LEEDS Explained

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• LEEDgt Leadership in
• Energy and
• Environmental
• Design

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• Green Building Construction
• Green buildings, also known as sustainable
  buildings, are structures that use valuable
  resources such as energy, water, materials, and
  land more efficiently than buildings that are
  simply built to code. Green buildings are kind to
  the environment, and provide healthy,
  comfortable, productive indoor spaces. For the
  construction industry, this issue of green
  building will only continue to grow in importance
  - whether it's because of regulatory
  requirements, the cost of energy going up, the
  impact of construction on storm water and
  wetlands, spills and diesel emissions from
  construction, construction and demolition debris,
  the impact on habitat and endangered species,
  sprawl and air quality implementation plans, or
  other issues

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• Green construction is spreading across the public
  and private sectors throughout Canada and the
  world. Green buildings include commercial,
  institutional, industrial, and multi-unit
  residential new construction and major
  renovations. The U.S. Green Building Council
  (USGBC) launched the LEED program, which has now
  been adopted by the Canadian Green Building
  Council, in 1999 to promote the green building
  movement and set high standards for its LEED's
  mission.

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• As well as the intrinsic social benefits, the
  compelling incentive for building owners and
  developers to invest in green buildings, and
  specifically the LEED certification program, is
  the financial benefit of operating a more
  efficient and less expensive facility. Adherence
  to LEED ensures that facilities are designed,
  constructed, and operated effectively. LEED
  focuses the design and construction team on
  operating life cycle costs, not initial
  construction costs.

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• The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
  Green Building Rating SystemT (LEED) is a
  voluntary, market-based rating system for
  defining what elements make a building 'green'
  and to quantify how 'green' a building is in
  comparison to another building.

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• LEED is based on accepted energy and
  environmental principles and strikes a balance
  between known effective practices and emerging
  concepts. It encourages a whole building approach
  over a building's life cycle that guides a
  collaborative and integrated design and
  construction process

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• What is LEED?

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• LEED, Canada NCv1.0 (adapted from US Version 2.1)
  applies to new construction and major renovation
  of commercial, institutional and high-rise
  residential buildings. In the future, additional
  LEED tools will be available for core and shell,
  multiple buildings, residential projects,
  commercial interiors and existing buildings.

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• Project teams (owners, developers, architects,
  and contractors) use the LEED rating system as a
  tool to help them determine green project goals,
  identify green design strategies, measure and
  monitor progress and document success.

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• The development of the LEED Green Building Rating
  System was instigated by the members of the U.S.
  Green Building Council. The Council is a national
  non-profit organization whose membership is
  comprised of contractors, architects, building
  owners, developers, financial institutions,
  product manufacturers, environmental groups,
  universities, utilities, research institutions
  and federal, state and local governments

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• The System has now been adapted for use in Canada
  under the Canada Green Building Council.
• Council members developed LEED to define "green
  building" by establishing a common standard of
  measurement promote integrated, whole-building
  design practices, raise awareness of green
  building benefits and transform the building
  market.

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• How does LEED work?

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• LEED provides a menu of green building measures
  in five environmental categories
• Sustainable Sites
• Water Efficiency
• Energy and Atmosphere
• Materials and Resources
• Indoor Environmental Quality

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• Innovation and Design Process is an additional
  category where points can be earned for
  exceptional building design and performance above
  the LEED requirements or innovative performance
  in green building categories not specifically
  addressed by LEED. Points are earned in each
  category. The points are performance based rather
  than prescriptive to encourage innovation and an
  integrated approach to design.

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• After a building has been completed and the
  project team has submitted the project
  documentation along with the appropriate fee, the
  Council will certify the project as LEED
  Certified, Silver, Gold or Platinum based on the
  total number of points earned on a menu of green
  building measures

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• LEED is rapidly becoming the leading Canadian
  standard for measuring a building's environmental
  performance. It is becoming a regulatory
  requirement as the Federal Government, the
  Province of NB has adopted a sustainable building
  policy that sets a target of achieving the LEED
  for certain types of buildings

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• Why Should My Construction Company Care?

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• Other owner/clients will begin using or looking
  seriously at LEED as a tool to green their
  projects.
• Even private developers are using green buildings
  as way to market their projects.

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• Developing competency in LEED is important for
  construction companies for a number of reasons
• Meeting requirements on projects undergoing LEED
  certification.
• Recruiting clients such as governments, colleges,
  and major businesses that use LEED.
• Delivering a quality product to those
  customers.
• Gaining a competitive edge in the growing green
  building marketplace

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• The Contractor's Role

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• Although much of what makes a building LEED
  certified depends on design decisions,
  contractors have a significant role in
  implementing LEED on a project. Construction
  companies with a working knowledge of LEED and
  experience with sustainable construction
  practices are in demand. Architects and owners
  want a contractor who can

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• Assemble and maintain records necessary to
  document a building's compliance with LEED
  requirements
• Execute new construction methods per
  specifications, at a reasonable cost
• Achieve high recycling rates (LEED credits are
  available for achieving 50 and 75
  recycling/salvage rates on a project).

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• Demonstrate knowledge of the numerous materials
  that are rapidly renewable, contain recycled
  content and emit low VOCs (volatile organic
  compounds).
• Assist project teams in identifying ways to reach
  a project's LEED goals

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• Construction contractors can directly impact or
  manage over 50 percent of the points needed for
  the basic LEED Certified Rating, and 30 percent
  of the points for the highest Platinum Rating.

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• What To Look For

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• LEED CANADA-NC Green Building Rating System
• LEED Canada-NC Project Checklist
• LEED Accredited Professional

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• Where to Get More Information
• Canadian Construction Association's Green
  Building Resource Centre www.cca-acc.com/greenbuil
  ding
• LEED detailed information on the rating system,
  the certification process, training workshops,
  the accreditation exam and case studies is
  available on the Canadian Green Building Council
  website at www.cagbc.org.
• LEED Training For Contractors