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<br />A Green Building Rati~g System: Leadership in Energy and
<br />Environmental Design r~... .
<br />The .LEED~ Green BuildingTM Rabng System is a priority program of the US~Green Building
<br />Councii. it is a voluntary, consensus-based, mark~t-driven buildin9.!'ati~J ~l~~ based ~
<br />ex"~ng proven technology that evaluates env~ronmenta~ perfomnancc~ ~Om a'1nrhole .
<br />~ building" perspecave over a building's I'~fe cycle. LEEDT~ is intended to be a definitive ~~ •
<br />standard for what c~nstitutes a"green building".
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<br />`~The US. Green Buiiding Council's L~ED Green Bu~ding'[!~ Rabn9 SYs~em is based on
<br />-~ acoepted energy and ~nvironmental Qrincipies ar~ stnkes a reasonable balance between
<br />known e~ec~ive prac~es and emergmg a~ncepts, Un~i ce other rating.systems cumenUy in
<br />e~dstence~ the development of the LEEp:Green guil~ding~ Rating ~em.~has been open :.
<br />to pubitc~scrutiny and. ~has irnnrohre~! the partic3pa~on~ of v~h~liy ali segmet~ts of the buiiding :.
<br />industry ir~ludin~ prod~ct manufiac~urers. ernrironme ~~ building~ ownec~;:ub~itie.~,
<br />state a~d ~cal govemments~ resear~ch i~ons~ P s~~aeties and coileges and
<br />universities.
<br />LEEDTM is a self-cerifying system designed for rating new and existing commerciai~
<br />institutional. and high-rise residential buiidings. if is a feature~-oriented system where
<br />credits ~re awarded for satisfying .each cxiteria. Different levels of green building
<br />certification wiil be awarded to appiicants that eam two~thirds of the available credits and
<br />meet ail prer.equisites. The system is ~designed to ~be comprehensive i~i scope, yet simple in
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<br />For more infonnation on the US Green Buildir~g Council please contact:
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<br />~ Fax: 415-957-5890 ~ ~~ ~
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<br />Web$ite: www.usgbc.orq . ~
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