The LEED system was originally started by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in March 2000. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The LEED certification system is a way to measure if a building’s design, construction, maintenance, and operations are environmentally friendly.
Building owners can use the LEED system to determine if their building is green. The LEED standards can be applied to residential and commercial buildings. The standards can be used during design and construction to ensure that a new building will be green. LEED standards can also be used on existing buildings to determine how green they are and what items can be improved.
There are several major areas that LEED measures to determine how green a building is, including the selection of the building site, energy efficiency, water use, and recycling efforts. A building owner can go through each of the main LEED areas to determine how green their building is.
Building owners who want to determine how green their building is can rate their buildings based on the LEED standards. Using the LEED criteria will allow building owners to determine what areas the building is performing well in and areas that can be improved.