NPS-ProjectSustainabilityChecklist-LEED2009_5-28-10.xls

Instructions NPS Project Sustainability Checklist Building and Non Building Projects (For New Construction or Renovation) LEED 2009 Edition

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Checklist NPS Project Sustainability Checklist Building and Non-Building Projects (For New Construction or Renovation) LEED 2009 Edition

&CForm E 62 (5/26/10) Erosion and Sediment Control Strategies:

1. Develop a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)

2. Temporary seeding/planting

3. Permanent seeding/planting

4. Mulching

5. Earth dike

6. Silt fence

7. Sediment trap

8. Sediment Basin

9. If project involves interior work only, answer yes.

9. Other Site Selection:

1. Site is NOT prime farmland

2. Site is NOT previously undeveloped land lower than 5 ft. above 100 year flood plain.

3. Land is NOT habitat for threatened or endangered species.

4. Land is NOT within 100 ft. of wetlands

5. Land is public parkland (Parkland Exception)

6. Other Development Density:

1. Construct or renovate a building on a previously developed site and in a community with a min. density of 60,000 SF/Acre

2. Building is located on a previously developed site

3. Building is within 1/2 mile of a residential area with an avg. density of 10 Units/Acre

4. Building is located within 1/2 mile of at least 10 basic services

5. Building has pedestrian access between building and services

6. Other Brownfield Redevelopment:

1. Develop on a site documented as contaminated (ASTM E1903-97 Phase 2)

2. Develop on a site defined as a Brownfield by local, state, or federal agency

3. Other Alternative Transportation:

1. Locate project within 1/2 mile walking distance of an existing or planned and funded commuter rail, light rail, or subway station

2. Locate the project within 1/4 mile walking distance of 1 or more stops for 2 or more public, campus, or private bus lines useable by building occupants

3. Other Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms:

1. Provide secure bicycle racks/storage within 200 yards of building entrance for 5% of all building users (peak) AND provide shower/changing facilities within 200 yards of building entrance for 0.5% of FTE occupants.

2. Provide covered storage facilities for securing bicycles for 15% of building occupants

3. Other Low Emitting & Fuel Efficient Vehicles:

1. Provide preferred parking for low-emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles for 5% of vehicle parking capacity (discounted parking rates may be acceptable substitute - consult ref. guide)

2. Install alternative-fuel fueling stations for 3% of the total vehicle parking capacity. Liquid or gaseous fueling facilities must be separately ventilated or located outdoors.

3. Other Parking Capacity:

1. Parking capacity sized to meet but not exceed local zoning requirements

2. Provide preferred parking for carpools/vanpools for 5% of total parking spaces.

3. The project provides parking for less than 5% of FTE occupants.

4. Provide discounted parking for carpools/vanpools may be substituted for preferred parking

5. Provide no new parking

6. Provide infrastructure/support to facilitate shared vehicle use (see ref. guide for examples)

7. Other Site Development - Protect or Restore Habitat:

1. Stack the building program

2. Tuck-under parking

3. Share parking facilities with neighbors

4. Establish construction boundaries to minimize disturbance of the existing site

5. Restore previously degraded areas to their natural state

6. Select of appropriate native or adapted plants.

7. Prohibit plants listed as invasive or noxious weed species.

8. Avoid monoculture

9. Other Maximize Open Space

1. Stacking the building program

2. Tuck-under parking

3. Sharing parking facilities

4. Other Stormwater Design-Quantity Control:

1. Vegetated Roofs,

2. Pervious Paving

3. Reuse stormwater for landscape irrigation

4. Reuse stormwater for toilet and urinal flushing

5. Reuse stormwater for custodial uses

6. Other Stormwater Design-Quality Control:

1. Vegetated roofs

2. Pervious pavement

3. Grid pavers

4. Rain Gardens

5. Vegetated Swales

6. Disconnection of Imperviousness

7. Rainwater Recycling

8. Low-impact development

9. Environmentally Sensitive Design

10. Constructed wetlands

11. Vegetated Filters

12. Other Protect Hydrology

For development footprints that exceeds 5,000 square feet maintain or restore, to the maximum extent technically feasible, the predevelopment hydrology of the property with regard to the temperature, rate, volume, and duration of flow.

1. Vegetated Roofs,

2. Pervious Paving

3. Reuse stormwater for landscape irrigation

4. Reuse stormwater for toilet and urinal flushing

5. Reuse stormwater for custodial uses

6. Grid pavers

7. Rain Gardens

8. Vegetated Swales

9. Constructed wetlands

10. Vegetated Filters

11. If project involves no site work, answer yes 12 Other Heat Island Effect, Non-Roof

1. Shade from native or adapted trees and large shrubs

2. Shade from vegetated trellises or other exterior structures supporting vegetation.

3. High albedo coatings and integral colorants for asphalt

4. Shade impervious surfaces with photovoltaic cells

5. Vegetated roofs

6. Open grid paving

7. High-albedo concrete,

8. Other Heat Island Effect, Roof

1. Install high-albedo roof(s).

2. Install vegetated roofs

3. Install PV panels on roof.

4. Other Light Pollution Reduction

1. Minimize site lighting

2. Exterior fixtures are full cutoff luminaires

3. Interior light fixtures produce no direct light spillage through windows.

4 Exterior surfaces are low-reflectance

5. Spotlights are low-angle

5. Other Soundscape Preservation:

1. No exterior noise producing equipment

2. Exterior noise producing equipment is quieter than ambient noise levels.

3. Sound screening is installed to reduce noise levels of outside noise producing equipment.

4. Other Dark Sky Preservation:

1. Minimize site lighting

2. All exterior fixtures are full cutoff luminaires

3. Exterior surfaces are low-reflectance

4. Spotlights are low-angle

5. If no exterior lighting on site/building, answer yes.

6. If existing building has existing non-cutoff lighting that will remain, answer no.

7. Other Water Use Reduction, 20%

Below is a List of Plumbing Fixtures that may be used to achieve this Prereq:

1. Water Closet (1.6 gpf)

2. Water Closet (1.28 gpf)

3. Water Closet (1.0 gpf)

4. Water Closet (Dual Flush 1.6/1.0 gpf)

5. Water Closet (No Water)

6. Urinal (1.0 gpf)

7. Urinal (0.5 gpf)

8. Urinal (0.125 gpf)

9. Urinal (No Water)

10. Lavatory (2.2 gpm)

11. Lavatory (0.5 gpm)

12. Lavatory (0.25 gal/metering cycle)

13. Shower Head (2.50 gpm)

14. Shower Head (1.5-2.0 gpm)

15. Kitchen Sink (2.5 gpm)

16. Kitchen Sink (1.8 gpm)

17. Other

The following fixtures are outside of the scope of water use reduction: Commercial Dishwasher, Ice Makers, Commercial Clothes Washers, Residential Clothes Washers, Standard and Compact Dishwashers Water Efficient Landscaping, 50% Reduction

Below is a list of strategies that could be used to achieve this credit:

1. Chose plants that easily adapt to the site

2. Use Turf in practical areas only

3. No irrigation for plants between Nov. and April

4. No irrigation for shrubs between Sept. and June

5. Use drip, micro-mist, and subsurface irrigation systems

6. Smart irrigation controllers

7. Use water sense labeled irrigation products and watersense certified contractors

8. Mulch for landscaped areas

9. Use hose bibbs for temporary irrigation

10. Use of captured rainwater

11. Use of recycled waste water

12. Use of treated water by public agency. (specifically for non-potable use)

13. Groundwater pumped away from building used for irrigation

14. Other Water Efficient Landscaping, No Potable Water

Below is a lit of strategies that could be used to achieve this credit:

Path #1:

1. Use of captured rainwater

2. Use or recycled waste water

3. Use of treated water by a public agency (specifically for non potable use)

4. Other

Path #2:

1. Install landscaping that does not require a permanent irrigation system.

2. Irrigation system removed within 1 year of installation.

3. Other Innovative Wastewater Technologies

Below is a List of strategies that may be used to achieve this Prereq:

Option #1

1. Water Closet (1.6 gpf)

2. Water Closet (1.28 gpf)

3. Water Closet (1.0 gpf)

4. Water Closet (Dual Flush 1.6/1.0 gpf)

5. Water Closet (No Water)

6. Urinal (1.0 gpf)

7. Urinal (0.5 gpf)

8. Urinal (0.125 gpf)

9. Urinal (No Water)

10. Use graywater collected from sinks, showers, and other sources for flushing water closets and urinals.

11. Use collected rainwater/stormwater for flushing water closets and urinals.

12. Other

Option #2

1. Construct wetlands

2. Mechanical re-circulating sand filters

3. Anaerobic biological treatment reactors

4. Other Water Used for Energy Conservation

For such systems insure water conservation technologies are applied to the extent that the technologies are life-cycle cost-effective. Below are systems that use water for energy conservation:

1. Evaporative Cooling

2. Cooling Tower

3. Domestic water heat rejection loop

4. Other Water Use Reduction, 30%, 35%, 40%

Below is a List of Plumbing Fixtures that may be used to achieve this Prereq:

1. Water Closet (1.6 gpf)

2. Water Closet (1.28 gpf)

3. Water Closet (1.0 gpf)

4. Water Closet (Dual Flush 1.6/1.0 gpf)

5. Water Closet (No Water)

6. Urinal (1.0 gpf)

7. Urinal (0.5 gpf)

8. Urinal (0.125 gpf)

9. Urinal (No Water)

10. Lavatory (2.2 gpm)

11. Lavatory (0.5 gpm)

12. Lavatory (0.25 gal/metering cycle)

13. Shower Head (2.50 gpm)

14. Shower Head (1.5-2.0 gpm)

15. Kitchen Sink (2.5 gpm)

16. Kitchen Sink (1.8 gpm)

17. Other

The following fixtures are outside of the scope of water use reduction: Commercial Dishwasher, Ice Makers, Commercial Clothes Washers, Residential Clothes Washers, Standard and Compact Dishwashers Fundamental Commissioning

The following systems/tests may be included under Fundamental Commissioning:

1. HVAC Systems (Mechanical & Passive) and associated controls

2. Lighting and day lighting controls

3. Domestic hot water systems

4. Renewable energy systems (wind, solar, etc.)

5. Building Envelope

6. Blower door testing

7. Other

See: http://www.wbdg.org/references/mou_commissioning.php for guidance on commissioning.

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