What does LEED accreditation really mean?
According to the United States Green Building Council, the LEED Green Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based, market-driven building rating system based on existing proven technology. It evaluates environmental performance from a whole building perspective over a building’s life cycle, providing a definitive standard for what constitutes a “green building”. The development of the LEED Green Building Rating System was initiated by the USGBC Membership, representing all segments of the building industry and has been open to public scrutiny.
LEED Professional Accreditation distinguishes building professionals with the knowledge and skills to successfully steward the LEED certification process. LEED Accredited Professionals (LEED APs) have demonstrated a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles and the LEED Rating System.
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Cliff, first I want to thank and congratulate our entire team on the creation of this blog. I hope it will be used by many to explore the opportunities and challenges associated with our goal of putting children and people in better built environments, while also having them unleash the many practical benefits of modular construction. I became accredited by the USGBC as a LEED AP only a short time ago and I want to share with as many people as I can what an incredible experience and education I have had from the USGBC via the accreditation process. Providing green buildings requires integration by many people and if contextual knowledge is only shared by few in our industry, (which I fear is the current state of things) it makes it much more difficult to progress. For those who still think it is “us vs. LEED” I need to tell them – having also studied the Law, – i can say respectfully to the BAR Exam- that what the Architects and Engineers of ASHRAE and the many experts compiled by the USGBC have brought to the issue of human comfort in shared spaces is far more compelling and much more exciting!.. The study of LEED is a de mystifying process of many non technical concepts. The many reference standards are written by the most caring people in the world in their particular area of expertise. I look forward to the Modular Building Institute version 2 of the “LEED White Paper” – and I hope that more manufacturers will embrace the changes in built environments (even those temporary or relocatable) so together we can make green modular buildings affordable, more quickly. Only then will we achieve our goal of having our own children in healthier, sustainable modular classrooms.
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I became Leed certified in March 2009. Now the rules have changed. How does this impact my accredidation?