CE3: Environmental Signage

(1 point)

Purpose

Educate residents and community visitors about the environmental features of the site and buildings.

Criteria

Exhibit educational signage materials about the site’s environmental strategies and display the EarthCraft Communities Certification plaque.

Signage can include information about preserved features such as wetlands, streams, specimen trees or historic sites, and/or environmental strategies such as non-potable water irrigation, native plantings, and porous concrete that are used throughout the community.

To achieve credit, the project must provide environmental signs detailing one or more strategies from each category of the ECC worksheet.

Clarification

Environmental signage for LEV/electric vehicle charging or FLEX cars may count towards the total.

Verification 

• Construction documents including a Signage Plan indicating the proposed location and text of the educational signs. 
• Inspection by an ECC Technical Advisor