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6.9 Terrain elevation map of The Catholic University of America, Campus
Master Plan, April 2012 101
6.10 The Catholic University of America Campus Master Plan, April 2012 102
6.11 The Catholic University of America, area of vegetation on campus 103
7.1 Global sustainable existing building sustainability assessment tools 108
7.2 Global sustainable existing building sustainability assessment tools 109
7.3 Water Efciency Prerequisite, Indoor Water Use Reduction: Option 1 117
7.4 Water Efciency Prerequisite, Indoor Water Use Reduction: faucet ow
rate conversion 118
7.5 Building-level water metering: stainless steel pulse output water meter 121
7.6 Cooling tower at Opus Hall, The Catholic University of America 125
7.7 Typical low chemical water treatment system 125
7.8 Examples of biochar 128
7.9 CUA community garden plots ready for the admission of biochar 129
8.1 Annual global building CO
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emissions by sector 134
8.2 Building-level energy metering: Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite 135
8.3 Global sustainable existing building sustainability assessment tools
for energy 136
8.4 Global sustainable existing building sustainability assessment tools:
comparison for energy 137
8.5 Global assessment systems: North America based and internationally based 140
8.6 Existing building plan 144
8.7 Combined fuel end-use breakdown for the Crough School of Architecture
and Planning 149
8.8 Energy Accounting Feedback Loop (EAFL) 150
8.9 Statement of Energy Performance for the Crough School of Architecture
and Planning 153
8.10 LEED Lab students are introduced to the central plant by a staff operator 154
8.11 A Building Automation System (BAS) or Building Management
System (BMS) 156
8.12 Energy and Facility Management Software (EFMS) for buildings 157
8.13 Energy and Facility Management Software (EFMS) for Buildings Feedback Loop 157
8.14 A utility submeter system in a building 161
8.15 Shark Meter diagram 162
8.16 Energy Star Portfolio Manager 164
8.17 Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite: minimum energy performance
diagram 165
8.18 Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite: minimum energy performance
calculations for district energy supply 169
8.19 Shares of major energy sources used in commercial buildings, 2012 171
8.20 The ozone layer 175
8.21 The physics of the refrigerant cycle 177
8.22 Diagram of how a refrigerant is processed in an air conditioner 177
8.23 Diagram of how refrigerant is processed in a heat pump 179
8.24 Equation from LEED O+M v4 Reference Guide for simple payback for
equipment replacement or conversion 180
8.25 Resulting annual maintenance and refrigerant cost difference equation 180
8.26 Energy and Atmosphere credit: demand response and how it works 190
8.27 Renewable Energy Certicate 200
8.28 Energy and Atmosphere credit: renewable energy and carbon offsets
equations 202
8.29 Minimum project requirement for the Crough School of Architecture
and Planning, Item 6 205