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 | LEED v3
LEED v3 is the recently launched latest version of the LEED green building program by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Since its launch in 2000, LEED has created unprecedented opportunity and growth in the green building and green jobs sector.
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 | Faster, Smarter and More Robust
This April, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched LEED v3, the newest version of the LEED green building certification program. A culmination of several years of visioning, planning and development effort by the USGBC community, LEED v3 takes LEED’s ongoing evolution and growth to the next level.
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 | Minimum Program Requirements Strengthen LEED’s Rigor
One of the significant changes to LEED 2009 is the addition of specific Minimum Program Requirements (MPRs) that a project must possess in order to be eligible for LEED certification. These requirements define the types of buildings that the LEED Green Building Rating Systems were designed to evaluate and serve three goals when taken together: give clear guidance to customers, protect the integrity of the LEED program, and reduce complications that occur during the LEED certification process.
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 | The Next Generation of Performance and LEED AP Credentials
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program developed by the U.S. Green Building Council is undergoing some significant changes in 2009. Both the formal LEED certification programs, which impact buildings, and the LEED credentialing programs, which affect both practicing and potential candidates for the LEED Accredited Professional status, are being modified this year.
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 | A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing? Risk and green building.
Consider the introduction of the high-rise building. Not only were there fears as to whether these buildings would stand up, but their usefulness depended on the new technology of elevators, which in turn depended on the still new technology of electricity.
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 | LEEDing the Way for Neighborhood Development
Expanding the benefits of green building to include its surroundings, LEED for Neighborhood Development, one of the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) newest rating systems, will be rolling out later this summer. Many practitioners and developers are waiting eagerly for this LEED rating system, which is the first to look beyond a single building and incorporate the context of a project.
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 | Greening a Turn of the Century Home
When the University of Puget Sound (UPS) asked BCRA and Mountain Construction to design and renovate an early 19th century home on campus to become a prototype for sustainable student living, the team was anxious to meet the challenge. There was just one catch — the project had to be designed, constructed and ready for students to occupy in just four months while meeting the requirements for LEED for Homes certification at the same time.
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