DAY ONE

Integrated Process USGBC, GBCI and Leed

• General concepts about sustainable construction

• Problems of the current paradigm of construction and justification of sustainable construction

• Systems that make up a building

• Product life cycle and buildings

• Integrated process

Mission of the “US Green Building Council” (USGBC)

• Market Transformation

• Development of LEED guides

• Promotion and lobbying for sustainable construction

Mission of the “Green Business Certification Inc.” (GBCI) and its processes

• Processes related to the certification of projects and professional credentials

• Certification and re-certification programs for buildings

• Relationship between the GBCI and the USGBC

LEED V4 Rating Systems

• Markets

• Categories of LEED Systems

• Certification levels

• Impact Categories of LEED Systems and distribution of points / credits

• Minimum requirements of the LEED program

Location and Transportation

• Environmental problems related to transportation

• Carbon Dioxide Emissions

• Urban planning theory “Smart Growth”

• Land use categories in LEED

Sustainability strategies related to the location of a project and the changes that this causes in transportation

• Border of a LEED project

• Footprint of the project

• Footprint of the building

• Metrics of occupation

• Sensitive land

• Priority development sites

• Density surrounding a project

• Miscellaneous uses

• Soil-area ratio

• Metric on distance of vehicular trips

Sustainability strategies related to the location of a project and the changes that this causes in transportation

• Protection of sensitive places

• Selection of priority development sites

• Metrics of selection of places taking into account the density surrounding the project and accessibility to diverse uses

• Adequate access to means of mass transportation

• Facilities for cyclists

• Reduction in the footprint of parking lots

• “Green” vehicles

Environmental problems related to the location of a project

• Relations between the built environment and ecological services

• Restoration and ecological preservation in a construction project

Relevant concepts

• Studies of the location

• Low impact development

• Green infrastructure

• Solar reflectance index

• Light pollution

• Heat island effect

• Integrated pest management

Sustainability strategies related to the development of the site of a project

• Site initial evaluation

• Prevention of pollution caused by construction activities

• Protection or restoration of the development site

• Provision of open spaces

• Management of precipitation and runoff

• Reduction of heat island effect

• Reduction of light pollution

DAY TWO

Background information on the global water resource crisis

• Shortages of the resource

• Demand on the resource

Relevant concepts

• Efficiency in the use of water

• Water conservation

• Alternative water sources

• Reference point for water consumption metrics

• Metrics for use of faucets and sanitary equipment

• Gray and black water

• Low flow faucet

• Process water

• Recovered water

• Xerophytic vegetation

• Demand profile of the water resource

Sustainability strategies related to the use of water resources outside the building

• Elimination or reduced use of irrigation systems

• Selection of xerophytic species

• Efficiency of irrigation systems

• Acceptable alternative sources of non-potable water

Sustainability strategies related to the use of water resources inside the building

• Consumption reduction

• Efficient taps

• Acceptable alternative sources of non-potable water

• Use of water in cooling towers

• Measurement of water use

Environmental problems related to the production and consumption of non-renewable energies

• Refrigerants

• Exhaustion of resources

Profile of the energy performance of a building

• Design of the structure

• Interaction between the systems of a building

Synergies in the use of energy

• Energy and water consumption

• Energy and ventilation

• Energy and interior lighting

• Energy and interior design

Relevant concepts

• Reference point for energy performance metrics of a building

• Automated building system

• Energy model

• Green energy

• Zero energy

• Waste for energy

• Renewable energy outside the location

• Process energy

• Source energy

Sustainability strategies related to the use of energy

• Demand reduction

• Preliminary establishment of consumption goals

• Appropriate size of buildings

• Use of the existing urban environment to protect new buildings from extreme environmental conditions

• Use of energy modeling

• Response programs according to energy demand level

• Energy audits, studies and monitoring

• Energy efficiency and performance

• Alternative energy sources on-site and off-site

• Refrigerant selection

• Continuous measurement of energy use and performance

• Energy commissioning

DAY THREE