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Marilyn's Ultimate Green Building Checklist
A Green Checklist is essentially a list of building materials and methods that you can incorporate into your project to make it GREEN. Within the past decade, many Green Building Checklists have been created around the world. They have been developed by different government entities, public utilities, non-profit organizations and private entities with the overarching intent to clarify the many ways in which we can design and build GREEN.The most well known and referenced Green Building Checklist in the United States is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Guidelines. Architects, builders and even entire government jurisdictions refer to LEED to guide their commercial and municipal building projects. Since the U.S.G.B.C has yet to publish a Green Building Checklist for residential projects, other entities have developed their own. In California, the most respected and frequently referenced Residential Green Building Checklist is that of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority (ACWMA). In combination, the LEED and ACWMA Guidelines represent the definition of green building in California today. But neither LEED nor ACWMA nor any other Green Building Checklist is currently comprehensive—none of them list ALL of the ways in which to build green—until now.Marilyn has created a COMPREHENSIVE Green Building Checklist. This Checklist not only covers the contents of LEED and ACWMA but ALSO INCLUDES ALL of the other green products and practices referenced in other green building Checklists, books, articles and classes. In this way, Marilyn’s Green Building Checklist is the most thorough and up-to-date reference to Green Building today. Moreover, this Checklist is organized according to what “kind” of green the product or practice is.
That way, you can search for green building materials/methods based on whether you are most concerned with
1) Improving Health/Comfort
2) Conserving Resources
3) Increasing Energy Efficiency or
4) Respecting the Site and Promoting Community.
I hope that this comprehensive Green Building Checklist helps you determine how your project will be GREEN!
IMPROVE HEALTH AND COMFORT
DESIGN STRATEGIES:
• Natural Ventilation
• Fresh air intake from organic landscaping
• No fresh air intake for polluted air sources such as traffic, street, or near equipment’s exhaust vents
• Negative air pressure to discourage air entry from undesired adjacent sources
POLLUTION FILTRATION & REDUCTION
Avoid exposure of building occupants to potentially hazardous chemicals that adversely impact IAQAir Filters:
• STANDARD: HEPA or Austin Air Filters
• Whole house air filters
• Vapor permeable infiltration barrier
• Indoor plants Water Filters:Water filter on water fixtures (i.e. shower heads and faucets)Whole house water filtersCarbon Dioxide Reduction:
• Design the HVAC system with carbon dioxide monitoring sensors and integrate these sensors with the building automation system (BAS)
• Gas pilot light
• Duct Mastic on all Duct Joists
• SealCombustion Furnaces
• Seal Hot Water HeatersRadiation Reduction
• Low Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)
• Moving interior water for negative ions
• Isolate microwave operation from occupants
• Shield electromagnetic
INCREASE COMFORT
NATURAL LIGHTING
• Windows in all occupied areas
• Increase building perimeter
• Model day-lighting strategies with a physical or computer model
• Full-spectrum lighting
NOISE POLLUTION
• Entrance airlocks & revolving doors to reduce sound transmission & save energy
• Assure acoustic privacy
• Isolate equipment noise
• Optimize acousticsFunctional Comfort
• Feng shuiAesthetic Comfort
• Appropriate colors, ceiling heights, surface treatments & room proportions
• Maximize view opportunities; No confined viewsControllability of Systems
• Operable Windows
• Task Lighting
• Underfloor HVAC systems with individual diffusers
• Lighting control zonesThermal Comfort
• Establish temperature and humidity comfort ranges
• Comply with ASHRAE Standard 55-1992, Addenda 1995 for thermal comfort
• Install a permanent temperature and humidity monitoring system configured to provide operators control
• Install a permanent temperature and humidity monitoring system to automatically adjust building conditions as appropriate
RECYCLED CONTENT MATERIALS
• Recycled content wood products
• Recycled plastic lumber or composite lumber decking
• Hardboard: recycled content siding
• Recycled aggregate
• Composite products from agricultural post-harvest
• Strawbale structures
• Earthships: recycled tire structures
• Salvaged building materials
• Fly ash concrete
• Recycled aggregate content concrete
• Recycled rubble for drain rock
• Use materials that can be recycled rather than land fill at end of useful life
• Recycled content fiberglass insulation
• Recycled content cotton insulation
• Recycled content cellulose insulation for walls and ceilings
• Recycled content ceramic tiles
• Recycled content carpet
• Recylced content roofing materials
• Recycled tire content roofing tiles
• Recycled slate roofing
• Recycled asphalt roofing
DURABLE MATERIALS
• 40 year roofing
• Finger-jointed studs for non-structural vertical applications
• Wood I-Joists for floor and ceiling joists
• Steel web trusses primarily for long-span floor joists
• Spacing, sizing, & modular dimensions that minimize lumber use & waste
• Use advanced framing techniques
ARCHITECUTRAL ASPECT
REDUCE HEAT ISLANDS
• Energy Star Roof-compliant, high reflective and high emissivity roofing
• White roofs
• Green (vegetated) roofs
• Provide shade on non-roofed impervious surfaces including parking lots, walkways, plazas, etc.
• Use light-coloured/ high albedo materials for impervious surfaces
• Place parking underground
• Use open-grid pavement systems
• Shade constructed surfaces with landscape features and minimize the overall building footprint
• Consider replacing constructed surfaces (i.e. roofs, roads, sidewalks, etc.) with vegetated surfaces
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
• Orient living rooms and porches to streets and public spaces
• Build Mixed Use, Residential/Commercial
• Design for Diverse Family Types
• Provide Granny Flats above Garages
• Minimize street widths
• Build mixed-use developmentsProvide public amenities such as open space
DESIGN STRATEGIES
• Framing on 24’’ centers
• Orient building on East/West axis for solar access
• Overhangs and Awnings on South Facing windows
• Locate ductwork in conditioned spaces
• Natural Daylighting
• Evaporative cooling
• Solarium / Green house
• Natural ventilation
• Electrical car recharging station
• Thermal mass
• Low embodied energy materials
• Project encourages alternative transportation
LANDSCAPING
• Deciduous Shade Trees on the West and South Sides
• Evaporative Cooling ponds in courtyards
STRUCTURAL FRAME
• Energy heels where conventional trusses are used
ROOFING
• Cool roofs
• Energy star rated roofs
Partial checklist excerp source from http://www.thegreenarchitect.com/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id=22
Marilyn's Ultimate Green Building Checklist
A Green Checklist is essentially a list of building materials and methods that you can incorporate into your project to make it GREEN. Within the past decade, many Green Building Checklists have been created around the world. They have been developed by different government entities, public utilities, non-profit organizations and private entities with the overarching intent to clarify the many ways in which we can design and build GREEN.The most well known and referenced Green Building Checklist in the United States is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Guidelines. Architects, builders and even entire government jurisdictions refer to LEED to guide their commercial and municipal building projects. Since the U.S.G.B.C has yet to publish a Green Building Checklist for residential projects, other entities have developed their own. In California, the most respected and frequently referenced Residential Green Building Checklist is that of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority (ACWMA). In combination, the LEED and ACWMA Guidelines represent the definition of green building in California today. But neither LEED nor ACWMA nor any other Green Building Checklist is currently comprehensive—none of them list ALL of the ways in which to build green—until now.Marilyn has created a COMPREHENSIVE Green Building Checklist. This Checklist not only covers the contents of LEED and ACWMA but ALSO INCLUDES ALL of the other green products and practices referenced in other green building Checklists, books, articles and classes. In this way, Marilyn’s Green Building Checklist is the most thorough and up-to-date reference to Green Building today. Moreover, this Checklist is organized according to what “kind” of green the product or practice is.
That way, you can search for green building materials/methods based on whether you are most concerned with
1) Improving Health/Comfort
2) Conserving Resources
3) Increasing Energy Efficiency or
4) Respecting the Site and Promoting Community.
I hope that this comprehensive Green Building Checklist helps you determine how your project will be GREEN!
IMPROVE HEALTH AND COMFORT
DESIGN STRATEGIES:
• Natural Ventilation
• Fresh air intake from organic landscaping
• No fresh air intake for polluted air sources such as traffic, street, or near equipment’s exhaust vents
• Negative air pressure to discourage air entry from undesired adjacent sources
POLLUTION FILTRATION & REDUCTION
Avoid exposure of building occupants to potentially hazardous chemicals that adversely impact IAQAir Filters:
• STANDARD: HEPA or Austin Air Filters
• Whole house air filters
• Vapor permeable infiltration barrier
• Indoor plants Water Filters:Water filter on water fixtures (i.e. shower heads and faucets)Whole house water filtersCarbon Dioxide Reduction:
• Design the HVAC system with carbon dioxide monitoring sensors and integrate these sensors with the building automation system (BAS)
• Gas pilot light
• Duct Mastic on all Duct Joists
• SealCombustion Furnaces
• Seal Hot Water HeatersRadiation Reduction
• Low Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)
• Moving interior water for negative ions
• Isolate microwave operation from occupants
• Shield electromagnetic
INCREASE COMFORT
NATURAL LIGHTING
• Windows in all occupied areas
• Increase building perimeter
• Model day-lighting strategies with a physical or computer model
• Full-spectrum lighting
NOISE POLLUTION
• Entrance airlocks & revolving doors to reduce sound transmission & save energy
• Assure acoustic privacy
• Isolate equipment noise
• Optimize acousticsFunctional Comfort
• Feng shuiAesthetic Comfort
• Appropriate colors, ceiling heights, surface treatments & room proportions
• Maximize view opportunities; No confined viewsControllability of Systems
• Operable Windows
• Task Lighting
• Underfloor HVAC systems with individual diffusers
• Lighting control zonesThermal Comfort
• Establish temperature and humidity comfort ranges
• Comply with ASHRAE Standard 55-1992, Addenda 1995 for thermal comfort
• Install a permanent temperature and humidity monitoring system configured to provide operators control
• Install a permanent temperature and humidity monitoring system to automatically adjust building conditions as appropriate
RECYCLED CONTENT MATERIALS
• Recycled content wood products
• Recycled plastic lumber or composite lumber decking
• Hardboard: recycled content siding
• Recycled aggregate
• Composite products from agricultural post-harvest
• Strawbale structures
• Earthships: recycled tire structures
• Salvaged building materials
• Fly ash concrete
• Recycled aggregate content concrete
• Recycled rubble for drain rock
• Use materials that can be recycled rather than land fill at end of useful life
• Recycled content fiberglass insulation
• Recycled content cotton insulation
• Recycled content cellulose insulation for walls and ceilings
• Recycled content ceramic tiles
• Recycled content carpet
• Recylced content roofing materials
• Recycled tire content roofing tiles
• Recycled slate roofing
• Recycled asphalt roofing
DURABLE MATERIALS
• 40 year roofing
• Finger-jointed studs for non-structural vertical applications
• Wood I-Joists for floor and ceiling joists
• Steel web trusses primarily for long-span floor joists
• Spacing, sizing, & modular dimensions that minimize lumber use & waste
• Use advanced framing techniques
ARCHITECUTRAL ASPECT
REDUCE HEAT ISLANDS
• Energy Star Roof-compliant, high reflective and high emissivity roofing
• White roofs
• Green (vegetated) roofs
• Provide shade on non-roofed impervious surfaces including parking lots, walkways, plazas, etc.
• Use light-coloured/ high albedo materials for impervious surfaces
• Place parking underground
• Use open-grid pavement systems
• Shade constructed surfaces with landscape features and minimize the overall building footprint
• Consider replacing constructed surfaces (i.e. roofs, roads, sidewalks, etc.) with vegetated surfaces
COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY
• Orient living rooms and porches to streets and public spaces
• Build Mixed Use, Residential/Commercial
• Design for Diverse Family Types
• Provide Granny Flats above Garages
• Minimize street widths
• Build mixed-use developmentsProvide public amenities such as open space
DESIGN STRATEGIES
• Framing on 24’’ centers
• Orient building on East/West axis for solar access
• Overhangs and Awnings on South Facing windows
• Locate ductwork in conditioned spaces
• Natural Daylighting
• Evaporative cooling
• Solarium / Green house
• Natural ventilation
• Electrical car recharging station
• Thermal mass
• Low embodied energy materials
• Project encourages alternative transportation
LANDSCAPING
• Deciduous Shade Trees on the West and South Sides
• Evaporative Cooling ponds in courtyards
STRUCTURAL FRAME
• Energy heels where conventional trusses are used
ROOFING
• Cool roofs
• Energy star rated roofs
Partial checklist excerp source from http://www.thegreenarchitect.com/index.php?module=announce&ANN_user_op=view&ANN_id=22
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