The Soundtrack to LEED
GreenCE’s mission is to support the necessary transition to a sustainable built environment by empowering design professionals to address the environmental, economic, and social impacts of buildings. GreenCE’s course catalog includes LEED exam preparation, continuing education to maintain your AIA or LEED credential, as well as specialty education focused on topics such as ADA/Barrier-Free requirements. We are committed to designing the highest quality continuing education programs in the construction industry.
There's a phantom haunting your LEED buildings. It sabotages productivity. Triggers stress. Tanks satisfaction scores. Yet it appears on no energy model, no daylighting analysis, no material specification. Sound—the forgotten dimension—is writing the soundtrack of failure in even your best projects. Discover how composer R. Murray Schafer unlocked the hidden science of acoustic ecology in the 1960s, and why his innovative framework is the missing key for many sustainable design projects. In this course we explore LEED v4.1 design strategies and how to create soundscapes to support your design goals.
- Apply soundscape theory and acoustic ecology principles to analyze and improve the acoustic environments in building design projects.
- Identify and pursue specific LEED v4.1 BD+C and ID+C credits related to acoustic performance, including EQ Credit: Acoustic Performance, and understand how acoustic strategies support building occupant health.
- Integrate acoustic design strategies into LEED v4.1 BD+C and ID+C projects that address background noise levels, reverberation time, sound transmission, and sound isolation to meet LEED credit requirements.
- Develop comprehensive acoustic design solutions for LEED v4.1 BD+C and ID+C projects that enhance occupant wellbeing, productivity, and satisfaction while contributing to overall project sustainability goals.
