Managing Organization: US Green Building Council
LEED is the most mainstream green building rating system. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design. The rating system consists of a series of credits that add up to the level of achievement. LEED is helpful because it provides a checklist of sustainable strategies that can be used on a building project, and it requires documentation that a project has incorporated those strategies. It has specialty options for the unique needs of each project type and region.
LEED has the following categories
- Integrative Process
- Location and Transportation
- Sustainable Sites
- Water Efficiency
- Energy and Atmosphere
- Materials and Resources
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Innovation
- Regional Priority