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LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
LEED is a program sponsored and administered by the USGreenBuilding Council.
LEED’s purpose is to provide a rating system that incentivizes designers and builder’s decisions to choose “green” building products for the construction and operation of buildings.
LEED provides a set of widely accepted criteria as guidelines for choosing “green” products. Selecting “green” products over more traditional ones can provide LEED credits
Technically, a “green” product is one that has minimal impact to the environment.
Green products are factors in designing for sustainable development.
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
No. How and where the site is selected and used as well as how the building affects the surrounding microclimate’s environmental conditions make up some available LEED credits.
Yes, reflective roof membranes and coatings qualify for a LEED credit. Depending on recycled content, some products may qualify for an additional LEED credits. (wood fiberboard, iso, EPS). Amounts of insulation above that required by code can be seen as an additional LEED credit. Depending on job location, products used from manufacturing locations within 500 miles of the job may also be considered for a LEED credit.
A LEED certified project is one that has submitted documentation to the LEED Steering Committee for verification of the total number of credits allowed by LEED guidelines for certification. A minimum of 26 LEED verified credits is required to be awarded “certification” status for New Construction and 39 LEED credits for Existing Buildings..