What is LEED?

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.

LEED is a third-party certification program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

LEED was created to accomplish the following:

  • Define "green building" by establishing a common standard of measurement
  • Promote integrated, whole-building design practices
  • Recognize environmental leadership in the building industry
  • Stimulate green competition
  • Raise consumer awareness of green building benefits
  • Transform the building market

Green Building Council members, representing every sector of the building industry, developed and continue to refine LEED. The rating system addresses six major areas:

  • Sustainable Sites
  • Water Efficiency
  • Energy and Atmosphere
  • Materials and Resources
  • Indoor Environmental Quality
  • Innovation and Design

Please click here to view more information on the features & benefits of a LEED Certified Home.

Our LEED Services

Here at ESC, we have 3 LEED Accredited Professional's in Green Building & Design (BD&C) and 1 LEED AP is a specialist in the Homes certification, enabling us to assist developers, building owners and architects with LEED design, construction and certification. Our knowledge allows us to help make valuable decisions early in the design process to offer the maximum cost saving benefits to our clients.

We offer the following LEED services:

• LEED Preliminary Assessment
• LEED Project Design Co-ordination
• LEED Online Project Submittal
• Building Commissioning
• Renewable Energy Advice
• Co-ordination of LEED Charrettes
• Energy Modeling & Daylight Simulation

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