS, AND MIXED MODE SYSTEMS

61. NO SUBSTANTATIVE CHANGES
EQc3.1 v4
EQc3
NO SUBSTANTATIVE CHANGES
v2009
EQc3.2 v4
EQc4
EQc3: Credit renamed from “Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan – During Construction”
EQc4: Credit renamed from “Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan – Before Occupancy”
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

62. v2009
EQc6.2 v4
EQc5
EQc7.1
EQc7.2
UPDATED REFERENCE STANDARD TO ASHRAE

63. ADDED AN OPTION THAT ADDRESSES LIGHTING QUALITY
v2009
DIDN’T EXIST v4
EQc6
NEW CREDIT
INCORPORATE CONTROLS REQUIREMENTS FROM “CONTROLLABILITY OF SYSTEMS – LIGHTING” CREDIT
ADDED AN OPTION THAT ADDRESSES LIGHTING QUALITY
Option 2 (NEW): Introduces Lighting Quality
Lists out 6-10 strategies to increasing or improving lighting quality of a project, and allows project teams to select 4 of those strategies to prove compliance.

64. CREDIT RENAMED FROM “DAYLIGHT AND VIEWS – DAYLIGHT”
EQc8.1 v4
EQc7
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
If the sun is out, lights should not be on.
Integrated design process

65. NEW CREDIT (EXCEPT IN SCHOOLS & HEALTHCARE)
v2009
DIDN’T EXIST v4
EQc9
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
New credit that now addresses acoustics in all projects, not just Schools and Healthcare.

66. Question #6
As an MEP engineer, why should I care about daylighting?

67. Useful Tools: General: USGBC www.usgbc.org LEEDUser www.leeduser.com
Life Cycle Assessments and Environmental Product Declarations:
Athena Impact Estimator
Cradle to Cradle
Health Product Declarations and Material Ingredient Inventory:
Health Product Declaration Collaborative
The Pharos Project
Living Futures Institute Declare
GreenScreen
Energy:
ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guides

68. Questions?
This conclude The American Institute of Architects and GBCI Continuing Education Systems Course

69. Contacts: Patty Karapinar, pkarapinar@archnexus.com
Neil Steiner,