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Introduction To LEED PDF

The document introduces LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), a green building rating system developed by the USGBC (United States Green Building Council). It was founded in 1993 to promote sustainability in the built environment. LEED provides third-party verification that a building was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across metrics like energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts. LEED-certified buildings are designed to lower operating costs, reduce waste, conserve energy and water, and be healthier and safer for occupants while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Introduction To LEED PDF

The document introduces LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), a green building rating system developed by the USGBC (United States Green Building Council). It was founded in 1993 to promote sustainability in the built environment. LEED provides third-party verification that a building was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across metrics like energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts. LEED-certified buildings are designed to lower operating costs, reduce waste, conserve energy and water, and be healthier and safer for occupants while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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INTRODUCTION

TO LEED
LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
USGBC

•USGBC: United States Green Building Council.


•The USGBC was founded in 1993.
•Non-profit organization based in Washington,
DC.
•Consensus driven.
•The council’s vision is that all buildings will
achieve sustainability within a generation.
•To realize this vision, USGBC developed the
LEED rating system, which has proven to be a
primary driver of the green building movement.

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WHAT IS LEED
From individual buildings and homes, to entire neighborhoods and communities, LEED is transforming the
way built environments are designed, constructed, and
operated. Comprehensive and flexible, LEED addresses the
entire lifecycle of a building.

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WHY?

LEED-certified buildings are


designed to:
• Lower operating costs and
increase asset value
• Reduce waste sent to landfills
• Conserve energy and water
• Be healthier and safer for
occupants
• Reduce harmful greenhouse
gas emissions

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CERTIFICATES

PROFESSIONALS BUILDINGS
A LEED professional credential LEED Addresses homes, offices,
signifies that you are a leader in the hotels, hospitals, schools, retail
field and an active participant in the spaces, banks, factories, stadiums,
green building movement. college campuses, neighborhood …
every building type at every lifecycle
-LEED GA phase in any climate or region.
-LEED AP ( BD+C , O+M , ID+C , ND ,
HOMES )
- LEED FELLOW

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RATING SYSTEMS & CREDIT CATEGORIES

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SCORE CARD

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LEVELS

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PROCESS

LEED certification involves five primary steps

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RECERTIFICATION

LEED AP, must earn 30 CE hours (six must be LEED-


specific) every two years to maintain the credential.

LEED Green Associate, must earn 15 CE hours (three


must be LEED-specific) every two years to maintain the
credential.

Building Recertification

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THANK YOU
[email protected]

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