Page 445 - The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction Sustainable Construction for Engineers

Notation 405

Symbol Chapter Definition (typical units as applicable)
BF 2 Building footprint—planar projection of built structures
onto land
BR 2 Minimum number of bicycle rack spaces (commercial/
institutional uses)
BSF 2 Minimum number of bicycles for which secure and
covered bicycle storage facilities are provided for
residential uses
BWB 3 Blackwater baseline generation rate (gal/yr)
BWD 3 Blackwater design generation rate (gal/yr)
2
BZA 6 Breathing zone horizontal area for zone i (ft )
i
BZAR 6 Breathing zone minimum area rate [ft /(min·ft ) or
3
2
(cfm/sf)]; usually 0.06 cfm/sf as given in the standard
2
BZOD 6 Breathing zone occupant density for zone i (people/ft )
i
3
BZPR 6 Breathing zone minimum people rate for use j [ft /min
j
per person (cfm per person)] as given in the standard
3
(for example, this is 5 ft /min per person for general
office spaces and conference or meeting rooms, and
3
it is 7.5 ft /min per person for lecture rooms and
classrooms)
C 2, 10 Overall stormwater runoff coefficient of the total site
area (see %Impness)
C 2 Stormwater runoff coefficient of land surface i
i
C 10 Average concentration of a pollutant in a BMP
PBMP
C 10 Average concentration of a pollutant infiltrating into
PF
ground
C 10 Average concentration of a pollutant in rainfall
PI
C 10 Average concentration of a pollutant coming from
Pmisc
miscellaneous flows into a BMP
C 10 Average concentration of a pollutant flowing out of
Pout
BMP
C 10 Average concentration of a pollutant in upslope runoff
Pup
C 10 Average stormwater runoff coefficient of land surface
up
upslope of BMP
CBECSE 4 Commercial buildings energy consumption survey
j
median electrical use for building use j [kWh/(ft ·yr)]
2
CBECSF 4 Commercial buildings energy consumption survey
j
2
median fuel use for building use j [kBtu/(ft ·yr)]
CDF 6 Combined daylight factor for each window type i
i
CE 3 Controller efficiency factor
CE 3 Controller efficiency factor for area i
i