LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - is a renowned and recognized third-party evaluation building certification program for making buildings 'green'.

Your home, office - basically any commercial and/or residential building or neighborhood on the planet can be made ecologically-savvy & environmentally sustainable with an internationally-accepted comprehensive rating system that decide its 'greenness quotient'.

How does the rating system work?

Pretty simple.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) - a Washington-based non-profit trade organization - has set certain parameters & standards that are to be attained and various energy-conserving measures that must be observed in the design, operation and/or construction processes of a structure before it can be officially deemed 'green'.

Points are allotted on how ecologically-sensitive a building is after it's strategized the LEED way; the higher the rating, the higher the performance of a building, the green way.

What key areas does LEED focus on?

• Water efficiency
• Reduction in CO2 emissions
• Sustainable site development
• Energy conservation
• Indoor environmental quality
• Materials and Resources
• Innovation & Design Process

LEED is accepted and known everywhere by architects, engineers, lenders, real-estate professionals, building developers, and other building & operations professionals, who either already are LEED Accredited Professionals and/or prefer to work with those who know their LEED ABCs.

Ready to become LEED Certified?

Continue to Learning with LEED Step 2 - The USGBC - Who Are They?