Page 481 - The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction Sustainable Construction for Engineers

Index 441

MILCON, 345–350 Regularly occupied areas, 285
Minimum program requirements (MPRs), 9, 313, 314t Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),
exercises, 340–341 46
Montreal Protocol, 170, 176 RP points. See Regional priority points
MPRs. See Minimum program requirements
MR. See Materials and Resources
MTBE. See Methyl-tertiary-butyl ether S
Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion, The, 172
N SEC. See Erosion and sedimentation control
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning National
264, 293 Contractors Association (SMACNA), 257–259
National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST), Single-occupancy vehicles (SOVs), 47–48, 60
BEES, 334 SMACNA. See Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System National Contractors Association
(NPDES), 360 Smart Water Applications Technologies (SWAT)
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association program, 116
(NRMCA), 336 Soil erosion and control (SEC). See Erosion and
Natural Capitalism, Creating the Next Industrial sedimentation control
Revolution, 7 SOVs. See Single-occupancy vehicles
NIST. See National Institute of Standards Technology SS. See Sustainable Sites
Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution, 360–362 SSI. See Sustainable Sites Initiative
NPDES. See National Pollutant Discharge Standard 189, 23
Elimination System Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, 74
NPS pollution. See Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution Stormwater management. See Low-impact
NRMCA. See National Ready Mixed Concrete development, stormwater issues
Association Sustainability, 1–2, 7
Sustainable construction, 1–7
Sustainable development, 1–7
O Sustainable Sites Initiative (SSI), 1
ODP. See Ozone depletion potential Sustainable Sites (SS)
Office of the Federal Environmental Executive Construction Submittal, 30, 33t
(OFFE), 338 credits overview, 29–30, 33t
Open space area, 35–36, 67–69 discussion, overview, 97–98
Ozone depletion potential (ODP), 170–172, 173t EB certification, 30, 33t
EP points, 31–32t, 34
P exercises, 101–104
Parking Generation, Third Edition, 61 land area definitions, 34–36, 35f
PBP. See Proposed building performance LEED Application Guide for Lodging, 349
PDEM. See Proposed design energy model LEED version 2.2 vs. 2009, 30, 31–32t
Permeable pavements, 376f, 381–382, 381f, 388f prerequisites, subcategories, points overview, 9,
Previously developed sites, 35–36, 39, 64–65 29–30, 33t, 335t
Previously undeveloped land, 39 SS Credit 1: Site Selection, 38–40
Prime agricultural land, 39 calculations, considerations, 38–40
Proposed building performance (PBP), 161 USGBC Rating System, 38
Proposed design energy model (PDEM), 157, 159–161 SS Credit 2: Development Density and
Community Connectivity, 40–45
calculations, considerations, 41–44
R community connectivity area map, 45f
Rain gardens, 376f, 378–380f, 387–388f density boundary area map, 43f
RCRA. See Resource Conservation and Recovery Act special circumstances, exemplary performance,
Recommended Practice Manual: Lighting for Exterior 44
Environments, 94 USGBC Rating System, 40–41
Reference Guides, 6–7, 8t SS Credit 3: Brownfield Redevelopment, 45–47
Refrigerants, Naturally!, 176 calculations, considerations, 46–47
Regional priority (RP) points, 10, 308–309, 309t USGBC Rating System, 46