The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.
LEED is a third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings’ performance. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
Source: www.usgbc.org
Liberty Three, Chesapeake, VA
Liberty Three earned LEED Silver certification and features energy-efficient glazing, waterless urinals, a designated recycling room, bicycle racks and preferred parking spaces for hybrid vehicles.
Newport News Federal Courthouse
The project has been listed with U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Certification. LEED is a concensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. Based on well-founded scientific standards, LEED emphasizes state-of-the-art strategies for sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.
