Why LEED?

LEED Means High Performance Green Building

Which is why it's the rating system of choice for thousands of businesses, government agencies, educators, homebuilders, and other organizations nationwide.

LEED can be applied to every building type and phase of a building lifecycle, whether you're building a school, renovating an office, or upgrading an entire portfolio of buildings. Visit www.usgbc.org to learn more about how LEED can help you meet your environmental and economic goals.

How Does LEED Work?

LEED has four levels of certification: Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. It promotes achievement in the following key areas of building impact:

Sustainable Site Development
Energy Efficiency
Indoor Environmental Quality
Water Conservation
Materials and Resources
Innovation in Design
Neighborhood Planning

Five more reasons to go LEED....

Results

By using LEED, you can ensure an immediate and measurable impact where it really counts: dramtic energy savings, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, better indoor air quality, and lower operating costs.

Collaboration

LEED gives you a framework for integrated design and construction processes, which are the foundation for builing better buildings. Collaboration from the earliest phases of project development helps to optimize building performance and save money.

Accountability

If you can't measure it you can't manage it. Anyone can say a building is "green," but LEED's third-party certification validates your ahcievement. With LEED, you can be confident that your building is healthier for the environment, for the people who occupy it, and for your bottom line.

Credibility

LEED is backed by more than a half-billion square feet of LEED registered and certified buildings; 30,000 LEED Accredited Professionals; 7,000 member organizations; and more than a decade of experience.