Energy and Atmosphere (EA) section is one of the categories within the LEED rating system. This episode Russell goes through the following sections:

Fundamental & Enhanced Commissioning

This involves a thorough commissioning process to ensure that building systems are installed, tested, and operated efficiently. It helps identify and address issues that could impact energy performance.

Minimum Energy Performance

To reduce the environmental and economic harms of excessive energy and achieve minimum level of energy efficiency

Building Level Energy Metering & Advanced Energy Metering

To support energy management and identify oppotunies for energy savings

Fundamental & Advanced Refrigerant Management

To reduce stratospheric ozone depletion and meet compliance to Montreal Protocol while minimizing direct contribution to climate change.

Optimise Energy Performance

To achieve levels of energy performance to reduce environmental and economic harms with excessive energy use.

Demand Response

Increase participation in demand response technologies and programs

Renewable Energy Production

Promoting the use of renewable energy sources like solar, wind, or geothermal to power the building and offset carbon emissions.

Green Power and Carbon Offsets: Encouraging the purchase of green power, which is electricity generated from renewable sources, and the use of carbon offsets to mitigate the environmental impact of the building's energy use.

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Water Efficiency in buildings is another key factor in getting ahead with sustainability. In this episode Russell talks bout the 4 main ways you can reduce water in buildings.

1. Outdoor Water Reduction

2. Indoor Water Reduction

3. Building Level Water Metering

4. Cooling Towers

Russell will give you tips covering each of the 4 to reduce water and help you design and more sustainable building according to LEED.

Continuing on the Sustainability and LEED (Leadership Energy Environmental Design) theme, Russell talks about 12 topics that can make a Sustainable Site. You will learn ways and tips to make your project site sustainable, during and after construction. 

These include:

1. Construction Activity Pollution Prevention
2. Environmental Site Assessment
3. Site Assessment
4. Site Development - Protect and Restore Habitat
5. Open space
6. Rainwater Management
7. Heat Island effect
8. Light  Pollution Reduction
9. Tenant Design and Construction Guidelines
10. Places of Respite- (Healthcare only)
11. Direct Exterior Access - (Healthcare only)
12. Joint Use of Facilities - (Schools only)

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