Refer to the Fossil Ridge High School LEED summary on the textbook website.
a. Estimate and assign LEED points for the Fossil Ridge High School design.
b. In what areas of design did “green building” increase costs the most?
c. In what areas of design did “green building” result in the greatest potential savings?
What will be an ideal response?
a. Fossil Ridge High School received a LEED Silver rating, with the following earned credits:
Sustainable sites: 7
Water efficiency: 1
Energy and atmosphere: 13
Materials and resources: 5
Indoor environmental
quality: 5 Innovation and
design: 5
b. Achieving LEED silver did not cost the school district any more than a conventional school in the region. The information in the summary does not tell us what aspects of achieving the rating might have been more expensive, and which were less expensive to offset those costs.
c. Energy savings are most significant. The building is 60% more energy efficient that comparable buildings. Also, almost 75% of the construction waste was diverted through recycling. Water conservation appears to be good, but no data were provided.
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