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A Blackwater, 117, 118t, 121, 123, 126–130
BMPs. See Best management practices
Advanced Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Design Guide for
BR. See Bicycle rack spaces
Non-Residential Buildings, 294
Breathing zone, 184, 244–245, 245f
AFVs. See Alternative Fuel Vehicles
BREEAM. See Building Research Establishment’s
AIA. See American Institute of Architects
Environmental Assessment Method
Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs), 55–57
Building annual energy cost (BAEC), 167–168, 179
American Institute of Architects (AIA), 22
Building for Environmental and Economic
American National Standards Institute (ANSI),
Sustainability (BEES), 334, 336, 337t
22, 147
Building Research Establishment’s Environmental
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM),
Assessment Method (BREEAM), 3
23
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1, 370
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and C
Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE), 23,
147, 245–246, 294 California Green Building Standards (CALGreen)
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), 1 Code, 3
ANSI. See American National Standards Institute Carbon commitment, 23–24
Application Guide for Lodging Using the LEED Green Carbon monoxide, 264
Building Rating System, 348 C&D. See Construction and demolition
ASCE. See American Society of Civil Engineers Center for Watershed Protection (CWP), 360
ASHRAE. See American Society of Heating, CEPSCI. See Certified Erosion Prevention and
Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Sediment Control Inspector
Inc. CERCLA. See Comprehensive Environmental
ASLA. See American Society of Landscape Architects Response, Compensation and Liability Act
ASTM. See American Society for Testing and Certified Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control
Materials Inspector (CEPSCI), 368
Certified Professional in Erosion Prevention and
Sediment Control (CPESC), 368
B Charrettes, 313, 315
BAEC. See Building annual energy cost CIRs. See Credit Interpretation Rulings
Bar (Gantt) charts, 321, 322t Civil, environmental engineering, 3
Base building performance (BBP), 157, 159, 161 Climate change, 23–24
BEES. See Building for Environmental and Economic Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Sustainability Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA),
Best management practices (BMPs), 74, 77. See also 46
Low-impact development, stormwater issues Construction and demolition (C&D), debris
Bicycle rack spaces (BR), 52–54, 54f recycling/reuse, 4, 4f, 207–209, 211f
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