[Greenbuilding] LEED

[Stephen Collette]

Hello

I wanted to say thanks to Lawrence especially through the list for  
offering those LEED study quizzes a long while back. I finally  
cracked down and started studying a couple of weeks ago and wrote my  
LEED Canada New Construction exam yesterday. I passed and am quite  
thrilled. I found for those out there that the University of Arizona  
exam was the most helpful as it was closest to the complexity of  
questions that were asked. I'm grateful to have had it.

On another LEED note, I learned through reading the reference manual  
that for EQ Credit 3.2 Construction IAQ Management Plan: Testing  
Before Occupancy offers 3 options. Two are a flushing process and the  
third is a testing process, testing for particular elements (PM 10,  
Formaldehyde, Total VOC, CO, and one chemical if used) It states in  
the Canadian reference that the Environmental Inspector must be LEED  
certified.   So the question is for those who use LEED out there:    
Would testing a building be a better/faster/cheaper option for you  
than flushing out a building for a week or so? I would think that  
based a several story building that the testing would be a few grand,  
but it would be done in a day, with results the next on some samples.  
Would this be a worthwhile consideration?  I'm wondering since I have  
both, is there a viable market for my services, or not?

I also noted on EQ Prerequisite 2 Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)  
Control that the one option is to have a blower door test done to  
ensure that the smoking rooms (residential units) do not leak into  
other spaces by the use and testing with a blower door unit. I'm  
going to get my blower door training in the very near future, and was  
wondering again the same thing as to whether that process is used a lot?

Thanks.

Stephen

Stephen Collette B.B.E.C., LEED AP
Principal
Your Healthy House - Indoor Environmental Testing & Building Consulting
www.yourhealthyhouse.ca
stephen at yourhealthyhouse.ca
705.652.5159