HSS LEED Education Brochures - Olympic College

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Humanities and Student Services Building

United States Green Building Council’s Commitment to Sustainable Design
• The LEED building program, developed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), certifies buildings through
documentation and third party review in six categories: Sustainable Sites (SS), Water Efficiency (WE), Energy and
Atmosphere (EA), Materials & Resources (MR), Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), and Innovation & Design (ID).
Buildings receive a rank of Certified, Silver, Gold, or Platinum.
Washington State’s Commitment to Sustainable Design
• In 2005 the State of Washington committed to achieve a minimum of LEED Silver for Major Facility Projects built with
State capital construction funds. The Humanities and Student Services (HSS) building is the first project at Olympic
College constructed under this program.
Olympic College’s Commitment to Sustainable Design – Sustaining our Future
• LEED Certification and Energy Usage: The College has completed a comprehensive energy audit of existing buildings
with implementation underway to record energy usage and install energy savings equipment.
• Climate Change: In 2008, Olympic College President Dr. David Mitchell signed the American College and University
Presidents Climate Commitment, pledging to exert leadership in addressing climate change and developing an
institutional action plan to become carbon neutral.
• Teaching: Olympic College has created an Environmental Studies Program, including Environmental Issues, Innovation
in Design, and Mathematics and the Environment. The Culinary Arts program offers sustainable menu items at the
College’s restaurant.
• Student Engagement: Students created and manage two hands-on learning and service clubs: The Olympic College
Environmental Outreach Club and Veteran’s Environmental Club.
• Community Outreach: The College sponsors community forums to indentify the workforce skills needed in a Green
Economy.
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Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED)
Green Building practices can substantially reduce the impact of a
building on the environment throughout its entire lifecycle, while
creating an indoor environment that promotes the health and well
being of the occupants.
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Responsible Land Consumption
• Site Selection - Preserves farmland, parks, waterways and wildlife habitats by redeveloping a previously used site. This site
is the former home of the 55 year-old Math-Science building.
• Brownfield Redevelopment - Responsible and thorough remediation of potentially hazardous materials, such as asbestos
and contaminated soils, from the site.
Protect Ecosystems
• Erosion and Sedimentation Control - Responsible control of pollution, sedimentation, and erosion resulting from
construction activities.
• Light Pollution Reduction - Reduces sky glow to improve night visibility and protect the nocturnal environment through the
use of “cut-off” or downward focused exterior lighting.
• Heat Island Effect - Reduces heat islands to minimize the impact on microclimates by the use of reflective surfaces, shading
devices, and landscaped areas. Over 90% of the roof is highly reflective and over 30% of the non-roof impervious surfaces
will be shaded within five years.
• Reduced Site Disturbance - Protects open space and limits the development footprint by dedicating open space adjacent to
the building equal to the building footprint.
Preserve Natural Resources
• Development Density - Reduces automobile travel by locating the project within an urban area with easy access to local
services, taking advantage of existing utility infrastructure.
• Alternative Transportation - Reduces automobile travel by providing links to public transit services, providing infrastructure
for bicycle use, and building no new automobile parking.
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Sustainable Sites
The environmental impact of a new building begins with the
selection of the site and is dependant upon how the site is treated
both during and after construction.
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Minimize Use of Potable Water for Irrigation
• Water Efficient Landscaping - Reduces the amount of potable water used for landscaping by 50% through the use of native,
drought tolerant plants and drip tube irrigation systems.
Minimize Burden on Municipal Water Supply & Wastewater System
• Water Use Reduction - Minimizes burden on municipal water supply and wastewater system by reducing water consumption
to 30% below the requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 through the use of low-flow plumbing fixtures.
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Water Efficiency
Water reduction strategies not only reduce the depletion of rivers,
streams, reservoirs, and aquifers, but also result in lower operating
costs for the building.
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Reduction of Environmental Impact by Design
• Minimum Energy Performance - Establishes a minimum level of energy efficiency for the building.
• CFC Reduction in HVAC & R equipment - Reduces ozone depletion by specifying air conditioning equipment that does not
use CFC-based refrigerants.
• Optimize Energy Performance - Reduces environmental impact by reducing energy consumption 30-40% from the
established baseline. Lighting efficiency is achieved through the use of energy efficient direct/indirect
light fixtures and a lighting control system with occupancy and daylight sensors to turn off lights when not needed. Heating
and cooling efficiency is met by increased wall and roof insulation, operable windows, sunshades on the south side to
reduce glare and heat gain, and heat exchangers to capture the heat from exhaust air and use it to pre-heat incoming air.
Verification that Systems are Performing Optimally
• Fundamental Building Systems Commissioning - Optimizes energy performance by verifying the building’s energy related
systems are installed, calibrated, and performing to design.
• Additional Commissioning - Further optimizes energy performance by providing an independent commissioning agent,
beginning the commissioning process early in design, ensuring proper training for maintenance staff, and verifying
performance 8-10 months after the initial verification is complete.
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Energy & Atmosphere
Conventional methods of generating electricity have huge
environmental impacts. Green buildings reduce the amount of
electricity required and promote more favorable forms of electrical
generation.
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Divert Waste from Landfills
• Storage and Collection of Recyclables – Facilitates the reduction of waste generated by building occupants through easy
access to space for collection and storage of recyclables, i.e. paper, cardboard, glass, and plastics.
• Construction Waste Management - Diverts demolition and construction debris from landfills by redirecting materials back
to the manufacturing process and sending re-usable materials to appropriate sites. Over 95% of the Humanities & Student
Services (HSS) building construction debris was recycled or re-used.
Preserve Natural Resources
• Recycled Content – The use of recycled materials reduces the impact of extraction and processing of virgin materials. Over
10% of the content of the HSS building materials contained recycled materials.
• Reduce Transportation Impacts and Support Local Economies through Regional Materials – The use of materials from near
the project site limits the environmental impacts from transporting building products over long distances and supports local
economies. Over 20% of the materials used in HSS were manufactured regionally and over 50% extracted regionally.
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Materials and Resources
Green Building strategies work to facilitate recycling and material
re-use, divert waste from landfills, promote the use of rapidly
renewable resources, and limit the environmental impacts from the
transportation of building products.
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Indoor Air Quality Management
• Minimum Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Performance and Ventilation Effectiveness – Improves occupant comfort, well-being, and
productivity by providing increased ventilation. The mechanical system for this project provides 100% outside air while meeting the
energy efficiency goals described in Energy and Atmosphere.
• Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control – Protects building occupants from ETS by prohibiting smoking except for outside
areas at least 25 feet away from doors, windows, and outside air intakes. Olympic College’s campus is non-smoking except for
limited, designated outdoor smoking areas that meet this requirement.
• Construction IAQ During and After Construction – Protects the building from sources of contamination during construction and
prior to occupancy. The IAQ procedures minimized construction dust from entering the new mechanical systems through the use of
protective wraps and filters, and protected absorptive materials such as insulation, carpet, ceiling tile, and drywall from moisture. After
construction, the building was flushed out with large quantities of 100% outside air prior to occupancy.
Indoor Materials and Controlling Potential Sources of Pollution
• Low Emitting Materials – Reduces the quantity of indoor air contaminates that are odorous or potentially harmful to occupants. All
building materials installed inside the building were selected and documented to be low in volatile organic compounds (VOC’s),
including adhesives, sealants, paint, carpet, and composite wood products.
• Indoor Chemical & Pollution Source Control – Reduces the source of potentially hazardous particulates and chemicals. Permanent
walk-off mats are provided to control the entry of dust and dirt into the building. Housekeeping spaces where cleaning products are
stored are exhausted directly to the exterior.
Control and Comfort of Systems
• Controllability of Systems, Lighting and Thermal Comfort – Provides a high level of control for multi-occupant spaces and individual
controls in private spaces. Lighting and thermal comfort in group spaces are monitored and controlled by digital systems that respond
to the environment, such as natural daylight. Individual controls and operable windows are provided in private spaces.
• Thermal Comfort – Establishes thermal comfort criteria during design and provide a monitoring system toverify building performance.
The digital temperature controls system records trends to evaluate against established criteria.
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Indoor Environmental
Quality
Buildings need to be healthy for those who inhabit them, contributing to
the comfort, well-being, and productivity of the occupants. This includes
the selection of materials, control of potential sources of contamination,
and allowing the occupants control over their environment.
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Innovation
• Green Building Education – Increase the awareness of sustainable building design practices to the occupants and the
community at large. The Humanities and Student Services (HSS) building offers educational displays and Olympic College
provides educational tours for public groups.
• Integrated Pest Management – Reduces exposure to chemicals for building occupants and maintenance staff. The goal
of integrated pest management is to prevent pest situations inside and outside the building through education, policies
and procedures, and reducing/eliminating the use of chemicals. Olympic College has a program in place that achieves
these goals.
• Green Housekeeping – The use of green housekeeping practices helps to maintain a high level of indoor air quality for the
health and welfare of the occupants and the custodial staff. Olympic College has a program to use cleaning compounds
that are friendly to the environment.
• LEED Accredited Professional – A LEED Accredited Professional helps ensure the LEED process is correctly and
effectively followed from the beginning of design through construction. The HSS Project Team included a professional
LEED consultant who monitored the process, provided consultation for the design and construction team, and compiled the
formal documentation submitted to the US Green Building Council.
Exemplary Performance
• Construction Waste Management – Thanks to the diligent efforts of the construction contractor and the many construction
workers on a day-to-day basis throughout construction, the HSS project exceeded the Material and Resources Credits for
Construction Waste Management by diverting over 95% of the construction debris from landfills to be recycled or re-used.
This earned the project an Exemplary Performance credit.
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Innovation & Design
LEED provides an Innovation & Design Category to encourage new
technologies and methods of sustainable design practices that are
not yet formally recognized in the LEED process. This category also
recognizes Exemplary Performance (EP) in an area that exceeds one
of the established credits.
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