US Green Building Council & LEED

USGBC Mission: "To transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life." The USGBC is composed of organizations of professionals who are interested in promoting and expanding green building practices.

LEED is a third party certification that assigns credits for specific criteria in the design and construction processes.

The US Green Building Council (USGBC) is a non-profit organization that certifies sustainable schools, businesses, homes, hospitals, and neighborhoods. The USGBC is dedicated to expanding green building and education practices. The green building rating system of the USGBC is done by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) which is a national rating system for developing sustainable buildings. The six major areas include:

Sustainable Site Development
Water Efficiency
Energy & Atmosphere
Material & Resources
Indoor Environmental Quality
Innovation & Design Process

The total possible points, compiled from the five categories, is 69. Depending on the number of points earned, a building can be certified as Standard (26-32 points), Silver (33-38 points), Gold (39-51 points), or Platinum (52-69 points).

The Education Building received LEED Silver certification while the Frances Allen Black (FAB) Hall earned standard certification.

Quotes from "LEED for New Construction Rating System v2.2"

Last updated 2009 Feb 20