New Infrastructure for LEED

After several years of conversations about a rating system grounded in life-cycle assessment, with regional variations and smarter credits, the LEED^® 3.0 development process was at risk of collapsing under the weight of expectations. In response, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) chose to begin the process by getting all these expectations out into the open. USGBC initiated “an exhaustive idea-gathering process, engaging all the different communities,” said director of communications Michelle Moore. Over 1,500 individual ideas and suggestions were collected, organized, and prioritized in the process, which was managed by Paladino & Company of Seattle, Washington.
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