Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED O+M: Existing Buildings, LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors, LEED BD+C: Core and Shell, LEED BD+C: Schools

Rating System Version

v3 - LEED 2009, v3 - LEED 2008, v2 - Schools 2007, v2 - LEED 2.2, v2 - LEED 2.0

Inquiry

Credit Title: Green Building Education\n\nINTENT: To provide public education focusing on green building strategies and solutions.\n\nREQUIREMENTS AND SUBMITTALS: Credit 1.1 (1 point) Provide permanent educational displays illustrating at least one component of each of the five major green building categories in the LEED rating system:\nSustainable Sites\nWater Efficiency\nEnergy and Atmosphere\nIndoor Environmental Quality\nMaterials and Resources\n\n- Provide narrative to describe the intended green building education program that will use the displays.\n- Provide narrative to describe the selected green building educational displays.\n- Provide design drawings of the educational displays and their locations in the building.\n\nCredit 1.2 (1 point) Provide educational outreach focusing on sustainable living and building practices to serve the general public.\n- Provide education program with identifiable tasks and outcomes geared toward sustainable living and building practices.\n- Develop an ongoing education program to provide access to practical methods for homeowners and others for sustainable living and building practices.\n\nSUMMARY OF REFERENCED STANDARDS: There are no such referenced standards for this credit.\n\nGREEN BUILDING CONCERNS: Public education is necessary to encourage green building practices in public programs, private development, and residential communities. The purpose of this innovative credit is to encourage public education in green building projects and provide a strategy to meet that goal.\n\nMission Statement: To inspire people to live more sustainably, using flexible and achievable standards for building and landscaping practices in such a way as it will protect our local and regional natural resources.\n\nDESIGN APPROACH: Even though this credit is designed with an environmental education center in mind, the principles of public education can be applied to either public or private structures. For example, office buildings, although a private enterprise, have employees coming and going each day. A building that is didactic and is reinforced with clearly defined educational displays can have a significant impact on the user\'s understanding of the built and natural environment. Transforming thoughtful design solutions into educational opportunities is the intent of this credit. Also, disseminating effective and practical information on sustainable living and building practices to the general public is a fundamental way to make changes in our society.\n