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Emerging Green Builders (EGB) (Cont.): Green building, project viewpoint (Cont.):
EP points, 139–140t, 142 designation of responsible parties, 327–328
exercises, 186–189 getting started, 313–315
hydrogen fuel cells, 183, 184f keeping track, 315–316
LEED Application Guide for Lodging, 350 lead people, LEED, 324–325
LEED version 2.2 vs. 2009, 137–142, 139–140t predesign site selection, 326
on-site renewable energy, 182–183 preliminary site assessment, 325–326
prerequisites, subcategories, points overview, 10, project area, boundary, 326–327, 327f
138, 141t project methods, phases, 316, 321, 322t
Energy Star, 334 project objectives, summary, 328
Environmental and Water Resources Institute Green Building Initiative (GBI), 3
(EWRI), 1, 370 Green Design Institute, 6
EPA Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfields Greenfield sites, 63–64, 64t
Program, 46 Green Globes, 3
EQ. See Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Green Highway Partnership, 1
Erosion and sedimentation control (ESC), 37–38, 360, Green highways, 1
368–369, 369t
EWRI. See Environmental and Water Resources H
Institute High-performance building, 2
Exceptional calculation method (ECM), 159
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The Federal Commitment to Green Building: Experiences IAQ. See Indoor air quality
IAQ Guidelines for Occupied Buildings under
and Expectations, 338, 344 Construction, 258
Federal government. See also Department of Defense ID. See Innovation and Design (ID) Processes
construction, 343 IEQ. See Indoor Environmental Quality
green building, 343–355 Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
mandates, sustainable construction, 343–345, 345t (IESNA), 23, 147
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 1 Improving Engineering Education (ImpEE) project, 6
FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), 39 IMPs. See Integrated management practices
FHWA. See Federal Highway Administration Indoor air quality (IAQ), 351
FIRMs. See FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps air cleaning, 353–355
Floodplain elevations, 39 future combined technologies, 353–355
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), 224–225 IEQ credits, 245–246, 257–262
Formaldehyde, 263 source control, 352–353
FSC. See Forest Stewardship Council
ventilation, 353
Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)
G air pollution calculation conversions,
Gantt (bar) charts, 321, 322t concentrations, 294–295
Gasoline, MTBE, 3 ambient air properties, 295
GBI. See Green Building Initiative box models, 295
Government. See Federal government breathing zone, 244–245, 245f
Graywater, 115, 121, 122t, 129 concentrations, 295
Green building discussion, overview, 293–294
defined, 1–7 EB certification, 243, 244t
education, 338 EP points, 237, 238–241t, 243
exercises, 340–341 exercises, 298–302
federal government, 343–355 ideal gas law, 294–295
Green building, project viewpoint IEQ Credit 1: Outdoor Air Delivery Monitoring,
codes, credits summary, 328–334, 329–333t, 251–254
335–336t calculations, considerations, 252–254
CPM schedules, 321–324, 322–323f mechanically ventilated, densely occupied
credit estimates, project checklist, 316, 319–320t spaces/naturally ventilated spaces,
credit rankings, initial checklist, 316, 317–318t 252–254