US green building Leed rating system

LEEDGreenBuildingRatingSystemTMVersion2.0U.S.GREENBUILDINGCOUNCILMarch2000LeadershipinEnergyandEnvironmentalDesignLEEDGreenBuildingRatingSystemTMVersion2.0FinalPage2DisclaimerTheLEEDGreenBuildingRatingSystemTM2.0isthesecondeditionofthisstandard.TheU.S.GreenBuildingCouncilmakesitsbesteffortatpromulgatingastandardthatimprovesenvironmentalandeconomicperformanceofcommercialbuildingsusingestablishedoradvancedindustryprinciples,practices,materials,andstandards.TheLEEDGreenBuildingSystemTMisintendedtobeusedbycommercialbuildingprojectstakeholdersandprojectteamsasaguideforgreenandsustainabledesign.TheU.S.GreenBuildingassumesnoexpressedorimpliedresponsibilityfortheoverallperformanceofbuildingswheretheLEEDGreenBuildingSystemTMisusedasaguide.TheU.S.GreenBuildingCouncildoesnotguarantee,certify,orensureperformanceofanyproducts,systems,strategies,ortechnologiesdescribedintheLEEDGreenBuildingRatingSystemTM.TheU.S.GreenBuildingCouncilcannotbeheldliableforanycriteriasetfourthherein,whichmaynotbeapplicabletopreviousorlaterversionsofLEEDTM.LEEDGreenBuildingRatingSystemTMVersion2.0FinalPage3SustainableSitesPrerequisite:ErosionandSedimentationControl....................................................................................................4Credit1:SiteSelection...........................................................................................................................................4Credit2:UrbanRedvelopment..............................................................................................................................5Credit3:BrownfieldRedevelopment.....................................................................................................................5Credit4:AlternativeTransportation........................................................................................................................5Credit5:ReducedSiteDisturbance........................................................................................................................6Credit6:StormwaterManagement.........................................................................................................................6Credit7:LandscapeandExteriorDesigntoReduceHeatIslands.............................................................................7Credit8:LightPollutionReduction........................................................................................................................7WaterEfficiencyCredit1:WaterEfficientLandscaping.....................................................................................................................8Credit2:InnovativeWastewaterTechnologies.........................................................................................................8Credit3:WaterUseReduction...............................................................................................................................9EnergyandAtmospherePrerequisite1:FundamentalBuildingSystemsCommissioning..............................................................................10Prerequisite2:MinimumEnergyPerformance......................................................................................................10Prerequisite3:CFCReductioninHVAC&REquipment......................................................................................11Credit1:OptimizeEnergyPerformance...............................................................................................................11Credit2:RenewableEnergy.................................................................................................................................12Credit3:AdditionalCommissioning.....................................................................................................................12Credit4:EliminationofHCFC’sandHalons........................................................................................................12Credit5:MeasurementandVerification................................................................................................................13Credit6:GreenPower.........................................................................................................................................13MaterialsandResourcesPrerequisite:Storage&CollectionofRecyclables...................................................................................................14Credit1:BuildingReuse......................................................................................................................................14Credit2:ConstructionWasteManagement...........................................................................................................15Credit3:ResourceReuse.....................................................................................................................................15Credit4:RecycledContent........................................................................................................................