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Why Build to LEED Standards
What is LEED?
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design or (“LEED”) is a rating system developed by the United States Green Building Council (“USGBC”). LEED helped us make 81 Brent efficient and healthy.
LEED is an internationally recognized green building certification program, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance, increasing energy savings, water efficiency, and carbon emissions reduction, stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts, and improving indoor environmental quality.
Using the green building tool and third-party verification process 81 Brent reached the highest level on the rating scale. LEED Platinum
To learn more about the LEED process, and to see if your project meets all of the LEED Minimum Program Requirements visit the LEED for Homes website here. Below you will find Tibits from the LEED site.
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LEED for Homes is a consensus-developed, third party-verified rating system that promotes the design and construction of high-performance green homes. LEED for Homes measures a home’s performance based on eight categories: site selection, water efficiency, materials & resources, energy & atmosphere, indoor environmental quality, location & linkages, awareness & education, and innovation. Within each of these areas, projects earn points toward certification.
Each LEED-certified home undergoes onsite inspections and thorough performance testing to ensure proper performance. LEED for Homes is applicable to single family and multifamily homes and is intended for both market-rate and affordable housing.
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The efficient windows, insulation, ENERGY STAR appliances, solar rooftop panels, home automation and heating system help to conserve energy.
With exceptional energy performance, the house is 45 % more efficient than the average home according to ENGERY STAR standards. With a HERS Index of 48, R-21 wall insulation R-38 basement ceiling insulation and R-60+ attic insulation, all windows, systems, ventilation fans, fixtures and appliances have earned the ENGERY STAR. The boilers are 96% efficient and the 1,000-watt solar thermal system (8 solar panels) and 5,000-watt solar electric system (22 solar PV panels) allow for the production of energy. We are also monitoring the energy used and generated.
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LEED for Homes is a consensus-developed, third party-verified rating system that promotes the design and construction of high-performance green homes. LEED for Homes measures a home’s performance based on eight categories: site selection, water efficiency, materials & resources, energy & atmosphere, indoor environmental quality, location & linkages, awareness & education, and innovation. Within each of these areas, projects earn points toward certification.
Each LEED-certified home undergoes onsite inspections and thorough performance testing to ensure proper performance. LEED for Homes is applicable to single family and multifamily homes and is intended for both market-rate and affordable housing.
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LEED-certified buildings cost less to operate, reducing energy and water bills by as much as 40%. Businesses and organizations across the globe use LEED to increase the efficiency of their buildings, freeing up valuable resources that can be used to create new jobs, attract and retain top talent, expand operations and invest in emerging technologies.
LEED buildings have faster lease-up rates and may qualify for a host of incentives like tax rebates and zoning allowances. Not to mention they retain higher property values.
Need more information?
For more information, please visit http://www.usgbc.org/homes, or send an email at
Homes@usgbc.org, or call (800) 795-1747.
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