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• On school maintained and controlled land, design exterior lighting that the cutoff angle does not exceed 45% <br />• Design lighting to prevent reflection onto another property <br />Water <br />3.1 Water Efficient <br />• Reduce potable water consumption used for landscape irrigation by 50% by using drip systems, well water or storm water <br />• Limit landscape irrigation and use drought resistant <br />3.2 Wastewater <br />• Reduce municipally provided potable water for building sewage flow by using gray water or waterless <br />3.3 Water Use <br />• Reduce aggregate water use by a minimum of 20% than the base, not including irrigation, after meeting EPA 1992 fixture performance <br />requirements, Smith Middle and Scroggs Elementary would provide baseline use data <br />Energy and <br />4.1 Minimum Energy <br />• Design building to meet ASHRAE/IE^SNA 90 1, state or local energy codes, whichever is more <br />4.2 CFC <br />• Zero use of CFC -based refrigerants in HVAC <br />• Check for other CFC materials, products and systems and make sure that all are CFC - <br />4.:3 Optimal Energy Efficiency <br />• Increase energy performance by a minimum of 20% in new buildings and 10% in existing structures above those described in 4.1 as <br />demonstrated by simulation using Energy Cost Budget Method described in section I 1 of ASHRAE /IESNA 90 1 <br />4.4 Renewable Energy <br />• During building design, consider the use of high temperature solar or geothermal assisted technologies to provide a portion of the total <br />energy use of the building <br />Material and <br />5.1 Storage and Collection of <br />• Provide an easily accessible location that serves the entire building for the collection, separation and storage of <br />5.:3 Construction Waste <br />• During the design process, develop a checklist that focuses on the reduction of construction waste from a design <br />• Develop a waste management plan that includes a reuse area, recycling area for separation, and a lunch area that provides for <br />• Recycle or salvage at least 75% of grading and clearing debris by weight <br />• Recycle or salvage at least 50% of construction and demolition debris by <br />5.4 Resource Reuse <br />• Specify salvaged or refurbished materials for a minimum of 2% of the building materials excluding furniture, fixtures and <br />5.5 Recycled Content <br />• Specify that a minimum of 20% of building and site materials contain an aggregate average of 20% post - consumer content or 40% post <br />industrial content <br />