2. Overview
• What is LEED?
• Why is LEED important?
• What are the fees?
• How is LEED certification achieved?
• How can we contribute towards LEED?
3. Why LEED?
• Definitive standards for a “green building”
• High performance buildings that are sustainable
• Healthy workplace for incumbents
• Resource efficient (Air, Water, Land)
• Cost less to operate
5. What is LEED?
• First LEED pilot program was started in 1998
• Regulated by the United States Green Building Council
(USGBC)
• Evaluates environmental performance from a whole buildings
perspective over the building’s lifecycle
• LEED certifications are awarded on A PROJECT basis
7. Certified Projects?
NC CI EB
Version 2.2 2.2 2.2
Registered 2046 348 197
Certified 7 93 20
Percentage Negligible 27% 11%
* Certification information is based on 2007 projects in the United States
8. Identifying a project?
LEED Rating System
NC CI EB
A Building Event Multiple Interior Projects A Process
Design & Construction Design & Construction Life of the Building
Capital Budget Capital Budget Operating Budget
9. What are the Fees?
NC, CI, EB, < 50 000 sq ft 50 000 – 500 000 sq ft > 500 000 sq ft
Core and Shell Fixed Rate Based on sq. ft. Fixed Rate
& Schools
Design Review
Members* $ 1250 $ 0.025 / sq. ft $ 12 500
Non-Members* $ 1500 $ 0.03 / sq. ft $ 15 000
Construction Review
Members* $ 500 $ 0.01 / sq. ft $ 5000
Non-Members* $ 750 $ 0.015 / sq. ft $ 7500
* USGBC/CaGBC members get a discount when applying for project certification
11. 1. Sustainable Sites
Encourage Best Practices Through:
• Alternative transportation
• Effective site lighting design
• Development of high-density and Brownfield sites
• Storm water management
Inscape Applicability: No
12. 2. Water Efficiency
Encourage Best Practices Through:
• Water Conservation
• Water efficient landscaping
• Innovative waste water technologies
Inscape Applicability: No
13. 3. Energy & Atmosphere
Encourage Best Practices Through:
• Improved glazing
• Better insulation
• Improved daylighting design
• Lighting power density reduction
• High-efficiency HVAC&R equipment selection
• Renewable energy production
Inscape Applicability: Yes
14. 4. Materials & Resources
Encourage Best Practices Through:
• Material Conservation
• Reusability
• Recycled Materials/Recycled Content
• Waste Management Process
Inscape Applicability: Yes
15. 5. Indoor Environmental Quality
Encourage Best Practices Through:
• Adequate ventilation for occupants,
• Off-gassing from finish materials and mechanical
equipment
• Microbiological contamination (by products)
• Outside air pollutants
Inscape Applicability: Yes
16. 6. Innovation & Design
Encourage Best Practices Through:
• Exceeding credit threshold
• Implementation of sustainable design approaches outside
those defined by the LEED scope.
• LEED Accredited Professional(s) @ the facility
Inscape Applicability: Yes
20. Takeaways
• Developed and regulated through USGBC
• Inscape can only contribute towards NC, CI, EB
certifications
• Projects evaluated on 6 performance categories
• Certification is awarded on a project by project basis
21. Websites
US Green Building Council (LEED)
www.usgbc.org
Canadian Green Building Council
www.cagbc.org
GREENGUARD
www.greenguard.org
Cradle to Cradle Design Chemistry
www.mbdc.com
