Items Tagged with 'LEED'

With a rebranded focus on carbon reduction, resiliency, and equity, the new version seeks to reclaim LEED’s leadership position in sustainability amidst the rising popularity of other programs like Fitwel and Passive House.

Massachusetts ranked first in 2024 based on LEED-certified gross square footage per capita over the past year, improving their showing from 2023. 

This article addresses ten common questions specific to LEED recertification, which may not be so clearly or pointedly addressed in the officially published material.

LEED v5 maintains the same familiar structure of prerequisites and credits, cataloged into broad-based categories. The four certification levels remain. However, one major structural change in LEED v5 is that every prerequisite and credit has been harmonized around three impact categories: decarbonization, quality of life, and ecological conservation and restoration.

By publishing HPDs, Guardian supports architects and designers’ ability to achieve points in various environmental building certifications for their building products.

Vitro Architectural Glass announced that its energy-efficient, low-embodied carbon glass is featured in eight award-winning projects recognized by the American Institute of Architects.

When it came to specifying the new roofs at the former Walter Reed Medical Center site in Northwest Washington, managing stormwater collection and runoff was a high priority.

While a conference of this size and magnitude offers a vast range of content and exhibits, Greenbuild 2024 harmonized around several key themes—a few of which are highlighted in this blog post.