Sustainable Sites: Assessing A LEED v4.1 Project Site
Elixir Environmental works with building product manufacturers to develop transparency documentation for material ingredient reporting, including Health Product Declarations (HPD). HPDs help contribute points under LEED v4. Product declarations offer your customers an unsurpassed level of transparency, can validate claims of your product's contents, and increase the chances of your building product getting specified.
A LEED site assessment evaluates environmental features that the design of a sustainable site and building should take into consideration. A well-developed assessment conducted before or during the conceptual design phase may reduce project costs and risks, promote occupants’ health, and honor a site’s unique characteristics. In this course we describe how project teams can achieve the LEED v4.1 BD+C Site Assessment credit and review resources that can help design professionals meet their goals.
- Describe how project teams can achieve the LEED v4.1 BD+C Site Assessment credit
- Discuss how topography, hydrology, climate, and other factors integrate into the LEED v4.1 BD+C Site Assessment credit
- Review EPA Level III Ecoregion Descriptions and other resources that can help project teams meet the requirements for the LEED v4.1 BD+C Site Assessment credit
- Explain how the SITES ratings system influenced the creation of the LEED v4.1 BD+C Site Assessment credit and the principles that a project team should follow
