THE
LEADERSHIP
IN
ENERGY
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
DESIGN
LEED
LEED
PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION
GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE GBCI
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE LINKS
CARBON PROJECT
CARBON PROJECT LINKS
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL NRDC
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL LINKS
U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL USGBC
U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL LINKS
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE LINKS
DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION
LEED INFO LINKS
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SECTION 1
THE
LEADERSHIP
IN
ENERGY
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
DESIGN
LEED
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System,
developed by the U.S. Green Building Council,
provides a suite of standards for the
environmentally sustainable construction.
Since its inception in 1998, LEED has grown
to encompass over 14,000 projects in 50 US
States and 30 countries covering 1.062
billion square feet (99 km˛) of development
area.
The hallmark of LEED is that it is an open
and transparent process where the technical
criteria proposed by the LEED committees
are publicly reviewed for approval by the
more than 10,000 membership organizations
that currently constitute the USGBC.
Individuals recognized for their knowledge
of the LEED rating system are permitted to
use the LEED Accredited Professional (AP)
acronym after their name, indicating they
have passed the accreditation exam given
by the USGBC.
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PROFESSIONAL
ACCREDITATION
Green building professionals can
become LEED accredited through
the LEED Accredited Professional
Exam.
This accreditation enables an
individual to facilitate the
rating of buildings with the
various LEED systems.
Professional Accreditation is
administered by the Green
Building Certification Institute.
LEED was created to
accomplish the following:
Define "green building"
by establishing a common
standard of measurement.
Promote integrated,
whole-building design
practices.
Recognize environmental
leadership in the building
industry.
Stimulate green competition.
Raise consumer awareness of
green building benefits.
Transform the building market.
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GREEN
BUILDING
COUNCIL
Green Building Council members,
representing every sector of
building industry, developed
and continue to refine LEED.
The rating system addresses
six major areas:
1. Sustainable sites
2. Water efficiency
3. Energy and atmosphere
4. Materials and resources
5. Indoor environmental quality
6. Innovation and design process
LEED
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership_in_Energy_and_Environmental_Design
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SECTION 4
THE
GREEN
BUILDING
CERTIFICATION
INSTITUTE
BGCI
The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI)
is a newly incorporated entity established with
the support of the U.S. Green Building Council
to administer credentialing programs related to
green building practice and standards. GBCI was
created to develop and administer credentialing
programs aimed at improving the green building
practice.
GBCI will ensure the LEED Accredited Professional
(LEED AP) program will continue to be developed
in accordance with best practices for credentialing
programs. To underscore this commitment, GBCI will
undergo the ANSI accreditation process for personnel
certification agencies complying with ISO Standard
17024.
Green Building Certification Institute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Building_Certification_Institute
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SECTION 5
THE
GREEN
BUILDING
CERTIFICATION
INSTITUTE
BGCI
LINKS
Green Building Certification Institute GBCI
http://www.gbci.org/
World Green Building Council
http://www.worldgbc.org/
LEED Exam Prep Materials
http://www.ppi2pass.com/
U.S. Green Building Council
http://www.usgbc.org/
USGBC: LEED
http://www.usgbc.org/LEED/
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CARBON
PROJECT
A carbon project refers to a business initiative that
receives funding because of the cut the emission of
greenhouse gases (GHGs) that will result.
To prove that the project will result in real, permanent,
verifiable reductions in Greenhouse Gases, proof must be
provided in the form of a project design document and
activity reports validated by an approved third party in
the case of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) or Joint
Implementation (JI) projects.
Carbon Project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_project
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CARBON
PROJECT
LINKS
Carbon Solutions Group
http://www.carbonsolutionsgroup.com/
Link For Forestry Projects
http://www.un.org/esa/forests/
UNFCCC Clean Development Projects
http://www.carbonsolutionsgroup.com/
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SECTION 8
THE
NATURAL
RESOURCES
DEFENSE
COUNCIL
NRDC
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
is a New York City-based, non-profit,
non-partisan international environmental
advocacy group, with offices in Washington,
D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago,
and Beijing.
Founded in 1970, NRDC today has 1.2 million
members and online activists nationwide, and
a staff of more than 300 scientists, attorneys,
and other specialists.
Worth magazine has named NRDC one of America's
100 best charities, and Charity Navigator has
given NRDC four out of four stars.
Natural Resources Defense Council
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Resources_Defense_Council
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SECTION 9
THE
NATURAL
RESOURCES
DEFENSE
COUNCIL
NRDC
LINKS
Biogems Initiative
http://www.savebiogems.org/
Natural Resources Defense Council
http://www.nrdc.org/
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SECTION 10
THE
U.S.
GREEN
BUILDING
COUNCIL
USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a non-profit
trade organization that promote sustainability in how
buildings are designed, built and operated.
The USGBC is best known for the development of the
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
rating system and Greenbuild, a green building
conference that promotes the green building industry,
including environmentally responsible materials,
sustainable architecture techniques and public policy.
USGBC has more than 13,000 member organizations from
every sector of the building industry and works to
promote buildings that are environmentally responsible,
profitable and healthy places to live and work.
To achieve this it has developed a variety of programs
and services, and works closely with key industry and
research organizations and federal, state and local
government agencies.
U.S. Green Building Council
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Green_Building_Council
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THE
U.S.
GREEN
BUILDING
COUNCIL
USGBC
LINKS
Greenbuild International Conference Expo
http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/
USGBC
http://www.usgbc.org/
USGBC's Green Home Guide
http://www.greenhomeguide.org/
USGBC's Greenbuild 365
http://www.greenbuild365.org/
World Green Building Council
http://www.worldgbc.org/
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SUSTAINABLE
ARCHITECTURE
Sustainable architecture applies techniques
of sustainable design to architecture.
From:
the root words:
sus– (under)
tenere (to hold);
to keep in existence;
to maintain or prolong.
It is related to the concept of:
"green building"
(or "green architecture").
The two terms, however are often used interchangeably
to relate to any building designed with environmenta
goals in mind, often regardless of how they actually
function in regard to such goals.
Sustainable architecture is framed by the larger
discussion of sustainability and the pressing
economic and political issues of our world.
In the broad context, sustainable architecture seeks
to minimize the negative environmental impact of
buildings by enhancing efficiency and moderation in
the use of materials, energy, and development space.
Sustainable Architecture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_architecture
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SECTION 13
SUSTAINABLE
ARCHITECTURE
LINKS
Building Ecology
http://www.buildingecology.com/
University of Michigan
http://www.umich.edu/
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SECTION 14
DAVID
SUZUKI
FOUNDATION
David Takayoshi Suzuki, CC, OBC, Ph.D,
is a Canadian science broadcaster and environmental
activist.
Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his
TV and radio series and books about nature and the
environment. He is best known as host of the popular
and long-running CBC Television science magazine,
The Nature of Things, seen in syndication in over
40 nations.
He is also well known for criticizing governments
for their lack of action to protect the environment.
A long time activist to reverse global climate change,
Suzuki co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990,
to work "to find ways for society to live in balance
with the natural world that sustains us."
The Foundation's priorities are:
oceans and sustainable fishing,
climate change and clean energy,
sustainability,
David Suzuki's Nature Challenge.
He also served as a director of the Canadian Civil
Liberties Association from 1982-1987.
David Suzuki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Suzuki
The David Suzuki Foundation
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/
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LEED
INFO
LINKS
ALTRUISTS
http://www.altruists.org/
Ascent Magazine
http://www.ascentmagazine.com/
Building Ecology
http://www.buildingecology.com/
David Suzuki
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/
Green Building Certification Institute GBCI
http://www.gbci.org/
Greenbuild International Conference Expo
http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/
Nature of Things
http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/
The NEXT Building Standard
http://www.thenextstandard.org/
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The Progressive Magazine
http://www.progressive.org/
University of Michigan
http://www.umich.edu/
U.S. Green Building Council USGBC
http://www.usgbc.org/
USGBC's Greenbuild 365
http://www.greenbuild365.org/
USGBC's Build Green Schools
http://www.buildgreenschools.org/
USGBC's Green Home Guide
http://www.greenhomeguide.org/
World Green Building Council
http://www.worldgbc.org/
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