Michigan Tech is committed to ensuring that the H-STEM Complex provides both state-of-the-art teaching and research labs and best-in-class user experience and environmental performance. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system provides the framework to design and build a complex that accomplishes those dual aims. The design principles and provisional LEED scorecard below detail the concepts and the strategies that we are using to improve the sustainability performance of H-STEM. We are striving for and anticipate a LEED Gold certification for the H-STEM Complex.
Ten Measures of Sustainable Design
- Design for Integration
- Design for Community
- Design for Ecology
- Design for Water
- Design for Economy
- Design for Energy
- Design for Wellness
- Design for Resources
- Design for Change
- Design for Discovery
LEED Accreditation
Sustainable design principles were used in the design and construction of this project; the LEED Green Building Rating System is a convenient and industry accepted standard of reporting and measurement. See the H-STEM preliminary scorecard below:
| Y | ? | N | Comments | |
| 12 | 2 | 18 | Location and Transportation | 16 |
| 16 | LEED Neighborhood Development Location | Project: Location Driven | ||
| 1 | Sensitive Land Protection | option1: build on previously developed land | ||
| 2 | High Priority Site | Project: Location Driven | ||
| 5 | Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses | |||
| 5 |
Access to Quality Transit |
Need to analyze bus schedule | ||
| 1 | Bicycle Facilities | Dependent upon add alternate for bike shelter approx. $40K | ||
| 1 | Reduced Parking Footprint | Option 1: Provide no parking. Draw LEED boundary to exclude parking on Cliff Drive | ||
| 1 | Green Vehicles | Provide charging station or 2% of all parking provided - likely mutually exclusive with reduced footprint | ||
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Sustainable Sites | 10 |
| 1 | Site Assessment | |||
| 1 | 1 | Site Development - Protect or Restore Habitat | Donate to a land conservatory to offset project area. Check with project budget. | |
| 1 | Open Space | Provide open space >=30% including building: 25% of open space must be vegetated by 2 species or have tree cover. We have 75%+ open space. Space is social and recreational. | ||
| 3 | Rainwater Management | No. Detention would have to be added to mimic natural hydrology. | ||
| 2 |
Heat Island Reduction |
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| 1 | Light Pollution Reduction | Need to confirm with campus standards | ||
| 5 | 0 | 6 | Water Efficiency | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | Outdoor Water Use Reduction | 1 point for efficient heads, 2 for no irrigation | |
| 3 | 3 | Indoor Water Usse Reduction | 25-50% reduction from baseline (target 35% min) | |
| 2 | Cooling Tower Water Use | Air cooled chiller does not count | ||
| 1 | Water Metering | Must sub-meter 2 sources (cold and domestic hot planned) | ||
| 19 | 3 | 11 | Energy and Atmosphere | 33 |
| 6 | Enhanced Commissioning | Commit to 1 year post occ monitoring | ||
| 11 | 7 | Optimize Energy Performance | IECC 2015 Requirements = 22% Reduction from Ashrae 90.1-2010 Baseline (Based on New Construction) *Note:2030 Challenge =70% and 18 points) Expecting a 29% reduction | |
| 1 | Advanced Energy Metering | Deduct alternate would lose point | ||
| 1 | 1 | Demand Response | Need to confirm campus approach complies | |
| 3 | Renewable Energy Production | PV was removed from budget - future provisions but will not get credit | ||
| 1 | Enhanced Refrigerant Management | Dependent upon building systems type R-134A | ||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Materials and Resources | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction | Option 4: additional consulting scope +-$12K | |
| 1 | 1 | Building Product Disclosure & Optimization - Environmental Product Declarations | Option 1: use 4.1 req/s 20/5 | |
| 1 | 1 | Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials | Option 1; use 4.1 req/s 20%/40% | |
| 1 | 1 | Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients | Option 1; use 4.1 req/s 20/5 | |
| 2 | Construction and Demolition Waste Management | Specify 75% diversion | ||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Indoor Environmental Quality | 16 |
| 2 | Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies |
Requires entryway systems |
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| 3 | Low-Emitting Materials | |||
| 1 | Construction Indoor Air Quality Management Plan | |||
| 2 | Indoor Air Quality Assessment | Either flush out or hire testing agency ($5,000) | ||
| 2 | Thermal Comfort | Added Owner Cost...ASHRAE 55-2010 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Interior Lighting | Additional scope | |
| 2 | 1 | Daylight | Additional scope | |
| 1 | Quality View | |||
| 1 |
Acoustic Performance
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Additional scope | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Innovation |
6 |
| 1 | Green Cleaning | Need to confirm with campus standards | ||
| 1 | Integrated Pest Management | Need to confirm with campus standards | ||
| 1 | Low-mercury lighting | All LED lighting | ||
| 1 | Building as a teaching tool | Must agree to tours; dashboard helpful | ||
| 1 | WELL/integrated health measures | Open stair; plants | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Regional Priority | 4 |
| 1 | Surrounding Density and Diverse Uses | |||
| 1 | Building life-cycle impact reduction | |||
| 1 | Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Strategies | |||
| 1 | Regional Priority: | |||
| 59 | 19 | 48 | TOTALS | Certified: 40-49 pts Silver: 50-59 pts Gold: 60-79 pts Platinum: 80-110 pts |