LEED AP ND flashcards
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- LEED ND certification tiers
- Certified 40-49 points, Silver 50-59, Gold 60-79, and Platinum 80 or more on the 110-point base scale, with prerequisites mandatory and unscored.
- Prerequisite versus credit
- A prerequisite is mandatory and pass/fail and earns no points; a credit is optional and earns points toward certification. All prerequisites must be met.
- Innovation credit cap
- Innovation credits reward exemplary performance or approved pilot credits and are capped at 6 points within the total rating system score.
- Regional Priority credit cap
- Regional Priority credits reward addressing locally significant environmental issues and are capped at 4 points, selected from a location-specific list.
- Project boundary requirement
- The project boundary must be legally described and contiguous, and it defines which land and buildings count toward credits and prerequisites.
- LEED ND credit categories
- The technical categories are Smart Location and Linkage; Neighborhood Pattern and Design; Green Infrastructure and Buildings; plus Innovation and Regional Priority.
- Certification review sequence
- Registration, documentation submission, preliminary review with comments, team response, final review, optional appeal, and final certification decision.
- Alternative compliance path
- A permitted route for projects outside typical contexts, such as campus or multi-building projects, to demonstrate equivalent performance where the rating system allows.
- Intersection density metric
- A walkability measure counting intersections per unit area; higher density generally earns more points under walkable streets credits.
- Mixed-use diversity metric
- A measure of the share of dwelling units within a walkable radius of non-residential uses, rewarding a diversity of uses near housing.
- Affordable housing share
- The percentage of total housing units priced for a range of incomes, used to award affordable housing credits.
- Compact development density
- Residential and non-residential density relative to land area; higher density reduces per-capita infrastructure and transportation impacts and earns points.
- Connected street network
- A street layout with frequent intersections and short blocks that connects to surrounding development and provides public access rather than gated or cul-de-sac-only patterns.
- Transit proximity credit
- A credit rewarding neighborhood proximity to transit stops, often measured by walking distance from dwelling units to service.
- Bicycle facilities credit
- A credit rewarding bicycle parking, showers, and safe cycling infrastructure that supports cycling as a transportation mode.
- Community outreach credit
- A credit rewarding meaningful public participation during planning and design, documented through meetings and evidence that feedback was incorporated.
- Pedestrian-scale design
- Design features such as shade trees, reduced parking footprints, and human-scale frontage that support walking and earn pattern and design credits.
- Neighborhood stormwater management
- Managing runoff volume and quality at the neighborhood scale through infiltration, retention, and low-impact development such as bioswales and permeable pavement.
- Heat island reduction
- Reducing urban heat through cool roofs, reflective and vegetated surfaces, and shade trees, earning green infrastructure credits.
- Neighborhood water efficiency
- Reducing potable water use for irrigation and buildings through native landscaping, rainwater harvesting, and efficient fixtures.
- Building energy efficiency
- Reducing building energy use through envelope, systems, and renewable energy, often measured against a defined baseline.
- Construction waste diversion
- Diverting construction and demolition waste from landfill and providing neighborhood-scale recycling and composting infrastructure to earn waste credits.
- Building reuse credit
- Retaining existing structures to reduce embodied carbon and preserve neighborhood character, earning green infrastructure and buildings credits.
- Light pollution reduction
- Shielding exterior lighting and limiting upward light to protect night sky and ecology, earning a green infrastructure credit.
- Smart location credit
- A credit rewarding sites near existing development, transit, and infrastructure while avoiding greenfield and environmentally sensitive land.
- Brownfield remediation
- Cleaning and redeveloping contaminated sites, turning liabilities into productive neighborhood land and earning smart location credits.
- Sensitive land protection
- Avoiding development on wetlands, floodplains, prime farmland, and habitat for threatened species, earning smart location credits.
- Transit and bicycle linkages
- Safe, direct connections between the neighborhood and surrounding destinations, transit, and bicycle networks, documented with maps and distance calculations.
- Smart location documentation
- Maps, site plans, and distance calculations to transit and existing development that support smart location credit claims.
- Pattern and design documentation
- Street network maps, intersection counts, and unit-mix tables that support neighborhood pattern and design credit claims.
- Green infrastructure documentation
- Stormwater calculations, energy models, and water-use calculations that support green infrastructure and buildings credit claims.
- Preliminary review response
- After preliminary review returns credit decisions and comments, the team responds with clarifications and additional evidence before final review.