LEED
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an internationally recognized green building certification system and the nationally accepted benchmark for design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings. It promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in key areas of human and environmental health:
- Sustainable Sites: Choosing and managing a building site during construction.
- Water Efficiency: Encouraging smarter use of water both inside and outside of a building.
- Energy & Atmosphere: Promoting a variety of strategies to reduce the amount of energy used in buildings.
- Materials & Resources: Selecting products and materials that are sustainably produced and transported.
- Indoor Environmental Quality: Promoting strategies to improve the air indoors while encouraging natural daylight and improved acoustics.
- Innovation in Design: Promoting the use of new and innovative technologies and strategies to increase a building's performance.
LEED gives builders, designers, owners, and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings' performance. Credits are weighted to reflect their potential environmental impacts and a project must satisfy all prerequisites and earn a minimum number of points to be certified.
Sustainable Interiors offers a multitude of environmentally responsible products and installation practices to help your building achieve LEED certification. Look to us on your next project to help you meet this rigorous standard.
