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24 unusual facts about Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design


Anclote High School

The buildings, designed by Holmes Hepner & Associates, are slated to be LEED certified.

Bank of the City of Buenos Aires

The 35,000 m² (380,000 ft²) headquarters will become only the second building in Argentina, and the first public sector building in Latin America, to earn the LEED Silver Certification for sustainable architecture.

Bonnie Fisher

Bonnie Fisher FASLA, LEED AP is a Landscape Architect and Principal of ROMA Design Group, a San Francisco-based interdisciplinary firm focused on infill development and the design of the public realm.

Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center

The center has received the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification award which indicates that the building was designed, constructed, and is maintained in ways that are environmentally friendly.

Clackamas High School

Clackamas High School was built in 2002 to a design by Portland's Boora Architects and was the first high school in the country to be certified LEED Silver.

Concrete grinder

For green building methods many regulators LEED's have seen the benefit of using concrete grinders that are designed to finish concrete to a very stable wear surface, that can safely be used for many years as a floor or tabletop surface .

David Chernushenko

Chernushenko is a “green building” professional accredited by the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification program.

Dianne Watts

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia will also have their new 76,000 square metre LEED gold certified headquarters in Surrey Green Timbers Park, near Surrey Central City, by early 2013—with all the extra employment that this might entail.

Eco-friendly dentistry

Careful planning and construction of a green building, including membership with the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and building facilities in accordance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) guidelines, a national benchmark for constructing green buildings.

École Polytechnique de Montréal

This new building won an "Award of Merit" from Canadian Architect magazine in 2003, received a Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council and scored 46 on the LEED points scale which was, at inauguration, the highest score ever obtained in Canada.

Fayetteville Public Library

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver-certified library was named "Library of the Year" in 2005 by Library Journal and an "American Landmark Library" by TravelSmart.

Forecast Earth

TWC aimed for LEED gold certification in constructing the building, and various technologies were integrated to both the new and existing structures to improve energy efficiency.

James Mejia

Under Mejía’s management the project achieved a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) designation.

John Koten

The company is participating in the revival of lower Manhattan from its headquarters one block north of Ground Zero in New York’s first LEED-certified, “green” office building.

Katherine Hammack

There, her work focused on helping her clients achieve LEED certification.

Lofts at Cherokee Studios

The original project closed in 2007, to transform into the first LEED Platinum certified mixed-use development.

The U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (or, LEED) is the world's premier and most rigorous green building rating system.

Oman Botanic Garden

The project is applying for certification for some of the buildings through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), operated by the US Green Building Council.

Our Lady of the Elms High School

The project is going to be green, and meet LEED specifications.

Stafford Township, New Jersey

The second phase included construction of LEED-certified apartments, and future plans in place for the development include a Lifestyle center and an age-restricted community.

Sukyo Mahikari

On May 6, 2010, the New York Center of Sukyo Mahikari was presented with a High Performance Building Plaque from The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in pursuing a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver rating from the U.S. Green Buildings Council.

Thompson Rivers University

The project has been approved by TRU to be built to LEED Gold Certified eco-friendly standards.

Vancouver Convention Centre

The new west Building expansion is certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum and is designated a PowerSmart Convention Centre by BC Hydro.

WorldMark

Worldmark is a LEED platinum pre certified development.


Avaya IP Phone 1140E

In 2008 because of the very low power consumption of these devices, this phone was the IP device of choice contributing to the Palazzo Las Vegas getting recognized as the largest 'green' building in the world with a Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certificate from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Baltimore Green Construction

The company also built the Herring Run Watershed Center, the first LEED-NC building in Baltimore City.

Business Instructional Facility

The building is the first business facility at a public university in the world to achieve a platinum certification through Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), a U.S. Green Building Council rating system used to measure the sustainability in construction, and is the first building on the UIUC campus to achieve a LEED certification.

Central vacuum cleaner

Central vacuum installations can earn points for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) home certification, Health House certification by the American Lung Association, or the National Green Building Standard of the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB).

Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

The addition has received numerous awards, including a 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Trust for Historic Preservation award, LEED silver certification, and an award from American Institute of Architects.

Green sport event

The American Airlines Center home of the Miami Heat (NBA) has been awarded LEED Certification for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), being one of two the first two to receive this award.

Greenhills School

The proposed renovations also include a geothermal heating and cooling system, allowing the project to be certified as LEED gold certified.

Kulapat Yantrasast

Yantrasast's firm designed the Grand Rapids Art Museum, which opened in October 2007, the first new art museum building in the world to receive the LEED certification (Gold).

Limketkai Hotel and Resort

Limketkai Hotel signed, currently the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified in the Philippines that was developed by U.S. Green Building Council designed for environmental structure wherein it meets functional benchmark for a green building.

NABERS

There are a number of building environmental certification systems across the world, such as LEED, Green Star, BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) and Display Energy Certificates (DECs).

New York State Executive Mansion

In April 2009 Michelle Paige Paterson, wife of Governor Paterson, announced that as a result of efforts to "green" the operations and maintenance of the building and grounds, the mansion had earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the US Green Building Council.

Plyboo

Most Smith & Fong products earn the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Credit MRc6 for Rapidly Renewable Materials, EQ 4.4: No Added Urea Formaldehyde for plywood and EQ 4.3 for flooring.

Rangeview Library District

It was agreed that they would pursue U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED silver certification on three of the four new facilities.

Stephen T. Ayers

He is the first Architect of the Capitol to be certified as an Accredited Professional in the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED program and is seeking to reduce energy consumption on Capitol Hill.

Student activity center

In 2007, The University of Vermont's student center became the first LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

The Gardens at Market Square

The $104 million, LEED Silver tower is planned to be 18 floors between the Market Square and Point Park University sections of Downtown Pittsburgh and include a 198 room Hilton Garden Inn hotel and a 340-car parking complex.