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a'). Potential Technologies & Strategies Design ventilation systems to meet or exceed the minimum outdoor air ventilation rates as described in the ASHRAE standard. Balance the impacts of ventilation rates on energy use and indoor air quality to optimize for energy efficiency and occupant comfort. Use

, LLC MithunArchitects+Designers+Planners Herman Miller, Inc Indoor Environmental Engineering The Green Engineer Trane Company The LEED wog for Commercial Interiors Rating System builds on the work of those who helped create previous versions: LEED for Commercial Interiors Version 2.0 Core Committee Holley Henderson, Chair

ance of tenant-operated energy systems. The design of new facility space must be based on the designated mandatory and prescriptive requirements of ASHRAE 9O.1-2OO7 or USGBC-approved local code, whichever is more stringent. In addition, optimization of building energy performance beyond ASHRAE 90.1-200

remature equipment replacement. 2. Related Credits The commissioning effort can affect many performance-based features encouraged in the LEED for Commercial Interiors Rating System. Consider including the following features and systems in the commissioning effort: water efficiency and metering of plumbing fixtures, outdoor air

ally. Doing so can require higher energy use to operate compliant HVAC systems compared with systems that do not meet the ventilation guidelines of ASHRAE 62.1-2007. Compared with personnel costs, any premium associated with ensuring IAQ is insignificant. Poor IAQ can cause illness, and the additional

te high levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other air contaminants. Other indoor environmental quality issues addressed by the LEED for Commercial Interiors Rating System include daylighting and lighting quality, thermal comfort, acoustics, and access to views. All of these issues have the potential to enhance the ind

ce), humidity, and air speed as well as outdoor temperature design conditions, outdoor humidity design conditions, clothing, and expected activity. (ASHRAE 55-2004) Commissioning is the process of verifying and documenting that the facility and all of its systems and assemblies are planned, designed, i

1. Innovation in Design (1-5 points) Achieve significant, measurable environmental performance using a strategy not addressed in the LEED 2009 for Commercial Interiors Rating System. One point is awarded for each innovation achieved. No more than s points under IDci may be earned through PATH s—Innovation in Design. Identify t