Construction
A Look at LEED 2009
In this article from The Construction Specifier, Timothy R. Hughes and Ela W. Kapusta explain the major changes introduced in LEED 2009, the updated Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council. The article notes that LEED 2009 was designed to rationalize and harmonize the various LEED programs into a more cohesive system, with greater emphasis on credit alignment, credit weighting, and regionalization. The authors explain that the…
November 1, 2009