The
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building
Rating System, developed by the U.S.
Green Building Council, provides a suite of standards
for environmentally sustainable construction. Since its inception
in 1998, LEED has grown to encompass over 14,000 projects in 50
US States and 30 countries covering 1.062 billion square feet (99
km²) of development area. The hallmark of LEED is that it is
an open and transparent process where the technical criteria proposed
by the LEED committees are publicly reviewed for approval by the
more than 10,000 membership organizations that currently constitute
the USGBC.
Individuals
recognized for their knowledge of the LEED rating system are permitted
to use the LEED Accredited Professional (AP) acronym after their
name, indicating they have passed the accreditation exam given by
the USGBC.
Some
LEED Sites with BigBellys are:
-
City of Vancouver Olympic Village Site (SouthEast False Creek),
a Gold and Silver LEED registered development
- Dockside
Green, Platinum LEED Certification Site in B.C., Canada.
-
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
- Cape
Cod Community College
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