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Innovative Strategies Achieve significant, measurable, environmental performance using a strategy not addressed in the LEED green building rating system.
Identify all of the following:
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The intent of the proposed innovation strategy
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Proposed requirements for compliance
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Proposed submittals to demonstrate compliance
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The design approach or strategies used to meet the requirements
REQUIREMENTS EXPLAINED
Teams earn recognition for implementing innovative measures addressing distinct focus areas in their projects through the Project Priorities credit. This credit offers multiple pathways for projects to address their respective priorities and go beyond the requirements listed in other LEED credits. This flexibility enables teams to effectively address the distinct needs of their projects, fostering innovation and adaptability. Each project can chart its path forward based on its own goals. [153]
Projects prioritize efforts based on their unique contexts. Teams can choose the best credits for addressing their project’s goals and targets. Some projects may concentrate most of their effort toward a single priority area, including priorities specific to that project type or to exemplary performance. Other projects might choose to address different priority areas more uniformly. For example, an office building in a coastal city prone to hurricanes and flooding might prioritize enhancing resilience to regional climate challenges with applicable credit pathways focused on flood mitigation, building safety, and reinforced construction materials and design. Similarly, an urban mixed-use development comprising residential and commercial spaces might have a variety of sustainable priorities to address, such as incorporating renewable energy efficiency, providing indoor environmental quality to building tenants, and promoting methods for active or cleaner forms of transportation.
To achieve the maximum nine points available, project teams should incorporate as many credits under each pathway as they prefer, using any combination of project type credits, exemplary performance credits, regional priorities, innovation strategies, and pilot credit pathways.
153 Green buildings. (n.d.). PNNL. https://www.pnnl.gov/explainer-articles/green-buildings
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