The point of this credit is to create views of outside for 90% of the interior spaces. This is something that needs to be designed by the architect, taking into account interior partitions and window locations. The point of having occupied spaces have available views is so that the occupants aren’t stuck in windowless rooms […]
The intent behind this credit is to use as much natural daylight to provide lighting for the occupied spaces as possible. In order to achieve this credit, you will need to light 75% of the interior spaces with daylight.
This credit is achieved by doing some sort of survey of the occupants after the building has already been built. You take a poll to see how they feel the thermal comfort is and then make any necessary changes in case the results are not up to par. If you achieved EQc7.1 properly, you should […]
This is very similar to the previous credit, but the intent is simply to achieve a specific ASHRAE standard. Take a look at ASHRAE Standard 55-2004 so that the interior of the building is comfortable in terms of thermal conditions to the occupants.
This is similar to the previous credit in that the idea is to provide occupants with the highest level of controllability so that they can create the best possible environment for their health. This credit has to do with the thermal comfort through individual controls, operable windows, etc.
Another great reason to provide this multi-point controllability […]
The idea behind this credit is that sometimes people need different lighting levels for different activities. Your eyes may be strained if there is too much lighting or not enough lighting. The intent of this credit is to provide as much controllability of lighting as possible.
The idea behind this credit is to minimize the exposure of hazardous particulates and chemical pollutants to the building occupants. Basically, they are just trying to keep the air clean and free of dust and derbies which would irritate the building occupants.
This is the last credit in the series of low-emitting material credits. The intent of this section of credits is to better the indoor air quality and reduce harmful and irritating emissions from common interior products.
In order to achieve this credit, you cannot use any products that contain any added urea-formaldehyde resins on the interior […]
This credit is the 3rd in the series of four low-emitting material credits. The intent is to decrease the amount of fumes and chemicals released into the air from a variety of different interior building materials.
This paticular credit is making sure that you use carpeting that meets the Carpet and Rug Institute’s Green Label Plus […]
This credit is very similar to EQc4.1 in the fact that it is trying to get you to use products that meet a certain criteria. The idea is that these products won’t pollute the interior spaces with airborne contaminants which disturb the well-being of the occupants.
This credit is for the paints and coatings, primers, etc. […]