Twelve years ago, the U.S. Green Building Council launched a rating system called LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, hoping that architects, engineers, designers and real ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An eco-friendly building rating system that has powered a green arms race across the nation now faces a challenge from policymakers and an upstart rival. LEED, the longstanding ...

The 20-year-old U.S. Green Building Council, which launched its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system in 2000, estimates that more than 4.3 million people live ...

January 1st quarterly addenda to the LEED rating systems and reference guides are now available. There are 71 new LEED Interpretations (10292, 10298—10367), including 65 for Homes and Multifamily ...

As a part of the broader vision for LEED V3, the certification bodies for the LEED Green Building Rating System were announced today. Well-known and respected for their role in certifying ...

SRI Quality System Registrar, Inc., Pittsburgh; Underwriters Laboratories-DQS Inc., Northbrook, Ill. In the spirit of the most successful LEED projects, this evolution in the certification process is ...

This story first appeared in Engineering News-Record. Members of the buildings sector are applauding the U.S. Green Building Council's decision to delay the release of the next version of its popular ...

LEED is edited and changed based on a democratic system developed by the USGBC. The latest version of the LEED rating system was passed this summer by an 86% vote from its 13,000 members.

LEED v5, the newest version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s green building rating system, launched at the end of April, ushering in a number of changes that could affect facility managers ...

The LEED rating system encourages projects to be located on sites that respect the relationship between buildings, infrastructure and ecosystems. Located near public transportation stops in a walkable ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An eco-friendly building rating system that has powered a green arms race across the nation now faces a challenge from policymakers and an upstart rival. LEED, the long-standing ...

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