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o Noise exposure zones : high risk, medium risk, low risk, or no risk.
o Acoustical comfort : loud zone, quiet zone, mixed zone, circulation, sensitive, and
no specific expectations.
o Acoustical privacy : high speech security, confidential speech privacy, normal
speech privacy, marginal speech privacy, or no privacy.
o Communication zones : excellent, good, marginal, and none or no specific
expectations.
o Soundscape management : preserve, improve, restore, mitigate, specialized (e.g.,
wellness, therapeutic, or agency in equity), or no specific expectations.
Define acoustic criteria and potential design strategies and solutions to meet the acoustical expectations for each space. Categories to consider include internally generated background noise, externally intrusive background noise, electronically generated masking sound, outdoor acoustical environment, airborne sound reverberation, sound insulation, vibration insulation, and impact noise.
OR
PATH 2. ACOUSTIC CRITERIA FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES (2 POINTS)
Through calculations, modeling, and/or measurements, demonstrate that the mapping exercise completed in Path 1 informed design strategies and solutions to meet acoustic criteria for at least 75% of the occupied spaces and all classrooms and other core learning spaces.
AND/OR
Option 5. Lighting Environment (1–6 points)
PATH 1. SOLAR GLARE (1 POINT)
Provide manual or automatic (with manual override) glare-control devices in all regularly occupied spaces that will receive direct or reflected sun penetration. Spaces designed intentionally for direct sunlight may be excluded.
AND/OR
PATH 2. QUALITY ELECTRIC LIGHTING (1 POINT)
Comply with the following requirements for regularly occupied spaces:
Electric light glare control Each luminaire shall meet one of the following requirements:
- Have calculated luminance of less than 6,000 candela per square meter (cd/sq. m.) between 45 and 90 degrees from nadir.
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