Intent – Reduce pollution from construction activities by controlling soil erosion and waterway sedimentation.

Intent – Avoid the development of inappropriate sites and reduce the environmental impact from the location of a building

Intent – Channel development to urban areas with existing infrastructure, protect greenfields and preserve habitat and natural resources

Intent – Rehabilitate damaged sites where development is complicated by environmental contamination and reduce pressure on undeveloped land.

Intent – Reduce pollution and land development impacts from automobile use.

Intent – Conserve existing natural areas and restore damaged areas to provide habitat and promote biodiversity.

Intent – Maximize Open Space

Intent – Limit disruption of natural hydrology by reducing impervious cover, increasing on-site infiltration, reducing or eliminating pollution from stormwater runoff and eliminating contaminants.

Intent – Limit disruption and pollution of natural water flows by managing stormwater runoff.

Intent – Reduce heat islands to minimize impacts on microclimates and habitats.

Intent – Increase the demand for building products that incorporate recycled content materials. The sum of post-consumer recycled content plus one-half of the pre-consumer content constitutes at least 10% (1 point) or 20% (2 points), based on cost, of the total value of the materials in the project.

Intent – Increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured locally to a job site in hopes to reduce the environmental impact that would result from transporting these goods. Products manufactured, extracted and recycled within 500 miles of the project site for a minimum of 10% (1 point) or 20% (2 points), based on cost of the total materials value.

Intent – Limit or eliminate the use of potable water or other natural surface or subsurface water resources available on or near the project site for landscape irrigation. Reduce by 50% (2 points) or eliminate (4 points).

Intent – Reduce wastewater generation and potable water demand (50% reduction) while increasing the local aquifer recharge through the use of nonpotable water or on-site wastewater treatment

Intent – Further increase water efficiency within buildings to reduce the burden on municipal water supply and wastewater systems. Reduce by 30% (2 points), reduce by 35% (3 points) or reduce by 40% (4 points).

Intent – Provide design teams and projects the opportunity to achieve exceptional performance above the requirements set by the LEED Green Building Rating System and/or innovative performance in Green Building categories not specifically addressed by the LEED Green Building Rating System.

Intent - Provide an incentive for the achievement of credits that address geographically-specific environmental priorities. A database of Regional Priority credits and their geographic applicability is available on the USGBC website,USGBC.org.