Greentopia offers
LEED®
consulting
services nationwide for
New Construction,
Existing Buildings,
Core & Shell,
Commercial
Interiors, Schools,
Retail Centers,
Neighborhood
Development
Certification.
LEED®
AP
exam preparation and
training workshops
are also offered and
please
contact us for
pricing and
schedule.
The Leadership in
Energy and
Environmental Design
(LEED) Green
Building Rating
System™ is the
nationally accepted
benchmark for the
design,
construction, and
operation of high
performance green
buildings.
LEED
gives building
owners and operators
the tools they need
to have an immediate
and measurable
impact on their
buildings’
performance.
LEED
promotes a
whole-building
approach to
sustainability by
recognizing
performance in five
key areas of human
and environmental
health: sustainable
site development,
water savings,
energy efficiency,
materials selection,
and indoor
environmental
quality.
LEED provides a
roadmap for
measuring and
documenting success
for every building
type and phase of a
building lifecycle.
Specific LEED®
programs include:
USGBC is also
developing LEED® for
Healthcare, and LEED®
for Labs.
How is LEED
Developed?
The LEED Rating
System was created
to transform the
built environment to
sustainability by
providing the
building industry
with consistent,
credible standards
for what constitutes
a green building.
The rating system is
developed and
continuously refined
via an open,
consensus-based
process that has
made LEED the green
building standard of
choice for
Federal agencies and
state and local
governments
nationwide.
Click here for
more information on
the LEED Development
Process.
What is LEED
Certification?
The first step to
LEED certification
is to
Register your
project. A project
is a viable
candidate for LEED
certification if it
can meet all
prerequisites and
achieve the minimum
number of points to
earn the Certified
level of LEED
project
certification. To
earn
certification, a
building project
must meet certain
prerequisites and
performance
benchmarks
("credits") within
each category.
Projects are awarded
Certified, Silver,
Gold, or Platinum
certification
depending on the
number of credits
they achieve. This
comprehensive
approach is the
reason
LEED-certified
buildings have
reduced operating
costs, healthier and
more productive
occupants, and
conserve our natural
resources.
LEED credits can
be attained through
the following
categories under
each program:
-
Sustainable
Sites (SS)
-
Water Efficiency
(WE)
-
Energy and
Atmosphere (EA)
-
Materials &
Resources (MR)
-
Indoor
Environmental
Quality (EQ)
-
Innovations in
Upgrades,
Operations and
Maintenance (ID)
Source:
USGBC
