Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
What is LEED?
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a rating system devised by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to evaluate the environmental performance of a building and encourage market transformation towards sustainable design. The system is credit-based, allowing projects to earn points for environmentally friendly actions taken during construction and use of a building. LEED was launched in an effort to develop a “consensus-based, market-driven rating system to accelerate the development and implementation of green building practices.” The program is not rigidly structured; not every project must meet identical requirements to qualify.
These LEED products are currently available:
- LEED - v3.0 for New Construction and Major Renovations
- LEED - for Homes
- LEED - for Core and Shell
- LEED – for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintanance
- LEED – for Commercial Interiors
- LEED - for Schools
- LEED - for Retail
- LEED - for Healthcare
- LEED - for Neighborhood Development (in pilot stage)
From 1994 to 2015, LEED grew from one standard for new construction to a comprehensive system of interrelated standards covering aspects from the design and construction to the maintenance and operation of buildings. LEED also has grown from six volunteers on one committee to 119,924 staff, volunteers and professionals. LEED standards have been applied to approximately 83,452 registered and certified LEED projects worldwide, covering around 13.8 billion square feet (1.28 billion square meter.
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