The percent of total green house gas emissions in the US that is caused by

transportation emissions.
33%

The main intents of the Location and Transportation (LT) Category

-Location
-Transportation
-Site Development
-Health & Livability

What is the single most important decision a project can team can make, and why?
Site Location - transporting people to and from a building over time is the largest
environmental impact caused by buildings

What are the intents of Location?

-Select a location that incurs the least environmental impact
-reduce greenhouse gas emissions
-reduce incidence of obesity, heart disease, and hypertension by encouraging
walking and bicycling

A measure of the total building floor area or dwelling units on a parcel of land relative
to the buildable land of that parcel.
Density

Residential density is measured how?

in dwelling units (DU) per acre

Nonresidential density is measured how?

by the floor-area-ratio (FAR)

Combined density is measured how?

in square feet per acre of buildable land

What is buildable land?

The portion of the site where construction can occur.
It excludes public right of way and land excluded per law.

What are the strategies to meet the LT category

- Locate in LEED certified neighborhood development
- Locate in high density & near diverse uses
- Access to Quality Transit
- Bicycle Facilities
- Reduce Parking
- Green Vehicles
- Sensitive Land Protection
- High Priority Site
What are Diverse Uses?
you achieve points for being near 7 or more of these:
- Food retail
- Community-serving retail
- Services
- Civic and Community facilities

What are the intents of Transportation?

-reduce the number of people traveling along in conventional vehicles
- make travel as efficient as possible

What strategies can be used to achieve the intents of Transportation?

- limit available parking
- develop in areas with alternative transportation
- designate 5% of parking to green vehicles
- designate 5% of parking for carpools
- designate 2% of parking to electrical vehicle support/equipment
- designate 2% of parking to other alternative fueling

EVSE
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment

pooled-parking
parking spaces that are shared among two or more buildings

What is considered Access to Quality Transit?

- within 1/4 mile (400 meters) walking distance to existing or planned bus, streetcar,
or rideshare
- within 1/2 mile (800 meters) walking distance to exiting or planned bus rapid transit,
light/heavy rail, or ferry

ACEEE
American Council for Energy Efficient Economy

What is the minimum ACEE Green Score a car must get to be considered green?
45

What are the intents of Site Development?

-protect the land and its humans/wildlife occupant from further impacts

Greenfield
a previously undeveloped and unused suburban or rural land

Redevelopment
reusing previously developed land.
What strategies can be used to achieve the intents of Site Development?
- avoid environmentally sensitive lands
- redevelop
- locate on brownfield or high priority site
- locate in areas with existing infrastructure

Environmentally Sensitive Lands

farmland, floodplains, threatened or endangered species habitats, water bodies,
wetlands

Brownfield
a property which has the presence or potential to be a hazardous waste, pollutant, or
contaminant

High Priority Site

sites that are undesired for a variety of reasons - abandoned, undesirable area, etc

What are the intents of Health and Livability?

-promote the health & livability of the building stakeholders (everyone who comes
into contact w/ the building)

What strategies can be used to achieve the intents of Health and Livability?
- develop to promote walking
- provide bike storage, shower facilities, and bike networks
- provide bike maintenance program
- provide pedestrian amenities
- promote connectivity
- create diverse community
- promote access to sustainable food
- provide access to grocery stores

shortest path analysis

A measurement of how far a pedestrian and bicyclist would travel from a point of
origin to a destination, reflecting access to amenities, safety, convenience, and
obstructions to movement.