LEED

LEED= Leadership in Energy and environmental Design

Codes and Standards

  • Rules define the minimun (The worst building you can legally build)

  • Provides some trade-offs between building elements and systems

  • Limits the trade-offs to prevent loopholes for bad design

Incentives (Rating Systems)

  • Rules encourage more ( how much better your building is than the standard practice)

  • Base case should reflect common practice, not necessarily code minimum

  • Trade-offs should be provided for all innovative measures that are installed

U.S Green Building Council

The purpose is to transform the way building and communities are designed, build and operated, enabling an envitonmentally

and socially responsible

Why was LEED Created?

  • Reduce “greenwashing” by developing industry standard

  • Promote whole-building, intergrated design processes

  • Recognize leaders

  • Stimulate green competition

  • Raise consumer awarenesss

  • Transform the Marketplace

LEED address the complete lifecylce of buildings

LEED Standards include:

  • LEED-NC: New commercial construction and major renovation projects (Now called BD&C “Building design and construction”)

  • LED-EBOM: Existing building operations and maintenance

  • LEED-CI: Commercial Interiors projects

Four Certification Levels of LEED

  • LEED Certified

  • LEED Silver

  • LEED Gold

  • LEED Platinum

*LEED Points by category

Largest is Energy and atmosphere (33)