Tag: leed

  • Getting started with BD+C

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    You’ve made the big decision—you’re going to pursue LEED certification using the Building Design and Construction (BD+C) rating system. Now it’s time to get your ducks in a row.

    We offer many resources for LEED project teams to get you started on the right foot. Here are the tools and resources that can help you succeed with your project. 

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  • Getting started with O+M

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    You’ve made the big decision—you’re going to pursue LEED certification using the Building Operations and Maintenance (O+M) rating system. Now it’s time to get your ducks in a row.

    We offer many resources for LEED project teams to get you started on the right foot. Here are the tools and resources that can help you succeed with your project. 

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  • Getting to know LEED: Homes Design and Construction

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    A home is more than just shelter: homes are the most important buildings in our lives. We think that every building should be a green building – but especially homes. Why? LEED homes are built to be healthy, providing clean indoor air and incorporating safe building materials to ensure a comfortable home. Using less energy and water means lower utility bills each month. And in many markets, certified green homes are now selling quicker and for more money than comparable non-green homes. Some of the most important buildings in the world use LEED.

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  • Getting started with ND

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    You’ve made the big decision—you’re going to pursue LEED certification using the Neighborhood Development rating system. Now it’s time to get your ducks in a row.

    We offer many resources for LEED project teams to get you started on the right foot. Here are the tools and resources that can help you succeed with your project. 

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  • Getting started with Homes

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    You’ve made the big decision—you’re going to pursue LEED certification using the Homes rating system. Now it’s time to get your ducks in a row.

    We offer many resources for LEED project teams to get you started on the right foot. Here are the tools and resources that can help you succeed with your project. 

    General resources

     

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  • Getting started with ID+C

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    You’ve made the big decision—you’re going to pursue LEED certification using the Interior Design and Construction (ID+C) rating system. Now it’s time to get your ducks in a row.

    We offer many resources for LEED project teams to get you started on the right foot. Here are the tools and resources that can help you succeed with your project. 

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  • 2013: It’s a wrap

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    I experienced my first Greenbuild this year and had no idea what to expect. As the manager of our international marketing and communication efforts, I found it to be an exhilarating experience. A whirlwind of passion, activity and commitment.

    At USGBC we often speak about how LEED is global language. A language that allows us to distribute intelligence throughout the world. A language that allows us to compare how a LEED-certified building in Beijing is performing with one in Dubai, or Chicago. 

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  • Making history in present tense

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    19 Dec 2013

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    The thing about Washington, D.C. is that it’s filled with historically significant buildings. From the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, from the Old Stone House to the Willard Hotel, it seems every building inside the District has stature, either because of its age, its design, or because history was actually made there.

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  • Have you met LEED v4?

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    LEED v4 – a new, sophisticated way of taking projects to the next level. With a built-in suite of tools and resources, LEED v4 was developed with project teams in mind.

    LEED Online
    Be one of the first to experience the new look and functionality. Projects that register for LEED v4, including Homes and Multifamily projects, have access to a newly updated LEED Online platform. Register a project »

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  • LEED v4 material ingredients market opportunities

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    Research
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    13 Dec 2013
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    We’re investigating the best ways to increase the production and demand of products with publicly disclosed ingredient profiles and demonstrated track records of product improvement to insure our project teams are prepared for LEED v4. Our goal is to make MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Material Ingredients a “gimme” by the end of 2014. 

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