1. Accreditation of professionals

2. Certification of sustainable projects

1. LEED Green Associate

2. LEED Accredited Professional (AP)

3. LEED AP Fellow

1. Development and administration of the accreditation examinations

2. Managing the LEED project certification process in its entirety

USGBC: Develops LEED Green Building Rating Systems

GBCI: Provides 3rd Party LEED Professional credentials

U.S. Green Building Council

- Committee based; member driven; consensus focused

- Provides tools and expertise; Educates the industry and public

Economic Prosperity

Social Responsibility

Environmental Stewardship

(People, Profit, Planet)

Sustainable Sites

Water Efficiency

Energy and Atmosphere

Materials and Resources

Indoor Environmental Quality

Innovation in Design

Regional Priority

- New Buildings and Major Renovation

- 4+ habitable stories

- Major HVAC Replacement or modification

- Owner or tenant occupies greater than 50% of leasable space

- Developer does not control leasable tenant space

- Owner or tenant occupies less than 50% of leasable area

- Tenant Space

- Tenant spaces cannot occupy entire building

*Works hand-in-hand with LEED Core and Shell

Multiople Certifications:

- LEED for NC, CS, or Schools

- LEED for CS

- LEED for NC, CS, or Schools = LEED E.B. (O&M)

- LEED for CS = LEED for CI

- Process for achieving LEED certification

- Credit and pre-req. information

- Resources and standards for the rating system

Prerequisites: Mandatory for certification; earn the project NO points

Credits: Non-mandatory; Certification requires achievement of a minimum number of credit points

- Certified: 40-49 pts.

- Silver: 50-59 pts.

- Gold: 60-79 pts.

- Platinum: 80+ pts.

Intents: Sustainability goal

Requirements: Method to achieve sustainability goal

- Earning additional points for exceeding the minimum credit performance 

** No prerequisites offer expemplary performance points

- Can be submitted anytime after project registration

- Must be submitted via LEED Online

- One per prerequisite or credit per submittal

- Cannot be revised after submittal

- $220 per each application

Minimum Project Requirements (MPRs)

GOALS

(3) Goals:

1. Provide clear guidance to customer

2. Protect integrity of the LEED Program

3. Reduce complications that may occur during certification process

Minimum Project Requirements (MPRs)

REQUIREMENTS

1. Must comply with Environmental Laws

2. Be a complete or Permanent Building/Space

3. Use a reasonable Site Boundary

4. Comply with Minimum Floor Area Requirements

5. Comply with Minimum Occupancy Rates

6. Commit to sharing Whole Building Energy and Water Usage Data for 5 years

7. Comply with Minimum Building Area to Site Area Ratio

1,000 SF

* LEED for CI: 250 SF

1 FTE

* LEED E.B. (O&M): 1 FTE, systems in bldg. must be operation 12 months before certification

All contigous land that is associated with the LEED project building

*Gerrymandering is prohibited!

- Where the project teams manage the LEED registration

- Complete documentation requirements

- Submit applications for review

- Earn LEED certification

- Assess and track attempted credits

- Lists all prerequisites and credits for each category [yes; no; maybe]

- Provides project coordination

- Responsibilities and status of team members

- Project Team documentation coordination

- Entire certification process

- Coordinates codes and standards

** MUST play a principle role in the project to be eligibile for an Innovation in Design Credit

1. Anticipated: does not guarantee acceptance; credit is belived to meet requirements

2. Pending: GBCI requires more information

3. Awarded: Met the requirements, and points are earned

4. Denied: Has not met requirements

- The mark may be used only to refer to the USGBC program or products.

- The mark may not be used on any type of product packaging

- The official organization name is the U.S. Green Building Council.

- "USGBC" is the official acronym

-Use of the LEED Certification Mark is authorized only after a project is LEED certified.

1. Register Project
2. Prepare Application
3. Submit Application
4. Application Review
5. Certification

- Site selection

- Transportation related emission reduction

- Stormwater management

- Heat island reduction

- Light pollution reduction

- Protection of existing habitats and ecosystems

Property Boundary: Total area within the legal boundaries of the site; it encompasses all areas of the site, including constructed and nonconstructed areas

Project Boundary: The platted property line of the project defining land and water within it

- Increase development density

- Redevelopment: previously developed site; restore brownfield site

- Protect the habitat

- Urban development: mass transit and community connectivity

- Reduce construction Pollution

- Prevent loss of soil by stormwater and wind

- Prevent sedimentation

- Prevent pollution of the air

- Mulching

- Erosion control blankets

- Straw bales

- Berms

- Silt fence

- Reduce site disturbance

- Reduce building footprint/ increase open space

- Protect and restore existing habitat

- Minimize impervious areas

- Grid pavers

- Vegetated roofs

- Ridirect flow rate (retention and detention ponds, rain gardens, etc.)

- Harvest rainwater: Collect and reuse

Urban area which is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas by 2-10°

(Roofs and Non-roofs)

Ideal relationship:

_______ Emissivity and _____ Albedo and SRI.

- Reduce the buildings' energy consumption

- Provides vegetated open space and refuge for habitats

- Reduces the heat island effect

- Reduce area of hardscapes

- Shading (50%+ of total hardscape)

- Cool Pavements

- Open grid pavement systems

- Parking under cover (atleast 50%; roof of cover must be a minimum SRI of 29)

- Cool roofs (controlled SRI value of roof materials; atleast 75% of roof area)

- Green Roofs (covers atleast 50%)

- Install high albedo (SRI) roof surfaces

- Minimize light trespass from the building and the site

- Reduce sky glow to increase night sky access

- Improve nighttime visibility through glare reduction

- Reduce development impact on nocturnal environments

Light Pollution Reduction Strategies- INTERIOR

- Indirect interior lighting

- Shut-off non emergency lighting

- Automatic shielding 

Light Pollution Reduction Strategies- EXTERIOR

- Design site lighting with a computer model

- Only light requried areas (comfort and safety)

- Shut-off and/or reduce lighting levels for non-essential lighting

- Use full cut-off light fixtures, low angle spotlights, & low reflectance surfaces

Development Density

(Credit Option Requirement)

Construct or renovate a building on a previously developed site and in a community with a minimum density of 60,000 SF/acre

- based on 2-story buildings

- Gross building area (SF) per site area (Acres)

Regular building occupant who spends 40 hours per week in the project building.

- Part Time FTE: Value based on their hours per week divided by 40

Economic: Early implemented SWP reduces damage to site that later must be corrected.

Social: Reducing damage to adjoining properties

Environment: Reduces flood and sedimentationof downstream land and waterways; irrigation uses for reused stormwater

Indoor potable water reduction

Outdoor potable water reduction

Water efficiency as a teaching tool

Domestic waste water composed of wash water from kitchen, bathroom, and laundry sinks, tubs, and washers.

- Untreated household water

Potable Water Use Reduction-

INDOOR

- Using nonpotable water sources

- Installing water efficient fixtures

- Reuse of stormwater and graywater for toilet flushing and custodial purposes

Potable Water Use Reduction-

OUTDOOR

- Use of native plants

- Drip irrigation

1. Increased water efficiency

2. Reduction of energy consumption

3. Reduction of energy related pollution

Flush: Gallons per flush (GPF

- toilets and urinals

Flow: Gallons per minute (GPM)

- faucets, lavatories, sinks, and showerheads

Water Closets ____ GPF

Urinals ____ GPF

Water closets 1.6 GPF

Urinals 1.0 GPF

1. Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

2. Greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change

1. energy demand

2. energy efficiency

3. renewable energy

4. ongoing energy performance

• Photovoltaic
• Wind energy
• Solar thermal- active and passive
• Biofuels (wood by-products and agricultural waste)
• Geothermal heating
• Low impact hydroelectric
• Wave and tidal

sold separately from the underlying physical electricity 

- Off site renewable energy