LEED System To Get Upgrade

"With a progressive look at the future, the U.S. Green Building Council has launched a campaign to adjust its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. The campaign will focus on aligning and harmonizing LEED credits throughout the rating system and offering greater adaptability overall. The changes will still follow the system's "technical rigor and consensus-based integrity," says the USGBC.

Since hitting the scene in 2000, LEED has become the nationally accepted system for green building design and construction. The adjustments fall into four key initiatives.

First is the harmonization and alignment of LEED credits across the rating systems. This initiative will address issues which arose as the system evolved, such as duplication and contradictory credits."