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LEED LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN The U.S. Green Building Council was founded in 1993. The organization developed LEED certification in 2000. LEED certification provides independent third-party verification that a building, home, or community is designed and built using strategies aimed at achieving high performance related to: Sustainable Sites Water Efficiency

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Eskew+Dumez+Ripple | New Orleans Bio- Innovation Center, New Orleans This building houses more than 30 companies in the next generation of innovators from Louisiana’s burgeon- ing life science community. As the first LEED Gold-certified laboratory build- ing in New Orleans, the Center offers 66,000 square feet of state-of-the-art wet-lab, office, and conference space to conceive and cultivate new biosci- ence ideas.

David Baker Architects | Tassafaronga Vil- lage, Oakland, Calif. This is a former industrial site that has been repurposed as an affordable housing development. The project provides a prototype for new housing in this community. Situated on seven- and-a-half acres in the southern end of Oakland, it offers a range of afford- able housing, green pathways, pock- et parks and open spaces. The devel- opment has achieved one of the first LEED ND Certified Gold Plans. All buildings are certified at the highest level of green standard — LEED for Homes Platinum — incorporating a wide range of complementary green strategies including solar power for on-site generation of electricity and hot water.

Discourages placing projects on previously undeveloped land and encourages minimizing the impact on the environment. Maximum points: 21

Encourages smarter use of water in the project’s interior and exterior.

Maximum points: 11

Energy & Atmosphere

Materials & Resources

Encourages energy-saving through strategies such as commissioning, energy-use monitoring, and efficient design and construction. Maximum points: 37 Environmental Quality Indoors Promotes strategies that improve indoor air quality and promote natural daylight and acoustics.

Encourages the selection of sustainably grown, harvested, produced, and transported products and materials.

Maximum points: 14

Regional Priority USGBC’s regional councils, chapters, and affiliates have identified the most important environmental concerns for their regions.

Maximum points: 4

Maximum points: 17

POSSIBLE POINTS

Innovation in Design*

Extra points are awarded for projects that use innovative technologies and strategies to improve a project’s performance. Maximum points: 6 RATING LEVELS

Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects | Sweetwater Spectrum Community, Sonoma, Ca- lif. A community-based design project, this nearly three-acre property devel- opment is designed for adults with autism. The community includes four 3,240 sq. ft. 4-bedroom homes that provide each resident with their own bedroom and bathroom, plus shared common areas. Sweetwater Spectrum also consists of a 2,300-square-feet community center, 1-acre farm, green- house and large therapy pool.

CERTIFIED 40-49 pts

SILVER 50-59 pts

GOLD 60-79 pts SILVER 50-59 pts TOP 10 STATES FOR LEED , 2014 Ill. Population: 12,830,632** 2014: 3.31 sq. ft. certified per person Colo. Population: 5,029,196** 2014: 3.14 sq. ft. certified per person Md. Population: 5,773,552** 2014: 2.7 sq. ft. certified per person Va. Population: 8,001,024** 2014: 2.33 sq. ft. certified per person Mass. Population: 6,547,629** 2014: 2.24 sq. ft. certified per person Hi. Population: 1,360,301** 2014: 1.95 sq. ft. certified per person Calif. Population: 37,253,956** 2014: 1.87 sq. ft. certified per person Ga. Population: 9,687,653** 2014: 1.83 sq. ft. certified per person Minn. Az. & N.Y. Population: 5,303,925** 2014: 1.79 sq. ft. certified per person Populations: 6,392,017 & 19,378,102** 2014: 1.74 sq. ft. certified per person

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | University Center – The New School, New York City This is a successful urban building that uses manipulation of the build- ing form to support the sustainability agenda. It is a 16-story, approximate- ly 375,000-square-foot building. The center meets LEED Gold standards, making it one of the greenest build- ings in New York and one of the green- est academic buildings in the country.

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