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A comprehensive energy policy
Published in Peter M. Schwarz, Energy Economics, 2023
We proceed to second-best possibilities for reducing energy use and its associated emissions. LEED certification encourages businesses to construct energy-efficient buildings; the certification may serve as green marketing as well as reducing operating costs. To the extent that the energy efficiency improvements save money, they would be accomplished by the market and do not require government programs or even encouragement from LEED. If building owners have imperfect information, LEED as well as ENERGY STAR can provide information on savings from energy-efficient practices. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) also provides information, as does the American Society for Heating, Cooling, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). Energy audits are another source of information.
Today’s Green Building Market
Published in Jerry Yudelson, Marketing Green Buildings:, 2020
As of September 2005, LEED had captured about 3% of the total new building market, with nearly 2,200 “registered” projects encompassing more than 247 million sq. ft. of new and renovated space. Currently, about 35 to 45 new projects per month are registering for evaluation under the LEED for New Construction (LEED-NC) system and 12 to 15 are being certified at this time. Since a project only gets “certified” under the LEED-NC system once it is completed and ready for occupancy, many projects are just coming up to the finish line of completing the documentation for a LEED rating. LEED provides for four levels of certification: “plain vanilla” Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum. In 2003 and 2004, three projects in southern California achieved the Platinum rating; however, all three were projects for nonprofit organizations or government agencies. One was for a local utility, one was for a county park with the Audubon Society and one was for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Currently (September 2005), the largest Platinum project is a headquarters building in Boston for Genzyme Corporation, about 360,000 sq. ft. As of the end of 2004, nearly 170 projects had completed the certification process under LEED-NC. We project 153 new buildings will be certified in 2005 (Table 4-5).
Sustainable construction
Published in Lincoln H. Forbes, Syed M. Ahmed, Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices in Modern Construction, 2020
Lincoln H. Forbes, Syed M. Ahmed
Energy Star is a prerequisite in LEED for existing buildings and owners and tenants place a premium on green buildings. LEED also provides financial and environmental benefits through intelligent site selection, water conversation, improved indoor air quality, waste reduction, and environmentally friendly material selections.
Green Airport building certification comparison: a practical approach for Airport Management
Published in International Journal of Green Energy, 2023
Betul Kacar, Eylem Turhan, Alper Dalkiran, T. Hikmet Karakoc
LEED- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a green building rating certification program developed by US Green Building Council (USGBC). One of the common features of LEED and similar green building rating systems discussed in this study is to predict the effects of buildings on the environment. To inspect them within the standards they have determined and thus raise the awareness of the individuals, the public, and the municipalities in charge of the buildings (Greer et al. 2019). LEED Certification was first released in 1993 as LEED 1.0. This certificate had visions such as protecting structures in areas with designated infrastructure and foundations, protecting agricultural areas, and protecting wildlife (”LEED Rating System” 2021). It is the most well-known and adopted system, acceptable in over 165 countries and territories for evaluating sustainable buildings worldwide. (Liu, Chen, and Chou 2019).
A new index for assessing the contribution of energy efficiency in LEED 2009 certified green buildings to achieving UN sustainable development goals in Jordan
Published in International Journal of Green Energy, 2019
Rami Alawneh, Farid Ghazali, Hikmat Ali, Muhammad Asif
Developed by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a non-governmental certification programme widely adopted by nations (Cubi Montanya and Keith 2011). LEED also helps implement the green building rating system at the global level (Uğur and Leblebici 2018). In addition, LEED promotes design features, such as reduced energy use, protected construction site, improved indoor environment quality, sustainable material utilization and decreased water consumption (Asdrubali et al. 2015). The LEED Version 1.0 was launched in August 1998. After extensive modifications, LEED Green Building Rating System Version 2.0 was released in March 2000, followed by LEED Versions 2.1 and 2.2 in 2002 and in 2005, respectively (US Green Building Council 2018a). The success of LEED as a green building rating system paved the way for LEED v2.2 to specifically address sustainability standards in construction. Thus far, this upgraded version has certified over 5,000 projects around the world (Wu et al. 2016). To continuously improve the LEED rating system, USGBC introduced the new version called LEED 2009 (also referred to as LEED v3). The most evident change from LEED v2.2 to LEED 2009 is the reallocation of LEED credits. The main categorization of LEED points has not been changed (apart from adding ‘regional priority credits’ to LEED 2009). Nevertheless, LEED credits are reallocated to ensure that such points can reflect the potential to either mitigate the negative or promote the positive environmental impacts of a building (Wu et al. 2017).
Green engineering of Hong Kong and China's first data centre certified to LEED-CS 2009 Platinum
Published in HKIE Transactions, 2018
Helen Cochrane, Fredrick Leong, Steven So, George Or, Melvyn Lai
According to USGBC LEED-2009 Rating System Selection Guidance [11], LEED-CS 2009 addresses the design and construction activities for projects that are to be partially occupied by the owner, and partially occupied by others tenants. In such projects, the owner has direct influence over the portion of the work that they occupy. Projects in which 50% or below of the building’s leasable square footage is occupied by an owner should pursue LEED-CS 2009 for certification. As such, LEED-CS 2009 is the most appropriate system for the LEED certification of the FDC2, which addresses seven categories credits namely Sustainable Sites (maximum 28 points), Water Efficiency (maximum 10 points), Energy and Atmosphere (maximum 37 points), Materials and Resources (maximum 13 points), Indoor Environmental Quality (maximum 12 points), Innovation in Design (maximum 6 points) and Regional Priority (maximum 4 points). LEED-CS 2009 certifications are awarded according to these benchmarks: Certified for 40 to 49 points; Silver for 50 to 59 points; Gold for 60 to 79 points; Platinum for 80 points and above. The FDC2 has attained an overall 82 points under the LEED-CS 2009 system at the highest Platinum level as summarised (Figure 16).