Site Analysis

During the construction phase, there will be a lot happening all over. This may vary from the actual erecting of the building, to the transport of goods, to the extraction of materials needed, etc. There will be a lot of damage done to the o-zone layer, a lot of habitat and biodiversity destroyed, amongst other things.

According to a “go green” blog named 2B Green World Website-LEED Consultants, “buildings represent over 50% of US wealth; $800 billion is the amount of renovation and new construction in the United States, buildings account for 1/6 of the worlds freshwater withdrawals, ¼ of its wood harvest and 2/5 of its material and energy flow” (Go Green Facts 1).These figures represent the disadvantages of a world without green building. Throughout this report the focus is on LEED certification and accreditation, and the impact LEED has on several different service firms. The report begins with background information about the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED, and LEED

Although drinking water is not yet known to have been affected, the groundwater was contaminated with volatile organic compounds and heavy metals (5). Both of these types of contaminants have been linked with one or several of the following: cancer, liver, kidney, and nervous system problems (4). In July 1979, the State Court required that all material be removed from the site by July 1980 (5). The state has spent over $300,000 cleaning this site (5). According to EPA standards, this site is in the "construction completed" stage of clean up. This does not mean, however that actual cleanup is complete because groundwater may need to be treated more than 30 years before contaminants are at accepted levels (5).

The purchaser engaged its own accredited auditor, who recommended reporting to the authority that the site posed significant risk of harm to human health and the environment because of contaminated groundwater, off site migration, vapors and the presence of residential units down slope. Work stopped for 10 months, with the council instituting proceedings in the land and environment court to restrain work until an accredited auditor had validated the site, as required by its development consent.

Associated activities may include installing drainage systems, grading slopes, ditching for storm drainages, and conduits for service utilities. The disturbance of natural patterns of runoff and rainwater infiltration through modified drainage can lead to the concentration of water flow at sites that previously only took direct rainwater infiltration; this can result in rapid forming cover-subsidence sinkholes (Waltham et al, 2005, p. 159). The many impervious surfaces used in modified drainage activities also impedes groundwater recharge, which can consequently lower the water

The Koster site located in Eldred, Illinois is an exceptionally unique site because of its multiple inhabitants over nine-thousand years during the archaic period. Each layer of the Koster site reveals a story of the people living there, and gives a visual into what people living there did, what they ate, and how they lived day to day life as ancient Native Americans (Indiana University of Penn 2015). The Koster site is just one of the many archaeological sites in North America, which seems to be consistent with other ancient peoples living during this archaic time period.

Kiss + Cathcart did an incredible job of transforming Brooklyn waterfront, from a brownfield industrial strip to oasis of a public garden. What is surreal of the entire project, that the 13300.0 ft2 area is accessible to all and mostly covered by grass. The program for the site is going to be an athletic field, community facility and an NYC Park maintenance and operation facility into a 6.2-acre park. The building was only awarded, LEED Silver building in a park. Not only is was the conversion of a brownfield area to a park area, making this project sustainable. Also, The building is Under the northwest-facing green roof, the building is conceived as earth-sheltered, with controlled southeast and southwest solar exposures. Making the solar

The American Sociological Association’s website is designed to cover everything from the analysis of short interactions between strangers, to the study of global social structures. As a non-profit organization, the primary goal of the American Sociological Association, also known as ASA, is to promote articulate policy and implement programs that will have the widest impact on sociology for future and current societies. Poised front and center of the ASA website there is an article, The Algorithmic Rise of the “Alt-Right” by Jessie Daniels. This appeals to my love for math, and the author shares my name, so I can’t resist. The ASA’s website features the article’s key points summarized; the full article is accessible through an apparent sister

One World Trade Center is an ideal representation of what green building is. It is not to say that the design and construction of this structure was not without its challenges. In this paper, I will discuss the factors that qualified the building for LEED certification. I will also discuss the challenges the building faced while pursuing this certification and what was done to overcome these challenges.

Green buildings could become one of the main factors to preserve our rapidly decaying environment. There is no easy way to define a green building, but a green building is essentially a structure that amplifies the positives and mitigates the negatives throughout the entire life cycle of the building (Kriss, 2014). There are many definitions for a green building, but all of them include the planning, designing, constructing, and operating of the building while taking into huge considerations of the energy use, water use, indoor air environment, materials used and the effect it has on the site the green building is being built on. The first green buildings dates back to as far as the 1970’s, when solar panels went from experiments to reality. Green buildings were not as popular as they are today due to their extremely high pricing. With technology rapidly growing, solar panels are becoming cheaper and cheaper, making the transition to creating green buildings more affordable. This is the primary reason for the increased growth of green buildings today. A modern company that is paving the way to the growth of green buildings named LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, focuses primarily on new and effective ideas for environmentally friendly buildings projects. With more than 60,000 commercial projects worldwide and 1.7 million square feet being certified every day, LEED is one of the leading groups for promoting green buildings. LEED has popularized the entire

The World Wide Fund for nature, better known as the World Wildlife Fund in Canada, can be considered one of the most popular and reputable organizations that deal with the conservation of nature. Established in 1961 in Sweden, its purpose has been the same since the beginning. This purpose, as cited on WWF's Canadian website˚, is "to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth." Their website will be inspected to affirm whether or not this organization and its website, encompasses three main aspects. These aspects include authority, accuracy and completion, and technicalities. The information provided on the website will be analyzed using criteria which consists of a series of questions for

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This paper analyzes the proficiencies and deficiencies of the initial Green Roof project in Chicago. Many consider this first roof as a great example of how to properly set up a green roof initiative for city buildings. It also opened the doors for the city’s residents to incorporate this into their personal properties. Chicago has been recognized for their work in making more and more of their buildings greener and it can all be traced back to the City Hall’s green roof. As a national leader in green roofs, the city of Chicago has provided other metropolises a blueprint to successfully include green roofs on their buildings, both existing and future. This paper will examine the initial project and it’s beginnings while also evaluating the data from years of research to conclude why this was a successful project. Years of data collection and increasing technology have yielded green roofs as a success.

As the proposed site is very close to both Whyte Lake and Horseshoe Bay these water sources are vulnerable to any pollution and runoff as well as any changes made to the landscape due to the project. Chemicals stored on the site have the potential to leak into the environment and then into the surface waters. For this project there should not be substantial amounts of harmful chemicals stored on the site which could be introduced into the environment, so this risk is minimal. It is unlikely that there will be pollution or runoff from the site that will affect the surface water.

development on site. There is little runoff because it has great potential to be absorbed through the soil and vegetation. Runoff after construction will be greater since there will be increased impervious surfaces. The runoff will also have greater potential to be contaminated with pollutants from developments on site and increased traffic. The site is almost completely covered with vegetation but after construction there will be less vegetation. Removing vegetation will increase stormwater runoff. The direct receiving water body for runoff is Grass Lake.