USGBC Announces 65 Building Participants for LEED™ for Existing Buildings Pilot
LEED, established by the USGBC, the building industry’s leading authority on sustainable design and construction, was officially launched in the Spring of 2000 with the introduction of its first building rating standard, LEED 2.0 for New Construction and Major Renovations (LEED NB). LEED EB was developed to recognize and certify environmental performance in the more than 4.6 million buildings already standing.
During the past two years, the USGBC developed a draft version of LEED EB by taking LEED NB and turning its focus on building upgrades and building operations. It has also gone through the recruitment process for the pilot program, having sent out more than 2,000 invitations for participation to USGBC members, various government agencies, and other interested parties. LEED EB is for the initial and ongoing certification of the sustainability of existing buildings. Building owners that would like their building project to be considered for participation in the LEED EB pilot program may go to www.usgbc.org for more information.