A Framework to Reconcile Green Goals with Budget Reality

Table 4

Library LEED credits with types of costs.

	Cost	Type
SS
Prereq 1	$—	H
Credit 2	$—	N
Credit 4.2	$4,800	S
Credit 4.3	$1,600	S
Credit 5.2	$—	N
Credit 6.1	$15,000	H
Credit 7.1	$15,000	S
Credit 7.2	$—	S
Credit 8	$—	H
WE
Credit 1.1	$20,000	H
Credit 3.1	$5,500	H
Credit 3.2	$—	H
EA
Prereq 1	$30,000	S
Prereq 2	$—	H
Prereq 3	$—	H
Credit 1	$240,000	H
Credit 3	$—	N
Credit 4	$—	N
MR
Prereq 1	$1,500	S
Credit 2.1	$12,000	S
Credit 4.1	$12,000	S
Credit 4.2	$—	S
Credit 5.1	$—	S
Credit 7	$15,800	S
ID
Credit 1.1	$—	N
Credit 2	$42,000	N
EQ
Prereq 1	$—	N
Prereq 2	$200	N
Credit 1	$8,000	N
Credit 3.1	$3,000	N
Credit 3.2	$1,000	N
Credit 4.1	$10,750	N
Credit 4.2	$—	N
Credit 4.3	$—	N
Credit 4.4	$—	N
Credit 5	$—	N
Credit 6.1	$1,000	H
Credit 6.2	$22,000	N
Credit 7.1	$4,000	N
Credit 7.2	$5,000	N
Credit 8.1	$—	N
LEED Fees	$4,005
Net Cost	$464,155

SS: Sustainable Sites; WE: Water Efficiency; EA: Energy and Atmosphere; MR: Materials and Resources; EQ: Indoor Environmental Quality; ID: Innovation and Design; H: hard cost credit; S: soft cost credit; N: Non-cost credit.