Green/LEED®
LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.
Dan Bruck, president of BRC Acoustics & Technology Consulting, is the Chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council subcommittee on acoustics, which develops LEED® credits for categories of projects such as schools, health care facilities, and multi-family housing. Dan also serves as Vice-Chairman of the Interior Environmental Quality Technical Advisory Group (IEQ TAG), which develops and reviews credits and related materials for the Interior Environmental Quality section of the LEED® program.
Although a relatively recent addition to the LEED® system, acoustics is included as a prerequisite and with enhanced performance credits in LEED® for Schools 2009. Acoustics is also included in the upcoming LEED® for Healthcare, and a pre-approved Innovation in Design credit is available in LEED® for Homes.
BRC offers the presentation, "Acoustics for Green Design," to address cost-effective acoustical design for compliance with LEED® for Schools, discuss “green” acoustical materials for construction, and offer design solutions to coordinate green architecture with effective acoustical design.