Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System

found: Work cat.: Cloud, J. LEED certification : a constructor's perspective, 2006:abstr. (the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system) p. 2 (United States Green Building Council (USGBC), which is a national non-profit organization, has grown dramatically in membership and use while its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system has been adopted nationally and internationally as the de facto green building standard)

found: U.S. Green Building Council home page, Dec. 6, 2006:LEED (The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System (TM) is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality; LEED Rating System was created to transform the built environment to sustainability by providing the building industry with consistent, credible standards for what constitutes a green building)

found: LEED Green Building Rating System home page, via Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America Web site, Dec. 8, 2006(LEED Green Building Rating System. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED[Registered trade symbol]) Green Building Rating System was created by the U.S. Green Building Council to establish a "common standard of measurement" for "green" buildings; LEED[Registered trade symbol] Rating System)