Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies intended to improve performance in metrics such as energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.
Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED is intended to provide building owners and operators a concise framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. In Canada, the program
is implemented by the Canada Green Building Council.
- Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) – www.cagbc.org/
- LEED® Canada Buildings in Review Supplement – www.sabmagazine.com/
- U.S. Green Building Council – www.usgbc.org/
- World Green Building Council – www.worldgbc.org/
