Sustainable Sites

Sustainable Sites

SS Credit 4.1: Alternative Transportation—Public Transportation Access

This credit is meant to reduce pollution because people will drive cars less. The requirements for the credit is that you need a bus terminal or train station less than a ½ mile away from the construction so that people can access the public transportation by walking. The strategies are to take a survey to ask the people who will live in the building where they are going on the public transportation so we can build the building near the right bus or train station locations.

Water Efficiency

WE Credit 3: Water Use Reduction

The intent of this credit is to lower the total amount of water used by the building. You get a certain amount of points for the percentage of water that you save. If you save 30% you get 2 points, 35% is 3 points, and 40% is 4 points. Some strategies for this credit is to capture the rainfall water and recycle it or you could invest in energy efficient appliances and toilets to reduce overall water use.

Energy and Atmosphere

EA Credit 6: Green Power

The Green Power credit intent is to encourage that new developments invest in green energies like solar power so that pollution can be reduced as much as possible. The requirements for this credit is that the construction must have a 2 year contract with renewable energy providers to support at least 35% of the buildings electricity. The building could use many strategies for this like solar panels, wind turbines or geothermal energy. They must sign the contract with a renewable energy provider to get the credits.

Materials and Resources

MR Credit 3: Materials