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LEED has evolved since 1998 to more accurately represent and incorporate emerging green building technologies. LEED has developed building programs specific to new construction (NC), core and shell (CS), commercial interiors (CI), existing buildings (EB), neighborhood development (ND), homes (LEED for Homes), retail, schools, and healthcare.
The Living Building Challenge is an international sustainable building certification program created in 2006. It is managed by the non-profit International Living Future Institute. [1]
However both BIG and LEED are successful standards similar to CALGreen. The system developed by Build-it-Green is called GreenPoint Rated Climate Calculator and initial project run-throughs using the Climate Calculator found emissions reductions of about 20% over conventional new construction built to code.
The Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) category in LEED standards, one of the five environmental categories, was created to provide comfort, well-being, and productivity of occupants. The LEED IEQ category addresses design and construction guidelines especially: indoor air quality (IAQ), thermal quality, and lighting quality. [46] [47] [48]
[129] [130] Terminal 2 set accolades by being the first U.S. airport to achieve LEED Gold status. [131] Paolo Lucchesi, a local food critic, noted the sustainable food and dining program featuring local vendors and sources. [132] [133]
The building is the first airport terminal in the United States to be LEED certified for environmentally friendly design by the U.S. Green Building Council. Among the building's features are heat-reflecting roof and windows, low-flow faucets and waterless urinals , self-dimming lights and stormwater filtration.
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55: Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy is an American National Standard published by ASHRAE that establishes the ranges of indoor environmental conditions to achieve acceptable thermal comfort for occupants of buildings.
[32] [31] On 3 February 2023, the building attained the LEED Platinum certification in terms of its green rating. [33] [34] [31] [35] [36] The façade of the building consists of windows that form Arabic quotes from Dubai's ruler about the emirate's future. [37] The phrases written on the outside of the museum are three quotes from Sheikh Mohammed: