12/2004

 USGBC Introduces LEED for Commercial Interiors
 

Participants in Greenbuild, the U.S. Green Building Council’s annual conference and expo in Portland, Ore., recently got a first look at the organization’s new LEED™ Green Building Rating System for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI). The third rating system developed by the USGBC, LEED-CI follows LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB) and LEED for New Construction (LEED-NC).

The LEED Green Building Rating System for Commercial Interiors addresses performance areas including: selection of sustainable tenant space; efficiency of water use; energy performance optimization including lighting and lighting controls; resource use for interior building systems and furnishings; and indoor environmental quality, including comprehensive emissions criteria.

The GBC currently is developing a companion rating system, LEED for Core & Shell developments (LEED-CS). Together, LEED-CI and LEED-CS will establish green building criteria for commercial real estate for use by both developers and tenants.

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LEED for New Construction 2.2 Open for Public Comment
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is now soliciting comments on the first draft of the LEED for New Construction Rating System (LEED-NC), version 2.2. The first public comment period will be open for 60 days from Friday, December 3, 2004, through Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. For more information, visit the USGBC site.

To get more information on the LEED for commercial interiors, click here.

For more information on LEED-CI, contact leed-ci@usgbc.org or Keith Winn—Catalyst Partners, 616-454-1111.


  
     
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