To achieve The Square at South End’s aesthetic, performance and sustainability goals, the architectural team specified EFCO ...

The U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED green-building rating system has four levels of certification: certified, silver, gold and platinum.

LEED applicants are scored from 0 to 100 based on 110 possible points, a little less than one-fifth of which have to do with energy use. ... be it LEED or equivalent rating system, ...

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 ...

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 ...

But LEED certifies new buildings before they are even occupied, basing its ratings on computer models that often end up overestimating a building’s performance.

The LEED rating system is also gimmicky. Installing a bike rack gets you a point, while adding only the minimum number of parking spaces scores you two.

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 LEED rating system | The U.S. Green Building Council has introduced the first-ever green building rating system for the healthcare industry, the council announced at the CleanMed conference.

The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system is the gold standard for environmental design. But more than 800 LEED-certified buildings are at risk from climate-related disasters.

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