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A M X GUIDE TO SY S T E M IN T E G R AT I O N PR A C T I C E S USGBC Chapters in the U.S.: design and construction teams to deliver green buildings. The AV/IT industries can help clients reach higher LEED performance today by becoming educated on how “Green AV” systems can be deployed. Projects that lose LEED points due to lack of understanding will not be a good excuse. LEED CREDITS WHERE AV AND ACOUSTICS CAN HELP (OR HURT) While LEED points are not directly awarded for the use of any speciﬁc AV, acoustics, or IT products, systems or technologies, but affect a client’s point accumulation. Here are the LEED credit topics that may be relevant to an AV/IT integration The interest in achieving LEED certiﬁcation has grown drastically over just the last several years. In 2006, there were 400 LEED certiﬁed buildings; but the next year (2007), that number increased to 1,000. Currently, there are over 6,000 buildings in the pipeline toward certiﬁcation. At least two federal agencies, 22 states, and 75 cities are now requiring that all of their new buildings achieve LEED certiﬁcation. project. 1. Optimize Energy Performance (1-10 points) measures energy performance of the building and its equipment verses baseline ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) guidelines. 2. LEED Building L i f e cy cl e : Enhanced Commissioning (1 point) calls for an independent commissioning agent for major building systems, potentially including communications systems. 3. Energy Measurement and Veriﬁcation (1 point) establishes and implements a plan to measure the building’s actual ongoing energy consumption verses design assumptions. 4. Rapidly Renewable Materials (1 point) seeks to reduce the use of ﬁnite raw materials with rapidly renewable ones. For AV environments, this credit would apply primarily to specifying acoustical materials from rapidly Though you won’t ﬁnd the term “AV” or any speciﬁc requirements for AV in the primary LEED rating systems, that doesn’t mean AV has no impact on this system. There are at least 10 areas in the LEED point system where AV and the ofteninterrelated ﬁeld of acoustics can affect, both positively and negatively, the number of points a project can earn. Major AV/IT customer groups in the government, education, corporate vertical markets (among others) are recognizing the beneﬁts of going green and are requiring, by contract, their 6. 5. renewable sources such as cotton batt insulation. Certiﬁed Wood (1 point) encourages environmentally responsible forest management by specifying wood products from certiﬁed sites. This credit can apply to furnishings, including AV millwork. Low-Emitting Materials (1-4 points) seeks to improve indoor air quality by reducing the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOC), such as urea-formaldehyde. 800.222.0193 © June 2008 AMX. All rights reserved. AMX does not assume responsibility for any errors or omissions. 469.624.7153 800.932.6993 17 http://www.amx.com

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AV Technology - June 2008 Contents Precedent Corporate: Global Standardization Government: Strategic Technology Planning Education: It’s All Just a Click Pre-Empting Projector Breakdown Dealing With Technophobes Keeping Ahead of Technology Obsolescence Understanding Video Codecs Rules of Engagement Network, See & Learn Sound From the Heart Sportsbook Makes an Impact Upgrading an AV Image Product Review: Polycom’s RealPresence Experience HD Tech Horizons: A True AV Networking Standard? Product Spotlight: Digital Media Servers; Flat Panel New Products Ad Index AV MO: Calculating Fiber Optic Transmission Distance

AV Technology - June 2008

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