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Option 4. Sound Environment (1–2 points)
PATH 1. MAPPING ACOUSTICAL EXPECTATIONS FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACES (1 POINT)
Determine the desired sound environment early in the design process by mapping the acoustical expectations for each primary indoor and outdoor space, specific to the use of the space and occupant needs. Categories to consider include noise exposure, acoustical comfort and noise sensitivity, acoustical privacy, communication, and soundscape. These are example classifications for:
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Noise exposure zones : High risk, medium risk, low risk, or no risk.
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Acoustical comfort : Loud zone, quiet zone, mixed zone, circulation, sensitive, and no specific expectations.
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Acoustical privacy : High speech security, confidential speech privacy, normal speech privacy, marginal speech privacy, or no privacy.
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Communication zones : Excellent, good, marginal, and none or no specific expectations.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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