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Article: LEED for existing buildings enters the Pilot Phase.
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- Environmental Design & Construction
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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In an effort to provide both guidelines and recognition for ongoing achievements in greening building operations, the USGBC has begun putting a new green building rating system to the test.
After launching Version 2.0 of its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED[TM]) Green Building Rating System[TM] for new construction and major renovations in the spring of 2000, the US Green Building Council (USGBC) now finds itself facing an even larger challenge: recognizing and certifying energy efficiency and environmental consciousness in the enormous stock of buildings already standing. To address this challenge, the USGBC has developed LEED for Existing ...