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LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is the world's leading green building rating system, offering a framework for constructing healthy, efficient, low-carbon, and cost- effective buildings that correspond to different levels of LEED certification. According to the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), a building becomes LEED certified after earning a certain number of credits, which are then converted into points by implementing green building practices that address carbon, energy, water usage, waste, transportation, materials, health, and indoor environmental quality. LEED certification implies that a building was built or is being maintained to the highest level of sustainability, which benefits building owners, occupants, and the environment. Being regarded as green also gives firms a benefit. (Elevate, 2022). LEED is a non-mandatory building assessment method that is mostly employed in commercial, institutional, and high-rise residential developments. In order to attain a balance within building design objectives, owners, architects, and engineers must collaborate. LEED consists of six essential categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, and innovation and design process. Points are awarded within each category for fulfilling certain criteria, with a total of 69 points available. A score of 26-32 points qualifies for basic certification, 33-38 points for silver certification, 39-51 points for gold certification, and 52-69 points for platinum certification (Fennelly, 2017). The current version of LEED is V4, and the point system starts at 40. (Hogarty, 2022). The more points a building acquires, the higher the certification level is attained. To obtain any sort of LEED certification, a building's planning stage must first meet the prerequisite standards for its specific building type. These are the minimum conditions that all buildings have to satisfy before they may be certified. Once the prerequisites have been met, a building’s designer can choose which credits they want to aim for and the LEED certification level they want to target. There are hundreds of potential credits spread across the impact categories, which the USGBC compiles in its online LEED credit library. The LEED scoring system is used not only to promote the basic comforts of a building’s occupants, but also to encourage designers and architects to create buildings that mitigate specific risks that might otherwise be ignored or overlooked (Hogarty, 2022). References - Elevate. (2022). What Is LEED-Certified Building & How to Earn LEED Certification? https://www.holcimelevate.com/us-en/roof-topics/how-to-get-leed-certified - Fennelly, L.W. (2017). Chapter 16. Effective Physical Security - Hogarty, S. (2022). What is LEED certification, and how do you get it? https://www.wework.com/ideas/professional-development/business-solutions/what-is-leed- certification-and-how-do-you-get-it
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