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New report from LEEDuser compiles key addenda, Interpretations, and FAQs in one easy reference.

Keeping up with LEED isn’t always easy. Since LEED 2009 was launched, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has issued a variety of addenda, LEED Interpretations, and guidance documents that offer important clarifications or new compliance paths for key credits. The collective knowledge of the LEED community on how LEED reviewers are applying some of the more nuanced LEED requirements has also grown.

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This article was originally posted on edc magazine online on April 5, 2013.

The LEED rating system has introduced highly efficient toilets, urinals and entire irrigation systems to thousands of buildings—measures that will continue to be a focus of the next version of LEED. Mission accomplished? Not quite. LEED v4 expands those water-savings targets to appliances, cooling towers, commercial kitchen equipment and other areas that consume a huge proportion of water in many buildings.

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We’re working to make LEED easier to use, and over the next few months, you’ll notice several improvements to LEED Interpretations and rating system and reference guide addenda. The first step: we’re unveiling a new platform.

Welcome to our simplified, searchable database housing all the LEED Interpretations and addenda you need for your project in one central location.

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We’re working to make LEED easier to use, and over the next few months, you’ll notice several improvements to LEED Interpretations and rating system and reference guide addenda. The first step: we’re unveiling a new platform.

Welcome to our simplified, searchable database housing all the LEED Interpretations and addenda you need for your project in one central location.

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USGBC has just announced that it is establishing a group of 11 to 15 volunteers to serve as a working group that will determine how to best implement Option 3 of the Material Ingredients credit proposed for LEED v4. The call for self-nominations of applicants posted April 1 to the volunteer opportunities page on the USGBC website, and USGBC will accept applications through May 1.

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The LEED v4 Ballot is right around the corner. Want to vote? Register between April 1-30.

Who can register to vote?
All employees of USGBC national member organizations with membership in good standing since March 1, 2013. Membership should remain in good standing through the ballot period this summer. Be sure to register first.

After registering, you’ll have access to the LEED v4 webcast series on LEED v4, which begins on April 10. Webcast topics include:

• LEED v4 Introduction

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Thirteen years ago, on March 30, 2000, LEED went from being an idea to a fully functioning rating system. Who could have known that this idea would turn into a global green building movement, with more than 1.5 million square feet of LEED space certifying every day? Who would have imagined that the program would grow to include over 184,000 LEED credentialed professionals and over 51,000 projects participating in LEED, making up 9.7 billion square feet of construction space?

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Updated August, 26, 2014: The USGBC Webinar Subscription is no longer available for purchase. Review USGBC’s other education offerings.

Get your LEED and green building education with USGBC’s Webinar Subscription — online, on demand and direct from the makers of LEED.

Access USGBC webinars to complete your LEED credential maintenance requirements. Plus, your CE hours will be reported to GBCI and AIA on your behalf.

Purchase USGBC’s 2013 Webinar Subscription.

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Located only two blocks from the White House, the Westory is an historic building in downtown DC set apart from the city landscape by its Beaux Arts architecture. In 1989, the building was renovated into the 12-story, 273,111-square-foot commercial office building that we know today.

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Historic preservation is a green building strategy. A new guidance manual, LEED for Neighborhood Development and Historic Preservation, outlines strategies (and reasoning) geared towards helping project teams incorporate historic resources into their developments. This new recourse connects reuse and rehabilitation of historic resources with energy, water, waste, and infrastructure efficiency.

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