LEED Credits
LightLouver Daylighting System and LEED 2009
The LightLouver Daylighting System is recognized by design professionals as an innovative and effective strategy for achieving high quality daylighting as well as LEED® Certification and Energy Star® performance goals. Incorporating daylighting into a new or existing commercial ( non-residential ) building has become essential to achieving project energy efficiency and sustainability goals.
The LEED rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council ( USGBC ) in 2000, is an internationally recognized system for certifying design, construction and operation of sustainable buildings. LEED 2009 consists of several new rating systems, and new advancements to harmonize the LEED credits across rating systems and to address regional issues.
The LightLouver Daylighting System offers an innovative way to integrate sustainable building practices into commercial buildings, while at the same time contributing to a project’s ability to achieve LEED Certification. In fact, the LightLouver Daylighting System can directly contribute to or indirectly influence obtaining LEED credits across all commercial LEED rating systems:
- LEED for New Construction: LEED NC 2009
- LEED for Core and Shell: LEED CS 2009
- LEED for Schools: LEED S 2009
- LEED for Commercial Interiors: LEED CI 2009
- LEED for Existing Buildings: LEED EBOM 2009
- LEED for Retail Commercial Interiors Pilot: LEED R – CI
- LEED for Retail New Construction Pilot: LEED R – NC
- LEED for Healthcare Pilot: LEED HC ( GGHC v.2.2 )
The LightLouver Daylighting System Influence Matrix provides an overview of the total number of LEED prerequisites and credits that the LightLouver Daylighting System can influence for each rating system, along with the total associated points range available to your project. The LightLouver Daylighting System contributes directly to some of these credits, such as the ones for daylighting. It indirectly influences others, such as the ones for reduced energy consumption. Since only windows are discussed as sources for daylight in the documentation for the LEED rating systems, an argument can be made that the LightLouver Daylighting System should also qualify for innovation credits. Work with your LEED consultant to maximize the number of credits you can obtain from having the LightLouver Daylighting System on your projects.
The LightLouver Daylighting System LEED® Influence Matrix
| LEED® Rating Systems | ||||||||
| NC 2009 | CS 2009 | S 2009 | CI 2009 | EBOM 2009 | R-CI Pilot | R-NC Pilot | HC | |
| Total number of LEED® prerequisites and credits which LightLouver can influence | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Range of LEED® points available | 5 to 29 | 6 to 30 | 6 to 31 | 5 to 13 | 5 to 27 | 5 to 14 | 5 to 29 | 6 to 17 |
| LEED® Credit | ||||||||
| Energy and Atmosphere | ||||||||
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EA Prerequisite 2 Minimum Energy Performance |
Prereq | Prereq | Prereq | Prereq | Prereq | Prereq | Prereq | Prereq |
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EA Credit 1 Optimize Energy Performance |
1 to 19 | 3 to 21 | 1 to 19 | 1 to 2 | 1 to 18 | 1 to 19 | 2 to 10 | |
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EA Credit 1.2 Optimize Energy Performance - Lighting Controls |
1 to 3 | |||||||
| Indoor Environmental Quality | ||||||||
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IEQ Credit 2.2 Controlability of Systems - Lighting |
1 | |||||||
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IEQ Credit 2.4 Daylight & Views |
1 | |||||||
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IEQ Credit 6 Controlability of Systems - Lighting |
1 | 1 | ||||||
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IEQ Credit 6.1 Controlability of Systems - Lighting |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
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IEQ Credit 8.1 Daylight & Views - Daylight |
1 | 1 | 1 to 3 | 1 to 2 | 1 to 2 | 1 | ||
| Environmental Quality | ||||||||
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EQ Credit 6.1 Controlability of Systems - Lighting |
1 | |||||||
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EQ Credit 8.1 Views &Daylight: Diagnostic and Treatment Areas |
1 to 3 | |||||||
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EQ Credit 8.2 Views & Daylight: Inpatient Units |
1 to 2 | |||||||
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EQ Credit 8.3 Views & Daylight: Daylight Quantity |
1 | |||||||
| Innovation in Design | ||||||||
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ID Credit 1 Innovation in Design Path 1 : Innovation in Design |
1 to 5 | 1 to 5 | 1 to 4 | 1 to 5 | 1 to 5 | 1 to 5 | ||
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ID Credit 1 Innovation in Design Path 2: Exemplary Performance |
1 to 3 | 1 to 3 | 1 to 3 | 1 to 3 | 1 to 3 | 1 to 3 | ||
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ID Credit 3 TheSchool as a Teaching Tool |
1 | |||||||
| Innovation in Operations | ||||||||
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IO Credit 1 Innovation in Operations Path 1 : Innovation in Operations |
1 to 4 | |||||||
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IO Credit 1 Innovation in Operations Path 2: Exemplary Performance |
1 to 3 | |||||||
| 4 Levels of LEED® Certification. All except HC: Certified = 40-49 Points, Silver = 50-59 Points, Gold = 60-79 Points, Platinum = 80 Points & Above. HC: Certified = 29-35 Points, Silver = 36-42 Points, Gold = 43-56 Points, Platinum = 57-77 Points | ||||||||
