LEED

gpm

gallons per minute (faucet’s flow rate)

gpf

gallons per flush (toilet’s water usage)

value engineering (ve)

a review process that reduces cost while improving performance (selects the lowest life-cycle cost options in design, materials, and processes that achieve the desired level of performance, reliability, and customer satisfaction)

plug load

form of energy used by products powered by a typical AC plug

permanent submeters are used for:

tracking consumption, evaluating fixture efficiency, and locating leaks in the system

regenerative design

goes BEYOND reducing impacts

 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

legal protection of ozone layer in the US

US Army Corps of Engineers

responsible for wetlands

state/local fish and wildlife agencies and the NatureServe Natural Heritage program

discourage developing on sensitive habitats

International Society of Arboriculture

governs on-site tree conditions

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

lists threatened and endangered species

NatureServe Natural Heritage Program

classifies species and ecological communities

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Governs prime farmland

which category requires pre-certification?

core and shell

Kyoto Protocol

international agreement that sets binding emission reduction targets

Montreal Protocol

international TREATY on protecting the ozone layer

US Department of Energy (DOE)

deals with energy, environmental, and nuclear systems and industries

LEED Technical Team oversees TAGS and other groups. Its responsibilities include coordinating cross-category matters within LEED, reviewing LEED credits and prerequisites for technical validity and recommending improvements, and assessing LEED’s technical rigor, coherency, and achievement trends through a system of performance metrics.

LEED for Homes Provider markets LEED to builders, provides green home rating support services to builders, and trains, coordinates and oversees LEED qualified inspectors and builder support staff.

LEED Consultants assist building owners with LEED certification.

LEED Board of Directors articulates and upholds the vision, values, and mission of USGBC. Directors meet in person three times each year and by teleconference regularly throughout the year.

LEED Technical Advisory Groups – Under the direct management of the LEED Technical Committee, Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) recommend technical solutions to rating system development and maintenance issues. The groups provide a consistent source of technical advice to LEED committees and working groups regarding credit and prerequisite improvement and supporting tool development. Technical Advisory Groups are structured to include expertise for specific technical issues: Location and Planning, Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, and Indoor Environmental Quality.

LEED Steering Committee is an integrated group of volunteers and staff charged with developing and maintaining LEED as a leadership tool, preserving the integrity of the LEED rating systems, and ensuring the use of the consensus process to evolve LEED in accordance with the mission, guiding principles, and strategic plan of USGBC. A standing committee of USGBC Board of Directors, the LEED Steering Committee is the governing body of all LEED committees.