Abstract
ABSTRACT An indoor environmental quality assessment was conducted at a newly completed Catholic church building in South-central Kentucky as part of the United States Green Building Council's (USGBC's) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification requirements. From a business perspective, green building certification has become an important staple for demonstrating energy efficiency, environmental stewardship, and sustainability. The LEED certification process stipulates, among other things, that points be awarded for energy conservation as well as documentation that selected indoor air contaminant concentrations are below certain target levels. (It must be noted that any decision by a builder or architect aimed at obtaining the LEED credit point certification involves some financial commitment.) This article summarizes the results of a comprehensive indoor environmental quality assessment for four LEED chemical contaminants and selected parameters present in indoor air, with a view ...
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