BE Prerequisite 1:  LEED Prerequisites

Required

INTENT

To design and construct sustainable buildings and structures

REQUIREMENTS

The national green building leadership standard, LEED, was developed to transform the market of the design and construction industry to sustainability. Use of the LEED family of products forms the basis for a sustainable, habited structure and serves as a measurement tool. LEED Accredited Professionals support the design and construction teams in meeting the requirements, earning points, and documenting the project in this third-party verified system.

Built environments encompass all constructed entities. Habited structures are enclosed, occupied, and conditioned. Non-habited include but are not limited to structures that are not enclosed, occupied or conditioned, such as barns, sheds, gazebos, transit shelters, bridges, retaining walls, landscape features.

The GY-Framework has relied heavily on the lessons learned by the U.S. Green Building Council in the development of LEED. The current LEED rating systems available for use are:

From USGBC Website…www.usgbc.org

All GY-Framework registered projects with habited structures are encouraged to use the appropriate LEED rating system as their guide throughout design and construction. LEED registration and certification is not required but highly encouraged. The prerequisites of the appropriate rating system, however, are required of all projects containing habited structures.