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Quick Review: LEED BD+C Referenced Standards - Sustainable Sites

Credit# Credit Title Referenced Standards
SS P1 Construction Activity Pollution Prevention
  • 2003 EPA Construction General Permit
SS P2 Environmental Site Assessment (Schools)
  • ASTM- E 1527-05, Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
  • ASTM 1903-97, Phase II Environmental Site Assessment
SS C1 Site Selection
  • Endangered Species Lists (US Fish & Wildlife Service List of Threatened & Endangered Species)
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Definition of 100- Year Flood
  • Definition of Wetlands in the US Code of Federal Regulations (40CFR, Parts 230-233,22)
SS C2 Development Density and Community Connectivity None
SS C3 Brownfield Redevelopment
  • US EPA Definition of Brownfields (EPA Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfield Program)
  • ASTM E 1527-05, Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
  • ASTM E 1903-97 Phase II Environmental Site Assessment
SS C 4.1, C4.2, 4.3 Alternative Transportation- Public Transportation Access, Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms, Low-Emitting and Fuel Efficient Vehicles None
SS C4.4 Alternative Transportation: Parking Capacity
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers, Parking Generation Study, 2003
SS C5.1, C5.2 Site Development: Protect or Restore Habitat, Maximize Open Space None
SS C6.1, C6.2 Stormwater Design: Quantity Control, Quality Control None
SS C7.1 Heat Island Effect: Non-Roof
  • ASTM E408-71 (1996)e1, Standard Test Methods for Total Normal Emittance of Surfaces Using Inspection-Meter Techniques
  • ASTM C1371-04a Standard Test Method for Determination of Emittance of Materials Near Room Temperature Using Portable Emissometers.
  • ASTM E903-96, Standard Test Method for Solar Absorptance, Reflectance, and Transmittance of Materials Using Integrated Spheres
  • ASTM E1918-97, Standard Test Method for Measuring Solar Reflectance of Horizontal and Low- Sloped Surfaces in the Field
  • ASTM C1549-04, Standard Test Method for Determination of Solar Reflectance Near Ambient Temperature Using a Portable Solar Reflectometer
SS C7.2 Heat Island Effect: Roof
  • ASTM Standard E1908-01- Standard Practice for Calculating Solar Reflectance Index of Horizontal and Low Sloped Opaque Surfaces
  • ASTM E408-71(1996) e1- Standard Test Methods for Total Normal Emmittance of Surfaces Using Inspection-Meter Techniques
  • ASTM E903-96 - Standard Test Method for Solar Absorbance, Reflectance, and Transmittance of Materials Using Integrating Spheres
  • ASTM E1918-97- Standard Test Method for Measuring Solar Reflectance of Horizontal and Low-Sloped Surfaces in the Field
  • ASTM C1371-04- Standard Test Method for Determination of Emittance of Materials Near Room Temperature Using Portable Emissometers
  • ASTM C1549-04- Standard Test Method for Determination of Solar Reflectance Near Ambient Temperature Using a Portable Solar Reflectometer
SS C8 Light Pollution Reduction
  • ASHRAE/ IESNA Standard 90.1-2007, Energy Standard for Building Excerpt Low- Rise Residential Lighting, Section 9 (without amendments)
SS C9 Site Master Plan/ Tenant Design and Construction Guidelines (CS) None
SS C10 Joint Use of Facilities None

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