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The USGBC and Canada Green Building Council maintain online directories of U.S. LEED-certified and LEED Canada-certified projects. [ 50 ] [ 173 ] In 2012 the USGBC launched the Green Building Information Gateway (GBIG) to connect green building efforts and projects worldwide.
The path for LEED's entry to Canada had already been prepared by BREEAM-Canada, an environmental performance assessment standard released by the Canadian Standards Association in June 1996. The American authors of LEED-NC 1.0 had borrowed heavily from BREEAM-Canada in the outline of their rating system; and in the assignment of credits for ...
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) was created in 2003 to further the expansion of green building in Canada. [1] Prior to the formation of the Council, Canada had participated in the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) through British Columbia's membership in the USGBC's Cascadia Chapter.
What Is LEED Certification? First things first: LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it's the most widely used ...
Over the years, LEED has undergone many changes and is now currently in its fourth iteration, which was launched in late 2013. [26] Taipei 101, the tallest and largest LEED Platinum certified building in the world since 2011. LEED rating systems differ according to the type of the project. [27] The different types of rating systems fall under: [27]
The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that owns and administers the Green Globes green building assessment and certification in the United States and Canada. It was established in 2004 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon .
LEED certification can be attained through "compliance with all environmental laws and regulations, occupancy scenarios, building permanence and pre-rating completion, site boundaries and area-to-site ratios, and obligatory five-year sharing of whole building energy and water use data from the start of occupancy (for new construction) or date ...
The Blue Water Bridge Corporate Centre in Point Edward, Ontario, was awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification on June 25, 2015. LEED certification is a distinction awarded by the Canada Green Building Council for the design and operation of high-performance green buildings. The Corporate Centre is a four-story ...