LC-7- INTENT: Demonstrate that outdoor spaces have been provided and programmed to encourage activity, including sport and recreation. The spaces must be specifically developed for any of, or any combination of, the following; Landscaped areas for recreation; Playground areas; and / or Sports field areas. The latter credit is highlighted as a crucial method to be adopted within the future sustainable communities, as it does not only affect the environmental behavior within the sustainable bundle, but it also directly tackles the social aspect of a sustainable community, a whole another important level of study that is to be discussed in upcoming papers, yet essential enough to be mentioned within this study, and this credit specifically. The anticipated effect of applying this approach is a direct influence on the CO2 emissions, due to replacing the central parking lot of the community with a central open green area as previously shown( Fig. 2).
PW-3- INTENT: Demonstrate that the average Water Reduction Target achieves the following improvement compared to the baseline building performance, from efficiency measures only:
• 1 Credit Point: Wbldg 16 % improvement compared to the baseline building
• 2 Credit Points: Wbldg 22 % improvement compared to the baseline building
• 3 Credit Points: Wbldg 28 % improvement compared to the baseline building
• 4 Credit Points: Wbldg 34 % improvement compared to the baseline building
• 5 Credit Points: Wbldg 40 % improvement compared to the baseline building Set targets for the average landscape irrigation demand, IBL, of all building plots within the community as follows:
• 2 Credit Point: IBL < 4 liters / m2 / day
• 3 Credit Point: IBL < 2 liters / m2 / day The water consumption levels in the proposed community will be adjusted within CityCAD to comply with the highest set-up value according to the above Estidama listed credit, which is equivalent to 40 % cut down of the basic water consumption reported in the preliminary community assessment.
RE-4.1- INTENT: Demonstrate that a percentage of the community’ s total energy consumption is supplied through renewable energy generated within the community site boundary. Renewable energy may be supplied by developer-funded and owned systems or through third-party onsite renewable energy hosting and purchase agreements( with a purchase agreement of at least 5 years). Demonstrate that an onsite renewable energy feasibility study has been undertaken, and that one or more appropriate technologies have been selected from the study; and 1-8 Credit Points: Demonstrate that a percentage of the community’ s energy consumption is supplied through onsite renewable energy. Points are awarded as follows:
Table 1: 1-8 Credit Points
Points Achieved
Required Percentage 1 1 % 2 3 % 3 5 % 4 7 % 5 10 % 6 15 % 7 20 % 8 25 %
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