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LEED-ND Pilot ProgramLEED-ND Pilot Program

� LEED Neighborhood Development (LEEDND) Pilot Rating System released draft in 2005, revised version in 2007

� Joint effort by USGBC, CNU, & NRDC

� Combined principles of smart growth, new � Combined principles of smart growth, new urbanism, and green buildings

� “Bring buildings together into a neighborhood, and relate the neighborhood to its larger region and landscape”

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LEED Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) Pilot Rating System released draft in

Joint effort by USGBC, CNU, & NRDC

Combined principles of smart growth, new Combined principles of smart growth, new

neighborhood, and relate the neighborhood to its larger region and landscape”

LEED-ND Pilot Rating SystemLEED-ND Pilot Rating System

� 4 Categories:

– Smart Location & Linkage (30)

– Neighborhood Pattern &

Development (39)

– Green Construction & Technology (31)

– Innovation & Design Process (6)

� 106 Possible Points

– 40/50/60/80 breakdown for

Certified/Silver/Gold/Platinum

� Several Difficult Prerequisites

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Green Construction & Technology (31)

Innovation & Design Process (6)

Several Difficult Prerequisites

BSC LEED-ND Pilot ApplicationBSC LEED-ND Pilot Application

� Project: Village at Taylor Pond, a mixed-use development in Bedford, MA (15 miles north of Boston)

� 188 apartments; 64K sf office; 27K � 188 apartments; 64K sf office; 27K sf retail

� Previously developed site in an industrial corridor

� Project recently received approvals from Town and State, under construction

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Project: Village at Taylor Pond,

188 apartments; 64K sf office; 27K 188 apartments; 64K sf office; 27K

Project recently received approvals

Smart Location & LinkageSmart Location & Linkage

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� Wetland & Water Body Conservation

– Problem Prerequisite

� Preferred Location

– Heavily Favors Previously – Heavily Favors Previously Developed Sites & Infill Sites

� Reduced Auto Dependence

– Difficult w/out transit

� Housing & Jobs Proximity

– 90 jobs w/in ½ mile walk


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� Street Network Grid

Density Calculation

� Mapping of Open Space,

Bicycle Routes, Trails,

Parks, Transit Locations

Wetland/Conservation

Areas, Jobs, Uses

Neighborhood Pattern & DevelopmentNeighborhood Pattern & Development

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� Compact Development Prereq

– 0.5 FAR Non-Res

– 7 units/acre Residential

� Compact Development Credit

– Denser = More Points

� Diversity of Uses

– W/in ½ mi walk

� Diversity of Housing Types

– Score = 1- ∑ (n/N)2


� Affordable & Reduced Parking Credits: Difficult

� Walkable Streets

– Several points available– Several points available

– Entrances, windows, speed

� Access to Public Space & Active Public Spaces

– Park, green plaza or square

– Playfields, soccer/baseball, multi-use trail, rec center or gym w/ outdoor facilities

– Golf? Gun club?

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Green Construction & TechnologyGreen Construction & Technology

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Green Construction & TechnologyGreen Construction & Technology

� LEED Certified

� Solar Orientation

– Requires early considerationconsideration

� Recycled Content

– Reuse concrete

� Construction & Comprehensive Waste Management

Innovation & Design ProcessInnovation & Design Process

� Innovation in Design

– Boardwalk and Offsite Sidewalk Connections

� Reduced footprint

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Innovation & Design ProcessInnovation & Design Process

Boardwalk and Offsite Sidewalk Connections

LEED-ND Summary LEED-ND Summary

� Offers a new opportunity for mixedto become certified LEED projects

� Residential is an important component

� More site focused; redevelopment bias� More site focused; redevelopment bias

� Smaller incremental costs to become LEED certified (?)

� Pilot program should help to further refine rating system, especially for prerequisites

– Wetland & Waterbody Conservation: needs improvement

– Compact Development: lower hurdle, shift to credit points

© BSC Group 2007

ND Summary ND Summary

Offers a new opportunity for mixed-use developments to become certified LEED projects

Residential is an important component

More site focused; redevelopment biasMore site focused; redevelopment bias

Smaller incremental costs to become LEED certified (?)

Pilot program should help to further refine rating system, especially for prerequisites

Wetland & Waterbody Conservation: needs improvement

Compact Development: lower hurdle, shift to credit points

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