LEED and Then Some
The USGBC finds its voice in a new space that tells the story of its trajectory from ideals to international influence.
In April 2009, the U.S. Green Building Council launched LEED Version 3, its next-generation environmental rating system for buildings. The strength of the new system, says USGBC, is its leveraging of new building technologies and its “consensus-based, transparent, ongoing development cycle.”