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Green building design process
(Regional Priority and land
selection)
Outcomes
Students will be able to identify the reginal
priority of a location
Students will be able to classify sustainable
land selection
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Regional priority
Regional priority address the
geographically specific
environment and public health
priorities and social equity.
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Regional priority
If you go to the site, you can
check the regional priority by the
region. For example, we will now
see the regional priority for
SAN MANRCOS, TX.
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Regional priority (SAN MANRCOS, TX)
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Regional priority (SAN MANRCOS, TX)
Give your version No, LEED criteria (LEED BD+C: New Construction), your desired location and search
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Regional priority (SAN MANRCOS, TX)
Once you click the search option, the site
will show you the regional priority for San
Marcos, Tx.
For example: Rainwater management,
Indoor water use reduction. Please see
the next slide for more details.
Regional priority (SAN MANRCOS, TX)
These are all the
regional priorities
categories that San
Marcos, Tx enlisted.
There are total six
regional priorities
for San Marcos, Tx.
I hope now you
can find out the
regional priorities
for other location
in US.
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Site selection
Priority should be given
to locate the building
footprint on previously
developed land
If not possible to build in previously developing land
Avoid developing land that is
ecologically sensitive which are
Prime farmland
Floodplains
Habitat
Waterbodies
Wetlands
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Determination of Sensitive land
Prime farmland
US Department of Agriculture, United States Code of Federal Regulations
Soil survey
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Floodplains
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Habitat
US Endangered Species Act
State’s endangered species act
Nature Serve
Water bodies
US Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual
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Water bodies and wetland
Water bodies
NO development should be made within 100
feet of water bodies
Wetlands
NO development should be made within 50 feet
of wetlands
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Other different types of site
Greenfield development
Previously undeveloped (Forest/firm land)
Grayfield development
Previously developed and underutilized real state assets or land
Brownfield development
Previously developed sites contaminated by hazardous waste or pollution that require environmental remediation
Infill development
Sites surrounded by existing or planned development immediately adjacent to the property boundaries
**These definitions are very important for your Midterm exam.
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Who is served by this development?
Can it be improved through better planning?
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“Infill development”, a major strategy in community redevelopment.
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The streetscape is landscaped and transformed to serve people, and
transportation is expanded to serve not just vehicles, rather, public transit,
walking, biking -- “multi-modes” of movement.
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The “arterial intersection” - “Anytown,” USA
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Prime corner lot redevelopment for mixed uses, residential above, retail
below replaced parking lot
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Pedestrian spaces receive priority treatment, landscaping.
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Further infill. Notice transition of business uses: from check cashing to
neighborhood gathering places which spill out into the public realm.
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American’s car-dependent, arterial retail and segregated office “planned”
developments (vintage 1960)
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Reduced travel lanes, light rail, on-street parking
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Landscape. What else is needed?
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Bringing town services to the street humanizes space and creates more
valuable real estate.
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Case study (Historical building reuse, brownfield, infill)
Please watch the videos. This course is video intensive. It is very
important to watch the videos to build the concept of
sustainable approach towards the construction project.
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