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Written by: Ambika from buildaroo.com
There are plenty of LEED certified sustainable buildings cropping up everyday, but just how sustainable are they? The USGBC's new policy is finally going to give us an answer! As of June 27, all new projects seeking LEED certification will have to submit the energy and water consumptions of their buildings, once complete. If projects cannot comply with this, they will not be certified. The mandatory requirement is one of the many new changes to the LEED rating system. Projects can either report their performance annually, allow the USGBC to directly access their utility information, or re-certify every two years.
Why is LEED just now requiring this? They say that the awareness in performance will help building owners fine-tune performance after certification. Furthermore, the data will help the USGBC improve the LEED rating system, which is currently the product of 10 years worth of revisions. With enough performance data, LEED requirements could potentially be based off of the average performance of LEED certified buildings. The data is hard to come by and LEED has a long way to go, but it seems like the USGBC is now taking the first steps.
Of course we at buildaroo always support steps towards greater energy efficiency. What do you think about the USGBC's new policy? Let us know in the comments, and be sure to check out the USGBC's Press Release.
Recommended for Further Reading:
- New Landscape Rating System to Transform the Industry, Complete Green Building Puzzle
- Mc-Graw Hill Building is Largest LEED-EB Building in New York
- ACE Building becomes First LEED Certified Building in Philadelphia
- U.S. Mandates LEED Gold Certification for New Federal Buildings
- USGBC Wants 100,000 LEED Building in Next Year - Starbucks Joins Effort
- The California Building Performance Contractors Association
- First LEED-Platinum Data Center in the US!
- All Arclin Surfaces Facilities Now FSC Certified
- CBPCA - Leading the Curve in Energy Ratings and Evaluations
- San Jose Builds Greener With Mandatory Building Policy
- USGBC Announces Recipients of 2009 LEED for Homes Awards
- San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid becomes one of first iconic high-rise buildings to ac
- Optimum Energy's HVAC Energy Efficiency Software for Commercial Buildings Contributes 27 L
- SITES launches Pilot to test Sustainable Landscape Rating System
- LEED Volume Certification - Will it Save Cost & Will it be Reliable?
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Dobrý den,
přečetla jsem na internetu, proč je dobré mít LEED certifikaci na budovu, ale nikde nejsou napsané parametry materiálů, které mají být použity pro tuto budovu. Investor požaduje materiály, které splňují LEED certifikaci, ale ani na amerických stránkách LEED, není ani zmínka, jak má být provedena výroba materiálu, který má být použit v budově, která má získat LEED certifikaci.
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Hmmmm that's cool.
Hmmmm that's cool.