USGBC
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| Organization | U.S. Green Building Council |
| People | |
| Address | 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 300 |
| Washington, District of Columbia, 20036 USA | |
| Telephone | 1-800-795-1747 or 202-742-3792 |
| Fax | 1-202-828-5110 |
| info@usgbc.org | |
| Web Site | http://www.usgbc.org/ |
| Type of Organization | non-profit, environmental education, advocacy, and development. |
| Members | Architects |
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[edit] Discussion
"The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a non-profit organization composed of leaders from across the building industry working to advance buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. Driving its mission to transform the built environment is the Council’s LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™. LEED is a third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED is accessible on-line and supported by a robust LEED Workshop program and the LEED Professional Accreditation program." - USGBC
[edit] Participation
As of April 2008, the US Green Building Council reported the following statistics about LEED certifications.
- Member Organizations: 14,624
- Engaged individuals: 91,000
- LEED Accredited Professionals: 49,762
- LEED Registered Projects: 10,310
- LEED Certified Projects: 1,327
Source: "Green Building by the Numbers" - USGBC, 2008.04.
[edit] LEED
LEED is a building rating and accreditation system used to quantitatively evaluate building performance based on a wide range of criteria.
"LEED is a third party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2000 through a consensus based process, LEED serves as a tool for buildings of all types and sizes. LEED certification offers third party validation of a project’s green features and verifies that the building is operating exactly the way it was designed to." USGBC
[edit] Certification Levels
- LEED Certified
- LEED Bronze Certified
- LEED Silver Certified
- LEED Gold Certified
- LEED Platinum Certified
[edit] Rating Systems by Construction Type
- LEED for New Construction
- LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
- LEED for Commercial Interiors
- LEED for Core & Shell
- LEED for Homes
- LEED for Neighborhood Development
[edit] LEED Versions
Periodic major revisions and refinements are made to the LEED rating systems.
