Doug,The way I read the LEED papers, if you are building a LEED certified
home in an EPA Zone 1, than RRNC is a "prerequisite," therefore
required.
Jeff
DOUGKLADDR@AOL.COM wrote:
Michael and Jeff:
In reviewing your attachment I see in 9.1 on page 12 it lists
radon as a prerequisite in high Radon areas but as a maximum credit of
1 in other, lower potential, areas. Does this mean, as a prerequisite,
that to be a LEED constructed home in a Zone 1 area that it has to have
RRNC installed? If so, there are a ton of LEED facilities being built
in Colorado that do not meet the prerequisite.
Doug kladder
In a message dated 1/8/2009 2:47:30 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
Michael.Boothe@JOCOGOV.ORG writes:
Don’t know if this is what you were looking for, but I
checked w/ our Facilities Department. He sent one link, then found this
updated version for LEEDS and radon. http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=3638
Mike Boothe
Johnson County Environmental Dept.
Environmental Compliance Manager-Air Quality
11811 S. Sunset
Suite 2700
Olathe, KS 66061
Office: 913-715-6900
FAX: 913-715-6970
Direct: 913-715-6939
www.sharetheair.org
From: International Web Resource for
Radon Professionals [mailto:RADONPROFESSIONALS@LIST.UIOWA.EDU] On
Behalf Of Norman Michael Gilley
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:10 PM
To: RADONPROFESSIONALS@LIST.UIOWA.EDU
Subject: Re: [RADONPROFESSIONALS] LEED-H
Shawn and Others:
While in the Florida radon program, I lobbied US EPA many
times over the years to cease the use of the Zone map, at least for
Florida and the states with better data sets and evaluation tools. Our
success was only the promise of consideration, but no relief was
obtained. Florida has its own mappings since 1994, that are available
on its web site, even down to zip code (geometrically weighted)
Representatives of US EPA (Research Triangle) actively participated
in, assisted in its design and its evaluation tools, and partially
funded this mapping project outside of SIRG.
Currently, The Florida program has over 600K measurement
in its database, on which it bases it "zones." If that is not enough
to obtain a change or a reasonable accommodation, don’t expect it for
Christmas. Additionally, the FL data set grows by greater than 10 K
measurements each year, more than was collected and evaluated for the
creation of the national mapping project.
Michael Gilley
Col., 1st FL Radon Ranger, Ret.
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[mailto:RADONPROFESSIONALS@LIST.UIOWA.EDU] On Behalf Of Shawn Price
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:43 AM
To: RADONPROFESSIONALS@LIST.UIOWA.EDU
Subject: Re: [RADONPROFESSIONALS] LEED-H
Trudy's comments are right on the mark.
I have been told that local Bureaucrats changed certain areas
from Zone
1 to Zone 2 when the original EPA zone map was being created.
Missouri
and Georgia are two examples that I heard about from reliable
sources.
That means that there are probably more. Alabama is the only
state that
I know of that has taken the initiative to change a Zone 2
county up to
a Zone 1, but I don't know whether EPA ever acknowledged or
incorporated
their modification? So limiting any type of outreach to Zone 1
alone is
missing the mark. Our test results database indicate that there
are
many counties that have been under estimated.
An additional concern is the outdated nature of the map and the
limited
amount of test data that was used in its development. Many
areas had
almost no data. Combine this with the growth of certain areas,
and
you'll find that land use has changed over the last 20 years. In
the
county that I grew up in, Wake County, NC, the population has
grown so
much that the rolling hills of pastures and forests have been
changed
into very valuable real estate and has actually grown toward the
parts
of the county with higher radon potential. I would say that an
extensive study of Wake County may indeed result in a
reclassification
into a Zone 1 County, which could actually get the attention of
the
State Legislatures since Wake County hosts the capitol. Are we
going to
see an updated map some day? Maybe we should ditch it and color
the
whole US red? I like Bill Bell's map. Zone 1 = Test your home,
Zone 2 =
Test your home, Zone 3 = Test your home.
I agree that this is an area of opportunity. We are also finding
it
difficult in Western NC to get into their ears and we'll need a
national
strategy, hopefully with the support of EPA, before they'll
listen.
Regards,
Shawn Price
Jeff Miner wrote:
> Thanks, Trudy,
> I will post your comments for the radon community to see.
I think
> more of us need to hear the problems with radon being
ignored by
> LEED-H committees.
> Jeff Miner
>
> Trudy Y Smith wrote:
>> I'm really pleased to hear you have been following the
LEED-H
>> standards-writing and have been as disappointed as I
with the
>> relegation of radon to a step-child--again. Since
LEED-H refers to
>> the EPA Energy with Indoor Air Plus, I'm doubly
disappointed that EPA
>> changed the final version of that program to only cover
RRNC in Zone
>> I areas. The original package required RRNC in Zones I
and II. In
>> the USGBC meetings I've attended the radon message has
been soundly
>> ignored. I think it will again take more hollering from
the radon
>> community to get these consensus-based documents to
give radon its
>> due. It's not hard to get onto the USGBC comments
e-mail lists.
>> Usually the local chapter dues are fairly low. Yet
another spot
>> where our voices are needed.
>>
>>
>> Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Chat. Store. Share. Do more
with mail. See
>> how it works.
>>
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