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OBJECTIVES • Explain the intent of the Location and Transportation category. • Identify strategies for sustainable site selection. • Identify strategies for providing and encouraging the use of alternative transportation. • Understand the process for determining density around a project site. • List examples of high-priority sites. • Explain the importance of walkability in choosing a project location.

KEY TERMS · American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

· green vehicles

· bicycle network

· infrastructure

· brownfield · buildable land

· habitat · infill development · pooled parking · preferred parking

· community connectivity

· previously developed/ disturbed site

· density

· prime farmland

· development density

· redevelopment · remediation

· diverse use

· shortest path analysis

· floodplain · floor-area ratio (FAR) · footprint · global warming · greenfield · greenhouse gases

The Location and Transpor tation (LT) category is a new category introduced to all the rating systems of LEED v4. The LT category is the most recent addition to the suite of five categories that have been the core of the LEED rating systems since the release of the first version in 2000. The creation of the new Location and Transportation (LT) category for the location and transportation credits places more emphasis and attention on reducing one of the main contributors to global warming: transportation. The LT category includes strategies and ideas to reduce the costs, pollution, and depletion of resources related to the daily transportation of people to and from a building.

· smart growth · total parking capacity · walkability · water body · wetlands

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