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Portland - Green Building Policy and LEED Certification
Background
The Green Building Policy requires that new construction and major renovations of all city facilities meet the Certified level of LEED. All city-owned, occupied, existing buildings must achieve LEED for Existing Buildings at the Silver level.
Other requirements for city owned construction projects include:
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75% of all construction and demolition (C&D) waste must be recycled
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30% beyond City of Portland's Stormwater Management Manual baseline code requirements
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30% water savings beyond the Energy Policy Act of 1992 baseline code requirements
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30% energy savings beyond Chapter 13 of the Oregon Structural Specialty Code baseline requirements
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Building commissioning as required by the State Office of Energy to be eligible for the Sustainable Building Business Energy Tax Credit
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All tenant improvements to City-owned facilities must be LEED for Commercial Interiors (CI) Silver and/or G/Rated Tenant Improvement Guide certified
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All new City-owned facilities should include an ecoroof with at least 70% coverage and high reflectance, Energy Star-rated roof material on any remaining non-ecoroof roof surface area; or, Energy Star-rated roof material when an integrated ecoroof/Energy Star-rated roof is impractical
All new commercial or mixed-use buildings over 10,000 square feet that receive financial assistance from the PDC totaling more than $300,000 and 10% of the total cost must achieve LEED NC Silver certification.
Note that the state's Business Energy Tax Credit (BETC) can be claimed for buildings rated LEED Silver and higher, providing an incentive to developers and building owners to design and build to the LEED Silver standard.
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Incentive Type: Energy Standards for Public Buildings
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Eligible Efficiency Technologies: Comprehensive Measures/Whole Building
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Applicable Sectors:Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Schools, Local Government, Construction, Low-Income Residential, Institutional, Facilities built or funded by the City of Portland
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Requirement:All new city-owned projects must achieve LEED Gold certification. All city-owned, occupied, existing buildings must achieve LEED for Existing Buildings at the Silver level
Contact Information
Alisa Kane
Portland Office of Sustainable Development
721 NW 9th Ave, Suite 350
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 823-7082
akane@ci.portland.or.us
http://www.portlandonline.com/osd
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