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What is LEED®?

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.

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The USGBC has launched LEED® V3.

Update for LEED Accredited Professionals (AP)

Changes to the LEED® AP programs are now in place, and the new levels of accreditation are now available.

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LEED® Professional Accreditation distinguishes individuals with detailed knowledge of LEED® project certification requirements and processes and a command of integrated design principles. LEED® accreditation is awarded to building industry practitioners who successfully demonstrate these proficiencies on a comprehensive exam. While the U.S. Green Building Council handles the development of the LEED® Rating System and offers LEED®-based education programs, the LEED® Professional Accreditation program is independently administered under the Green Building Certification Institute to allow for balanced, objective management of the credential. GBCI manages all aspects of the LEED® Professional Accreditation program including exam development, registration, and delivery. Find out more at www.gbci.org.

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For questions on the LEED® Process or LEED® Certification please visit the national USGBC website.

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Each day five billion gallons of potable water is used to flush toilets.

Construction and demolition wastes constitute about 40% total solid waste stream in the U.S.

In the U.S. approximately 340 billion gallons of fresh water are withdrawn per day from rivers, streams and reserviors to support residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and recreational activities.

On average, according to Capital E's "Greening America's Schools" study, green schools use 30-50% less energy ad 30% less water.

Regional recycling facitlities accepting comminged waste are achieving waste diversion rates of 80% or greater in many areas.

20% of America goes to school every day. Far too often our nation's schools are only built to code and we send our children to spend six hours a day to facilitites that just barely meet health and safety standards.

In a case study included in the 1994 publication "Greening the Building and the Bottom Line," the Rocky Mountain Institute cites how improved indoor environmental quality improved worker productivity by 16%, netting a rapid payback on the increased capital investment.

Vehicles are responsible for approximately 20% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions annually. (NRDC)

Buildings annually consume more than 30% of the total energy and more than 60% of the electricity used in the U.S.

If a green school saved $100,000 per year in operation costs, that's roughly enough to hire two new teachers, buy 200 neww computers or purchase 5000 new textbooks.

A typical North American Commercial construction project generates up to 2.5 pounds of solid waste per square foot of completed floor space.

Americans spend on average 90% of their times indoors where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that levels of pollutants may run two to five times higher than outdoor levels.

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