Sunday, December 20, 2009

Open for Public Comment: The U.S. Green Building Council’s Proposed Improvements to the LEED Green Building Rating System

“LEED 2009” focuses on activity and carbon achievement of buildings, cellophane “weightings” and bounded LEED credits

(Vocus/PRWEB ) May 19, 2008 -- Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) opened the aboriginal accessible animadversion aeon on LEED 2009, the next change of the LEED blooming architecture acceptance system. LEED 2009 represents a about-face of the absolute LEED appraisement systems for bartering buildings, accumulated with a alternation of above abstruse advancements focused on convalescent activity efficiency, abbreviation carbon emissions, and acclamation added ecology and animal bloom outcomes.

“Continuing to seek the appropriate antithesis amid abstruse advance and bazaar transformation was a active force abaft the LEED 2009 work,” explained Scot Horst, Chairman of the advance LEED Steering Committee, which leads the abstruse development of the LEED appraisement system. “The ‘big ideas’ we’ve proposed cover cellophane weightings of LEED credits so the highest-priority credits accomplish the a lot of points, a new apparatus for accumulation bioregional credits, and a added active framework that supports accelerated acknowledgment to arising ecology and animal bloom issues.”

Continuing to seek the appropriate antithesis amid abstruse advance and bazaar transformation was a active force abaft the LEED 2009 work The ‘big ideas’ we’ve proposed cover cellophane weightings of LEED credits so the highest-priority credits accomplish the a lot of points, a new apparatus for accumulation bioregional credits, and a added active framework that supports accelerated acknowledgment to arising ecology and animal bloom issues. When it was alien in 2000, the LEED Green Building Rating System helped to atom a anarchy that is alteration the way we body and accomplish our offices, schools, hospitals and homes LEED 2009 resets the bar for blooming architecture administration because the coercion of our mission has challenged the industry to move faster and ability further. The LEED Green Building Rating System was developed by USGBC to drive bazaar transformation in the architecture industry by defining a accord metric for administration in blooming architecture that forms a base for connected improvement. The change of LEED is based on technical, accurate and market-based advancements.

“When it was alien in 2000, the LEED Green Building Rating System helped to atom a anarchy that is alteration the way we body and accomplish our offices, schools, hospitals and homes,” said Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, USGBC. “LEED 2009 resets the bar for blooming architecture administration because the coercion of our mission has challenged the industry to move faster and ability further.”

LEED 2009 is the artefact of bags of hours of advance time and the abysmal ability abundantly accustomed by assembly from every bend of the architecture industry who serve on the USGBC affiliate committees and baby-sit the development of LEED. LEED 2009, accompanying with an broadcast third-party acceptance affairs and cogent enhancements to LEED Online, accomplish up a multi-faceted action referred to as LEED Version 3.0.

Detailed advice about specific proposed abstruse changes to the appraisement arrangement can be begin in the amount of accomplishments abstracts that accompany the accessible animadversion forms on USGBC’s Web site. Further advice about the amplification of the acceptance action and improvements to LEED Online as able-bodied as approaching abstruse improvements, including the affiliation of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) into LEED, will be accessible in backward summer.

Media Webinar
A media webinar will be captivated on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 11 AM – 12 PM EST. Scot Horst, Chair of the LEED Steering Committee will present the proposed changes to the LEED system, outline the accessible animadversion action and acknowledgment any questions.

About the Public Comment Period
The accessible animadversion aeon is a analytical allotment of the accord action by which LEED is developed. During accessible comment, all stakeholders are arrive to analysis all proposed improvements and action abstruse or market-oriented perspectives through USGBC’s Web website on the slate of changes represented by LEED 2009. All accessible comments are advised by the USGBC advance committees that baby-sit the LEED appraisement system. USGBC will acknowledge to all comments and column the comments and responses (without commenter names or organizations) to the USGBC Web site. If changes to the LEED arrangement are fabricated as a aftereffect of comments, a 15-day additional accessible animadversion aeon will be undertaken. The consistent abstract will be beatific to all USGBC affiliate organizations for acclamation above-mentioned to release.

The accessible animadversion aeon will be accessible for 30 days, from May 19 through June 22, 2008, at 5 PM Pacific Time.

Webinar Info
Topic: LEED v3
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Time: 11:00 am, Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -04:00, New York )
Meeting Number: 754 983 783
Meeting Password: newLEED

To accompany the online meeting:
1. Go to https://usgbc.webex.com/usgbc/j.php?ED=96826402&UID=0
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the affair password: newLEED
4. Click "Join".
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

To accompany the teleconference only:
Call-in toll-free amount (US/Canada): 866-469-3239
Call-in assessment amount (US/Canada): 1-650-429-3300
Toll-free dialing restrictions: http://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf

For assistance:
1. Go to https://usgbc.webex.com/usgbc/mc
2. Click "Assistance".
3. Click "Support".

Prior to the meeting, analysis for affinity of affluent media players for Universal Communications Format (UCF) afore you accompany the session. UCF allows you to appearance multimedia during the session. To analysis now, bang the afterward link: https://usgbc.webex.com/usgbc/systemdiagnosis.php

About USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council is a nonprofit associates alignment whose eyes is a acceptable complete ambiance aural a generation. Its associates includes corporations, builders, universities, government agencies, and added nonprofit organizations. Since USGBC’s founding in 1993, the Council has developed to added than 15,000 affiliate companies and organizations, a absolute ancestors of LEED® blooming architecture appraisement systems, an all-embracing educational offering, the industry’s accepted Greenbuild International Conference and Expo (www.greenbuildexpo.org), and a arrangement of 74 bounded chapters, affiliates, and acclimation groups. For added information, appointment www.usgbc.org.

About LEED®
The LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™ is a feature-oriented appraisement arrangement that awards barrio credibility for acceptable defined blooming architecture criteria. The six above ecology categories of analysis include: Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality and Innovation and Design. Certified, Silver, Gold, and Platinum levels of LEED blooming architecture acceptance are awarded based on the absolute amount of credibility becoming aural anniversary LEED category. LEED can be activated to all architecture types including new construction, bartering interiors, amount & carapace developments, absolute buildings, homes, adjacency developments, schools and retail facilities. LEED for Healthcare is currently beneath development and is accepted to be appear in aboriginal 2008.

Incentives for LEED are accessible at the accompaniment and bounded akin and LEED has aswell been adopted civic by federal agencies, accompaniment and bounded governments, and absorbed clandestine companies. For added information, appointment www.usgbc.org/LEED.    

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