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. . 'US~GBC • , - ~ . Page 13 of 17 . plazas, pathways) on th~ site. 1 BONUS CREDIT FOR BIOLOGICAL~ WASTE TREATMENT; ~~"~~ne a~edit is availabfe forthe installation of an:on-site~.biologkai.wastewatectreatment ... ~: ~ -- x~ ;.ystem. This system sha11 be ca pable of tr e a ti n g b o t f i' g r a y w a t er an d b ia c k;water to local ~- - '~'prevailing health standards'. . . _ The award level for a LEED~+ Green Building BronzeTM~ wilt begin at 50°~6 fo~ the first ~ three-year cycie to recognize relatively new buiidings thaf didnot have the~~`nefit of • 3' ., .' designing to L~ED, but ar~e generally considered to be'gree~~, geginning with the next ~~ revision cycle of LEED, the lower rung of the Bronze rating wiU begin at 60°~: ~ " For example, a rammed-earth building that uses materiat taken from excavating the ~~ basement to build the walis may qualify for a point under the Construchon Waste Management section si~ce waste is being prev~nte.d by buildfng with on-site materials. Note: EPA and DOE are.currently revising the Energy Star building prograrrt to acoommodate new as well as e~usting buildings: This new program wip be based~on new estabirished~ a c~.,orresp nd ng eEDTM credit lev~el wsi11 be de~m ~eria have been .• .~ termined. . Tally Sf~eet roa... Applicants.must meet ali of the Prerequisites as well as score tf~e requisite number~of . . points in the desired LEED BuildingTM category. . . .. - A total of-44 credits, plus 4 bonus credits is avaitabie. Bonus credits may be counted ,. toward certification. ~ . ~ . . , ~; 0• LEED Building PlatinumT~. for buildings that eam 81% (35),or more of the availabie _ . cxedits. . 1. LEED Buiiding GoIdTM• for~bui{dings that eam 71-80%0 (31~4) of the available credits. 2. LEED Buiiding SilverTM~: for buildings that eam 6170% (27.-30j of the avaifable . credits. - - .~ 3. LEED Building BronzeT~: for buitdings that eam 50~-60~,6 (22 26).of the available credits. ~ . In addition. the USGBC will present an ~ward for the "Green Building of the Year" for the LEED BuildingT~+ with the highest score of the year. Prerequisites (11) ~ - . Asbestos Avoidance or Management r ~ Buiiding Commissioning ~ Elimination~of CFC's ~ ~ ~ Energy Efficiency . ~ Erosion Controi ~ ' Indoor Air Quality . ~ ~ . .' Smoking Ban ~. - ~ . ~ ~ . . Storage & Collection of Occupaht Recyciables ~ Therrnal .Comfor# f ~ ~: . : : . ~ . . ~ . - . : r -, .. . . Water.~,Consenra~ion. ~ ~ ~ . . ~ ' ~ ~ ~ .. . ~~ . • . Vlfater Quality~Lead . : ~ ~ - ~' ~ ~ : ~ - . . ;, t, ~- , ~uilding Materials (7 Credits) - ~ - . . ' . ~ ~ or 2 Credits for low VOC materials ~ ~ . ~; ` ~~ ~ r • - ~~ 1 credit for 1 Or 2 measures; 2 credits for 3. ~ ` httPJ~WV~!w.usgbc.org/programs/leed.htm ' 8/11/98